A Kenyan governor has come under fire after putting Hennessy cognac bottles in relief care packages which were distributed to people.?
Mike Sonko, the governor of the Kenyan capital city, Nairobi, confirmed in a media briefing on Tuesday that his care packages include a few small bottles of the cognac, Hennessy, according to a report in CNN.
The governor justified the inclusion of alcohol as "throat sanitizer."
¡°I think from the research conducted by the World Health Organization?(WHO) and various organizations, it has been believed that alcohol plays a major role in killing the coronavirus,¡± Sonko said in a video.??
However, the WHO?has said that alcohol?isn¡¯t a safeguard against coronavirus and actually recommends that people reduce drinking habits. The WHO explained that alcohol can hamper the immune system, making people?more susceptible to catching the virus.?
Governor Sonko's act has also drawn reactions from Netizens with some calling him a legend for giving people what they really want, while others have ridiculed him.?
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Well, that is surely one way to be in the news. Governor Mike Sonko is turning out to be a legend, one way or the other.?