Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris has once again commented on the sex scandal involving Equatorial Guinean businessman Baltasar Ebang Engonga.
Passaris was quick to dismiss videos of Engonga’s sexual acts with multiple women as fake, terming them AI-generated.
While speaking at the Pan-African Parliament in South Africa, Passaris was granted an opportunity to address the parliamentarians and she immediately went into the topic of the dangers of AI proliferation across Africa and what it meant for African republics and stability in general.
Using the recent Equitorial Guinea sex scandal, Passaris linked Engonga’s sex videos to AI, seeming to agree that the more than 400 leaked sex tapes may have been manipulated through AI mechanisms.
“I want to touch on Africa commission on human rights and people’s rights. Right now, in all social media, the Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equitorial Guinea has been trending. He’s been trending because somebody leaked some 400 videos of him having intimate relationships with various women of various stature.”
“And he comes out and says all those were AI-generated. And I look at human rights and people’s rights and I feel like, with the AI coming in, what is the commission doing to ensure that they safeguard people’s rights?” Passaris said.
Her comments at the high-profile Pan-African gathering did not impress most Kenyans, with many slamming her for spreading unfounded claims and delving into a matter she clearly did not have a very good grasp on.
However, Passaris hit back defending her remarks about Engonga’s sex scandal.
“Absolutely proud of myself because I raised pertinent points on the possibilities of AI being misused which is a human rights issue. Now go and re listen the contribution I made and let me know if you are proud of your misleading caption? I understand English might not be your mother tongue; but in this case you chose to not understand simple English by design. I get the trend to get likes above all else no matter who you defame. The end doesn’t always justify the means. Is this too much English?” Passaris defended her statement.
However, Passaris’ rebuttal has only added fuel to speculations that she could be among the over 300 women who were seen being chewed by Engonga in his sex videos.
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