Hilarious Video of Joho Making Fun of Sonko's American Accent

alfred kiura

November 29, 2018 12:14 PM

Governor Joho roasts Sonko over his new American accent.

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho with his Nairobi counterpart Mike Sonko

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho joined the list of Kenyans who have been making fun of Nairobi County boss Mike Sonko over his american accent.

Joho was appreciating his Nairobi counterpart for successfully his hospitality while hosting the 1st global Sustainable Blue Economy Conference(SBEC) at KICC.

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The audience burst out laughing when Joho imitated Sonko stating "Governor 0047, thank you for welcoming us in your cirry (Sic)."

Still joking about Sonko's accent, Joho applauded him adding: "The whole world now knows that if Sonko decides to switch his accent, he can pronounce 'headquarter' as headquarra)."

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Joho indicated that it was now upon the leaders to follow up and keep up with the momentum to ensure that citizens benefit from the just concluded conference.

On Tuesday, governor Sonko set the Internet abuzz after he read his speech with his newly acquired accent.

Sonko gave his presentation where he spoke about the city’s GDP and its contribution to the growth and development of the nation.

American twang

However, it was not his well-written speech which is causing a buzz on social media, rather the governor’s new accent when delivering the speech.

He chose to adopt an American twang while delivering his speech where some words were pronounced in the American accent, the letter t usually comes off being pronounced as an r.