Nairobi Governor Blasted For Trying To Include Hennessy In Coronavirus Care Packages
Earlier this week, Mike Sonko, the governor of Nairobi, Kenya announced his plans to include “small bottles of Hennessy” in food packs being distributed to the city’s poor families. It was his attempt to help out those in need during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sonko said during the Tuesday media briefing:
“From the research which has been conducted by World Health Organization (WHO) and various health organizations, it has been revealed that alcohol plays a very major role in killing the coronavirus or any sort of virus,” he said in a clip, tweeted by Citizen TV Kenya. As the New York Post points out, the tweet by the news station noted “WHO warns that drinking alcohol does not protect you against COVID-19 and can be dangerous.”
Of course, social media users were quick to blast the governor for his irresponsible statement. One concerned user tweeted, “Misinformation being spread by an elected leader. What if someone dies from such recklessness?” Another added, “It should be considered criminal for anyone, no-less an elected leader, to wilfully endanger the public with such disinformation.”
Dr. Githinji Gitahi, the global CEO of Amref Health Africa eventually condemned Sonko’s comments in a tweet.
“Please completely ignore clowning of a major global pandemic taking lives & putting extreme pressure on households,” he wrote. “Dump this the way you would dump your used #COVID19 #mask — never to be recovered! @MOH_Kenya needs to condemn this as this is not an ordinary citizen!”
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