Imagine this, you keep seeing your son on TV and hear him on radio then one day you wake up to see him introducing another lady as his mother. This is the quandary Mrs. Salome Radido is in.
It all started yesterday, Monday the 20th April. Willy Paul’s Mother called us and I was the one who picked that call. Willy Paul’s mother had requested to speak to Ghafla! urgently.
I marshaled our cameraman and a colleague and rushed to Mathare, Area 3. That’s where Willy’s mother resides. Oh I forgot to mention, she has been staying there ever since she gave birth to her celebrity kid by the name Willy Paul… In a tiny but nicely lit single room on the third floor of an dilapidated building…for the last 25 years or so.
She was there by the gate when we arrived, she struggled to put a smile the moment we introduced ourselves. Dressed in a kitenge dress and covering her head with an African kitamba,Mrs. Salome’s face bore some resemblance to that one of her famous son.
She ushered us in to her house and made us feel at home. Even before we set our camera to start recording every second of the interview, she began opening up to us. The voice of a broken-hearted mother…
“Mama Willis,Mama Willis…” A nosy neighbor knocked on the door, my colleague stretched to open the door....continue reading Next Page>>
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