President Uhuru Kenyatta has lashed out at Mike Sonko for declaring himself acting president, saying Kenyans should not be bothered by what people say at funerals.
Sonko disrupted a funeral service on Friday, claiming he was since Uhuru and Deputy President William Ruto were out of the country.
"Do not get bothered over what people say in funerals, weddings and all these other places. I have only in one
occasion
left the Office of the President," said the President.
"...Only once when some people took me to some funny court out there and I signed a piece of paper leaving my deputy to act as president," he said.
Uhuru noted on Tuesday that he remains Kenya's leader no matter where he is, and that this should not be disputed.
He said journalists can report whatever they want but that members of the public should not be bothered.
The Senator shouted that he was Kenya's acting president at the
funeral of
Dolamu Oduwole,
husband to
Machakos governor hopeful
Wavinya Ndeti.
Sonko, who was asked to wind up his speech after talking for more than 10 minutes, began shouting to the master of ceremony telling him to leave him alone.
Kenyans on Twitter and leaders accused him of committing treason and asked the government to take action.
"When Sonko says he is acting president of the Republic of Kenya and that is legally false...he commits treason..," said lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi.
The Senator recorded a statement with police at DCI headquarters over his remarks. He
presented himself before the DCI and spent two hours before leaving at around 8pm.
He denied the claims and said he had witnesses to back what he meant. The file will be taken to the DPP for action.
DPP Keriako
.