- Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has revealed his HIV status according to papers filed in Court. The Governor says that he is HIV negative rubbishing allegations that he is HIV positive.
- In a defamation suit against a local publication,the Star newspaper Sonko has tabled medical reports done in Nairobi West Hospital this year and Nairobi Hospital done in 2019 and 2011.
- He also attached medical records showing that he neither has Hepatitis B and C.
Through his Lawyer Cecil Miller ,Sonko argues that the newspaper breached there freedom of press and thereby exposed him to ridicule and embarassment. - He says that he has sufferered enormous losses and his reputation,intergrity ,dignity amongst right thinking members of the Society his colleagues and superiors has severely diminished him.
- “By reason of the matters aforesaid i have been defamed and i have suffered huge damages.”reads Court documents.
- The Governor says that the contents of the said publication done on the 7 th of this month were meant to mean that he is a fugitivr having escaped lawful custody which implied that he is unfit to hold public office.
He is seeking general damages for libel and slander
