Sonko bails out 100 year Old woman who was jailed in Embu

Nairobi’s Senator Mike Mbuvi Sonko has come to the rescue of a 100 year old granny who was jailed in Embu.

 

On March 10th, the 100 year old woman by the name Margaret Ngima was sentenced to three months imprisonment by the Embu high court for contempt of court. She was jailed together with her two sons- 72 year old Peter Njue and 52 year old Angelo Gichovi.

The 100 year old granny and her two sons were accused of ignoring a court order directing them to surrender a contested piece of land to one Justa Wawira who had been demanding a share of the family’s 4 acre piece of land in Embu county.

However, as leaders from Embu county turned a blind eye towards the whole embarrassing incident- and probably strategizing on how to impeach their governor for the 20th time, the good Senator of Nairobi, Mike Mbuvi a.k.a Sonko and his team rescued the old woman from jail by paying her Sh 100,000 fine. The fate of her two sons is yet to be known. Sonko posted this message on his Facebook wall after securing the release of Cucu Margaret Ngima: 

Finally Our Grandma Ngima Gakoromo Margaret Ngina is free courtesy of Sonko Rescue team and can afford to smile once again after being behind bars because of lack of Kshs. 100,000 bond due to a Land Case.

This late evening I was shocked and found myself emotional when I read a story about our beloved 100 year old granny from Embu who was jailed for failing to raise a fine amounting to Kshs. 100,000 while we have well-connected individuals implicated in Multi-Million Shilling Public Rip-offs continuing to roam in the streets scot-free.