The famous Mtumba guy from Kisumu, who rose to fame after his videos circulated around the web , has revealed that he nearly ended it all after his unexpected fame.
Talking in an interview, the hawker said that after he met radio presenter Jalang’o, people thought that he had turned into an overnight millionaire.
His relatives began asking him for financial help since they thought he was swimming in cash.
His baby mama also started making unusual demands.
“The other day I almost took my life.”
“Do you know how tough it is to be famous and broke?”
“People at home know you are a millionaire and take it as if you do not want to help them.”
“My sister also felt like I did not want to help her out.”
“It reached a point where my baby mama assumed I was intentionally refusing to help.”
“They feel I have a lot of money, it pained me a lot.”
“I would talk to Irvine and Mercy Maluli (Divine collection founder) and they would advise me,” he said.
The Mtumba fellow had before said that most of the well-wishers made empty promises to him.
He had gone live on Instagram to share his disappointments to netizens.
Accordingly, he even threatened to go back to Kisumu and continue with his hustle since those well-wishers did not honor the promises.
