Larry Madowo Attacks Mike Sonko's Daughter

Piece by: Caren Nyota
Lifestyle

Off late Mike Sonko's daughter has been making headlines of course for the wrong reasons. NTV's Larry Madowo could not tolerate the nonesense but had to comment about Salma's story and according to him, the rich kid of Kenyan Instagram and Laura Oyier (the bill defaulter) are not role models as many think.

Through his weekly column which he named "We do have a knack glorifying the absurd” , this is what Madowo thinks about Sonkoo's daughter and Laura Oyier:

"We do have a knack glorifying the absurd

WHAT DO SALMA MBUVI, Laura Oyier, Joyce Omondi and Ange Kagame have in common? Nothing, actually.

Sonko’s daughter almost blew up the Internet when she casually showed off a gun on her Instagram page, while Laura, who’s claim to fame is still inexplicable, launched a luxury line of water that goes for Sh800 for a 750ml bottle.

The singer and TV presenter, Joyce ,graduated with a Master of Science in foreign affairs from Georgetown University in Washington DC while President Kagame’s daughter also graduated with a degree in political science from Smith’s College in Massachusetts.

If you were a little girl looking for a role model, who would you be following closely? My guess is, Salma and Laura are probably getting more attention than Joyce and Ange.

What does that say about a society that glorifies theatrics and unpaid hotel bills over actual accomplishment?

The media gets a bad rap for shining a spotlight on the wrong people but this one was not the doing of the media.

Kenyans just seem to be attracted to the shallow and the myopic over the inspirational and the extraordinary.

Best to end with the Bible’s wisdom: “If anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things.”