“I have so many pairs of shoes some I have not even worn for a year” Citizen TV’s Mike Njenga reveals how a pastor’s insult made him to be obsessed with shoes

Mike Njenga’s life is another story of ‘rags to riches’. The Citizen TV anchor revealed his taste for shoes was inspired by a pastor’s insult.

In an interview with eDaily, Mike Njenge narrated how a senseless pastor made him to be obsessed with shoes.

Njenge explained how the pastor caused him the pain of a lifetime when he made fun of the borrowed shoes he had worn.

“Some years back, I was working for a certain church. I used to do sound for that particular church; and sometimes would sleep at City Hall on days we held conferences there. I was extremely broke. One Sunday, I went and borrowed open shoes from my cousin. I did not even have money to buy shoe polish. So, I used a sponge soaked in water to wipe dust from the shoes. When we got to church, he called his ministers to a meeting, including myself. He gave us a tongue-lashing, saying we did not dress the part. I remember him saying: ‘Some of you are coming to my pulpit wearing open shoes as if you are at the beach,” Njenga narrated in part.

Njenga goes on to reveal that the pastor’s insult broke his heart even making him to drift from the church henceforth.

The Citizen TV anchor further disclosed that he developed an obsessive interest in buying shoes thanks to the pastor’s insult.

“The pastor’s mean remarks did not stop me from working hard to be who I am today. Right now if you come to my house, I have so many pairs of shoes – some I have not even worn for a year. I developed craze for shoes from that day.”