Wednesday, 16 September 2015-On Tuesday, all roads led to Mua
Hills In Machakos, for the burial of Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko’s later father,
Mzee Gideon Kavanguli, who died at the age of 66 after suffering from a short
illness.
Majority of
prominent politicians put aside their busy political schedule and graced the burial
to pay their last respect to Sonko’s father.
However, it
was not just any other burial since the flamboyant Senator
spent millions of shillings to give his father a decent send off.
Sonko is
alleged to have paid Ksh 5 million for the live coverage of the burial event
that was aired on KTN. Apparently, KTN charges Ksh 1.2 Million per hour for
live coverage excluding a VAT of 16 % and the burial of Sonko’s late father was
aired for four hours. One could even confuse the burial to a political rally due to the number of politicians who came to offer him emotional support while others like Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua and his rival Johnstone Muthama used the free air-time to engage in a war of words.
As if that
was not enough, Sonko ensured that his late father was buried in gold and
diamond encrusted coffin that may have cost several millions. See it below.
At the end of the day, money talks.
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