Flashback: Homa Bay woman whose video went viral for taking on Chebukati

Three years prior, Mary Abich was only a customary country lady from Homa Bay County. That was until she got her 15 seconds of acclaim on TV.

Everything began when the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) was requested to rehash the presidential survey. The Supreme Court made a milestone governing on September 1, 2017 invalidating President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-appointment.

In the decision, the court found the IEBC had submitted different lawless acts that had influenced the respectability of the surveys. Kenyans needed to decide in favor of a president once more. The date was set for Thursday, October 26, 2017.

In any case, casting a ballot didn't occur in 25 voting public in Homa Bay, Siaya, Migori, and Kisumu where resistance supporters banished IEBC authorities from conveying casting a ballot material. For those supporters, the IEBC rescheduled the democratic and moved it to Saturday, October 28, 2017.

Kesho ni Sabato ya Mungu! No recurrent political decision! Homa Bay occupant tells Chebukati #Kivumbi2017 pic.twitter.com/a5hB1KHDkw

15 seconds of popularity

Following the declaration, Mary Abich disapproved. She took on the IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati on camera when columnists went on the ground to talk with occupants of Homa Bay.

"Siku hiyo ni siku ya Mungu. Chebukati tafadhali siku hiyo ni siku ya Mungu. Hapana jaribu Mungu. Nakataa!" (That {voting day} is a Sabbath day. Try not to set out God. I reject!) she said.

Her funny tone and non-verbal communication caught the eye of numerous individuals who watched her on TV. The video circulated around the web on the interweb and it was shared on WhatsApp gatherings and changed over into GIFS and images.

Standard Digital addressed Abich, a 64-year-old widow and mother of six.

She says she was extremely disturbed in light of the fact that the IEBC had set fixed the new democratic day on a Saturday - a day implied for venerating; including that taking part in the political decision on a Saturday was equivalent to ignoring God.

Abich, a Seventh Day Adventist despite everything demands that the political decision ought to have been held some other day however not Saturday. "I felt disarray would emerge if individuals took an interest in political action on a Sabbath day," she says.

Significant expense of living

At the point when we made up for lost time with Abich, her anxiety presently is about the significant expense of living influencing numerous Kenyans. She accuses the rising instances of suicide to monetary hardship.

"Uhuru spare the nation. Numerous individuals are ending it all because of the high tax collection forced on Kenyans with low pay," Abich jests.

She blames government authorities for participating in business that straightforwardly contends with organizations in the casual division. "Life keeps on getting harder for the regular man since everyone is working together including the individuals who are utilized in the conventional area. This pattern meddles with salary of the individuals who are in the casual division," she includes.

Abich still keeps up her clever articulations. She says individuals botch her expressiveness for psychological instability. Yet, she keeps up that she will never modest from talking about issues of open intrigue.

"I realize a few people snicker at me at whatever point I talk about these issues yet I will never stop since they are of open intrigue," she says.

Abich, a fishmonger at Pier sea shore in Homa Bay town has attempted to raise her six youngsters following the passing of her better half Abich Ogingo. In any case, she is cheerful that her perspectives have made her and Homa Bay County celebrated