Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong has denied neglecting a boy, saying allegations made by the mother are extortion.
He also said his wife Judy, his daughter and he himself could care for the child, who is four years and eight months old.
In a text message to the Star yesterday, Ojaamong did not confirm or deny paternity but said he was aware of both the boy and his mother.
The governor said the woman is “extremely unrealistic, unreasonable and a terrible extortionist”.
“Tell her to seek legal redress. She has three children from different fathers. I can only support the purported child through legal understanding and not street talks,” he said.
The governor said if the woman wishes, she can take the child to his home.
Noting basic education, health and food is free in Kenya, Ojaamong told the Star to interview the woman’s other “husbands”.
The Star was unable to get comment from Ojaamong’s lawyer Dustan Omari.
He threatened “to sue the Star if it dare publish the story about the boy”.
This was after the boy’s mother said she conceived the child with Ojaamong, and threatened to sue him for allegedly neglecting his paternal responsibilities.
The woman said her efforts to compel Ojaamong to support her son have been futile, as he is influencing lawyers to intimidate her.
In a separate interview with the Star, the woman said she cohabited with the governor in 2010 after divorcing her husband and bore Ojaamong a son.
“When I gave birth to our son in 2011, he is the one who paid Sh130,000 to cater for my bills at the private wing in Kenyatta National Hospital after I underwent a caesarian section,” she said.
The woman said the governor had been supporting her with money through M-Pesa.
“We loved each other and the governor promised to provide medical cover for the boy, pay rent for us and pay his school fees,” she said.
“At the time he would go to school, he was to provide a vehicle to facilitate transport and other maintenance expenses. But unfortunately he has neglected all of them.”
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