{"id":918011,"date":"2022-01-20T13:02:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T13:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/20\/sonko-i-almost-committed-suicide-at-city-hall\/"},"modified":"2022-01-20T13:02:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T13:02:54","slug":"sonko-i-almost-committed-suicide-at-city-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/20\/sonko-i-almost-committed-suicide-at-city-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonko: I almost committed suicide at City Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img border border-light\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vgfkhexmp3xwd61e95a5849adb.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3 text-center\"><strong>Mike Sonko<\/strong> [Courtesy]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on Thursday revealed that troubles at work almost led him to suicide. <\/p>\n<p>Taking to his social media, the former county boss while eulogising&nbsp;Capital FM&#8217;s DJ Lithium who passed on, leaving a suicide note behind, narrated how an incident with his inner circle left him feeling used and desperate. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a time I almost committed suicide at City Hall after realising that my close friends at the county assembly and one from EALA sold me out. They incited and advised me to pick a fight with the Head of State over the changes at City Hall,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>Without divulging much, Sonko seemed to be explaining how he was duped to hurl insults which led to his eventual exit. <\/p>\n<p>He explains he was left in the shadows while his perpetrators plotted his dismissal behind his back. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s true, as men we go through a lot but watch out for friends who are not genuine and want you to sink,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n<p>Adding: &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t believe that my silent enemies were my own friends.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The flamboyant politician further urged men to open up to each other and seek help whenever they face challenges. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Men, when you undergo depression, open up to your friends like women do for each other,&#8221; he appealed.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/entertainment\/article\/2001435017\/sonko-i-almost-committed-suicide-at-city-hall\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Sonko [Courtesy] Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on Thursday revealed that troubles at work almost led him to suicide. Taking to his social media, the former county boss while eulogising&nbsp;Capital FM&#8217;s DJ Lithium who passed on, leaving a suicide note behind, narrated how an incident with his inner circle left him feeling used and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}