Comedian Wakimani who fell into depression after Ayeiya’s family blamed him for his death has opened up for the first time, recalling the fateful day.
On that day, the two comedians were headed for handsome gigs at a local place, with Wakimani having to lend a neighbor’s car to make it for the show. On his way, Ayeiya asked him to pick him up.
In the personal car was Ayeiya, his wife, a friend and Wakimani as the driver, only for the trip to get cut short after the fatal accident.
Soon after, Ayeiya’s wife and her lawyer slapped Wakimani with a letter, demanding a huge sum total as compensation but failure to foot it saw the issue dragged before a court of law.
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The bond
During his recent interview with Tuko, Paul Wakimani Ogutu admitted that Ayeiya was that one friend who took him from being an armed robber to a man who could lead a decent life.
I was an armed robber at one point in my life. When I was in my lowest moments, this is one friend (Ayeiya) picked me up. After I lost that friend in my own hands, I had so many regrets, I blamed myself for so many things.
So close had they grown, they were open about their salaries and Wakimani clearly knew how much Ayeiya was earning, so getting slapped with a sum of KSh 300,000 monthly was outrageous.
I knew what we were getting paid, it is not a lie! Then someone comes and tells you, “This person used to give us KSh 300,000 a month, so you will pay us that money!”
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Depression
This saw Wakimani slowly fall into depression to the extent he lost his girlfriend because it had become too much!
It got to a point when I would talk to my girlfriend mpaka akili inapiga miss and that’s how I lost her. From that point, I became a drunkard, depressed and with a lot of questions. I ask myself why I even became a comedian in the first place, I would rather just be suffering like before and Ayeiya would still be alive.
And just like that, Wakimani drowned in alcohol and that’s how he lost everyone!
I relapsed after all this so my friends walked away because they felt I am a liability to them. But one day, I will tell the entire story.
