Popular radio presenter opens up on tough battle with kidney stones

Kenyan award-winning radio presenter, Billy Miya has opened up on his battle with kidney stones that got him admitted in hospital for a week.

The popular Radio Maisha presenter was at the time heading to a police station to settle a pending issue before experiencing sharp pains below his belly.

Up and close with Pulse Live, Billy recalled:

I had an appointment with the police, so on reaching the police station I experienced very sharp pains in succession just below my belly.

Billy Miya

He held on a bit but as the pains got severe, he decided to check himself into an AAR healthcare facility before being referred to a different hospital that established the cause of the pain as kidney stones.

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Billy underwent laser operation to relieve the pain and thereafter got admitted in hospital for a week to help him recover.

When I couldn´t take it anymore I drove myself to AAR where they referred me to a hospital where I got diagnosed with kidney stones. I stayed in the hospital for a week after going through laser operation.

Radio presenter, Billy Miya

Background

Billy Miya has been known for his morning show BillyNaTricky at Standard Group’s Radio Maisha where he co-hosted with comedian MCA Tricky before his exit last week.

Former co-hosts, MCA Tricky and Billy Miya

Miya has since been moved to the  Evening Drive show previously hosted by Shuga Boy and Emmanuel Mwashume who have then replaced him for the morning show.

Also read: It’s been real! Radio Maisha holds farewell party as MCA Tricky exits

Meanwhile, MCA Tricky is set to kick off at Milele FM alongside Alex Mwakideu, taking the place of MC and comedian Jalang’o who has since moved on to Kiss FM joining Kamene Goro.

Milele FM unveils Billy Miya and Mbaruk as their new Breakfast Show hosts

Milele FM has brought in a new radio presenter for its morning drive show Milele Breakfast. After resigning from Mombasa’s Baraka FM in late April, Billy Miya has joined the Nairobi based station.He will be working with Mbaruk Mwalimu and Dj TEN.

The two are expected to turn things over at Milele FM, it can be done, Billy says.

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Billy Miya

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To get you well acquainted who Billy Miya is, he is the guy who did a story about a man named Kipchumba who shaved his lover’s private parts clean while she was asleep.

The man claimed that actions spoke louder than words and that he decided to shave the lady for hygiene reasons.

The audio aired by Baraka FM went viral and became a topic of discussion across East Africa residents.

You can listen to the audio here: Mombasa Man Shaves His Girlfriend 

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Mbaruk Mwalimu

 Mbaruk Mwalimu was once a presenter with Baraka Fm a while back, hosting The Lane, alongside Lutfiya Bakari.

Billy Miya and his co-host are now tasked to make Milele Breakfast a must tune to,listen and follow show…and in the long run, the biggest radio show in the country.

Some of the most listened to morning radio shows include Classic 105 FM’s  Maina and King’ang’i, Hot 96’s Jeff and Jalas, Radio Maisha’s,Maisha Asubuhi with #AlexNaOtos , Radio Jambo’s  #GidiNaGhostAsubuhi among others.