Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has come to the rescue of the family of Boniface Murage who was arrested smuggling his daughter from Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) over a Ksh56,000 bill.
The governor visited the man’s wife, Agnes Murage, at KNH and cleared the couple’s pending bill.
After she was released, Sonko took her to a supermarket where he bought an assortment of items for Agnes and her newborn baby.
“After visiting Kenyatta National Hospital for the release of Agnes we are now doing the Shopping for the mother and her innocent child”.
Adding that he will follow up the arrest of her husband.
“We are also following up with Boniface Murage Wangeci who was arrested and presented before milimani law courts for trying to smuggle his daughter out of Kenyatta National Hospital as he couldn’t raise ksh 56,000 bill”.
The county boss empathised with Boniface, explaining that the love for his daughter made the 22-year-old break the law.
Boniface was intercepted by security guards at the hospital while carrying a blue bag on February 16, 2019, who forcefully opened it only to find a baby.
Appearing before Resident Magistrate Muthoni Nzibe, the father disclosed that he feared his wife and daughter would stay at the facility forever if he did not act, hence his reason for sneaking his daughter out.
Murage pleaded guilty after revealing that he had made the move because he did not have money to settle the hospital bill.