During Njenga Mswahili´s darkest times, I was to busy to lend a hand – Eric Omondi painfully regrets

Youthful Churchill comedian, Njenga Mswahili met his untimely death in a mysterious way. Just like the norm, everyone shows up when tragedy strikes, tragedy that leaves regrets behind.

Those left behind can only say ¨How I wish I would have…¨ But nothing can be done about it.

Former Churchill show comedian and now an African brand, Eric Omondi has confessed that friends knew Mr Njenga was not doing well, but they never gave a hand.

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Eric was very aware of the fellow comedian´s financial struggles which might have fueled depression before channeling suicidal thoughts.

Njenga Mswahili at one point got born again and started his preaching journey.

Confession

Speaking to Radio Milele, Eric revealed that he once met Mr Njenga in a mall and purchased a couple of items for him.

The last I remember, I heard that Njenga was born again and that he had started going around preaching, a few months later I met him at the former Nakumatt Junction where he went on to tell me that he was not doing well. We were at the supermarket section where I went on to pick out a few items for him.

But a month later, reports were that Mswahili had been arrested for shoplifting. Apparently, Mr Njenga battled depression for a whooping 3 years.

The late Churchil show comedian-turned-preacher, Njenga Mswahili

What leaves him with regrets is fact that Eric knew Mr Njenga´s situation but never helped.

I also blame myself for assuming he’ll be alright especially due to the natural habit of assuming men can battle themselves out of any situation.

Unfortunately, friends he would have easily considered as family, were never there for him during the darkest times.

Njenga was crying out for help during his darkest times but everyone -including me, was simply too busy with our own lives to lend a hand, it’s like we have lost our humanity.

According to Eric, the greatest challenge men have is, speaking out. They rather battle their issues privately otherwise society will see them as ´weak´.

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Therefore the common notion ¨men don’t show emotions¨.