Former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko has adopted an orphaned three-year-old boy who witnessed the murder of his father last week.

On Monday, January, the deceased was walking his son to school in Mathare when thugs intercepted them, stabbing him to death in front of his son.

Immediately after the incident was reported, Sonko expressed his desire to adopt the little boy.

Taking to social media on Saturday, he announced that he had finally taken Baby James into his family and adopted him with the help of administration officials from Mathare. "I thank God for blessing me with another son.