This is how Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was the most notable sponsor in his time

Many wonder why the issue of sponsor has been bedeviling the country but closer analysis of history reveals the founding president was also a sponsor.

The issue of a ‘sponsor’ has been on the forefront of most discussions on social media and even on mainstream media especially when Jacob Juma died and it was said that he was Cheryl Kitonga’s sponsor.

Kenyans socialites are also deemed to be surviving on sponsor money that’s why the likes of Vera Sidika and Huddah Monroe could afford expensive lifestyles despite being jobless.

For starters, a sponsor is an old man who has romantic relationship with a woman who is way younger than him.

The precedence of ‘sponsor’ was set by the country’s founding father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta; he married Mama Ngina in 1951 when he was 60 years while she had only 18 years old.

But all in all, it’s not illegal to date or marry a young lady as long as she has clocked the age of consent.

Mzee Jomo Kenyatta with a young Mama Ngina Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta and Mama Ngina at a past function

Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and Mama Ngina Kenyatta pose for the camera