Blogger & Activist Roy Ogolla Sets the Record Straight on Claims That He Extorted Ksh2M from Mike Sonko Over the Nude Photos

This Sonko – Shebesh melodrama wouldn’t just die, would it? Anyhow, the whole thing has now taken a whole new direction. Earlier this week, well-known blogger, actor and activist, Roy Kohadha Ogolla, admitted to posting one of the scandalous photos of the Nairobi Senator and his Women Rep. counterpart.

A couple of days later, it emerges that Roy allegedly tried to extort KSh2M from the flamboyant senator to “make the photos disappear”. And now fresh from the campaign trail in Siaya, Roy has been bombarded by all these and typical of him he has decided to clear the air of the same.

I have been away for close to 48 hours now and on my way back, I find lots of stories flying all over the blogs over an “extortion” claims by one Mike Mbuvi Sonko.

I beg to ask the question, ‘JUST HOW MUCH MONEY DID I EXTORT FROM MIKE SONKO’.

To some dimwits, this might sound like acceptance of liability but to the few mental blessed ones, it’s more sarcasm than anything.

I ask this question because there are three different versions of the same, all accredited to Sonko. a) 2 Million, b)1 Million and c) 300,000.

On Thursday 10th October, on a radio interview onRadio Maisha (Listen to the recorded version here) with Jalang’o and Mwashumbe, Sonko played TWO telephone recordings— one from me and another from some anonymous person, unknown to both himself and myself.

Sonko categorically started that “some guy from river road called him and requested 2 million shillings”. In the recording, Sonko is heard negotiating with the said extortionist noting that he could manage 500,000/= and that the guy should go collect it from his office. He went ahead to say that the guy had since been arrested. NOWHERE DID HE SAY THAT ROY WAS AN ACCOMPLICE. #FACT.

Fast forward to Monday 14th, on the same radio station, hosted by Jalang’o and Alex, Sonko played the same recordings making the same extortion claims without mentioning my name in the said web of people who tried to get money from him.

He however read various text message communication between me and him as well as between myself and Hon. Shebesh. What he failed to do was read his own messages.

The most published message of them all is this “Tulia mhesh. Ulimess, kubali na useme ukweli. Ongea na Okaka akushow vile tunaeza maliza hii maneno. I don’t fight losing battles too mostly online. Nitafute tuongee kama maboy…”

Well, it takes a real dolt not to see the tonnage on this message and realize that it is a reply to something.

I confirm sending this message to Sonko on Wednesday 9th at about 7.40 pm. This was a response text to an earlier text sent by Mike Sonko “You Roy Ogolla I see you are determined to do an online battle with me. I don’t fight loosing battles. Sonko”sent on the same day at 7.36 pm.

My message was followed by the phone conversation that Sonko plays everywhere he goes. It has since been followed by quite a number of other communication both on text and on calls by ourselves and thru proxies.

THE BIRTH OF THE ‘EXTORTION’ CLAIM

On Wednesday 16th, I was invited for an interview on Radio Jambo by a mutual friend Ken Odero. I was psyched up to get to that booth and clear the issues surrounding this whole Sonko v Shebesh shit, but on the evening on Tuesday 15th, professional obligations came my way and I had to cancel the interview as early as 7.00 pm on Tuesday when it was scheduled for Wednesday at 10 am. I still managed to have a short phone interview, where some nasty words flew… Sonko was live in studio and this irked him.

So, after playing his recordings and reading the texts, Sonko still did not tie me down to any extortion but made a claim that Kenn Okaka, a close friend to both of us, had told him (Sonko) “to prepare 300,000/= to help in clearing the mess“. 

And the seething goes on in 2nd part…