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Phil has categorically denied reclaiming the vehicle, asserting that both parties agreed to its sale.

In his Instagram stories, Phil addressed the rumors, stating, “Najua Udaku Hukuwa Tamu, however, wacheni fake stories,” and adding, “I acknowledge that the blogs are to be sold, and you have had your fun. I wish to officially document that the vehicle was sold with mutual consent, and there are no disputes with Kate, contrary to any portrayal suggesting otherwise,” he concluded. Phil ensured to tag Kate in the post, indicating it is a joint statement.

Kate Actress reposted the statement and shared her perspective on the matter, stating, “Kindly redirect that energy to watching the new season of Becoming CEO. We ain’t about that life, poleni, and thank you.”

There were widespread allegations that the BMW, initially gifted to Kate by Phil, was repossessed by him, following a viral story by a local news outlet. The article suggested that the BMW X3 was reclaimed, with Phil expressing regrets about buying a car that proved to be excessively expensive to maintain.

“I love cars a lot, and so I was young and foolish, and I spent so much on my car, and it has been a very expensive journey to maintain. I am like, that is a car I would have used wisely somewhere. I sold it. I have decided to go back to Uber.”

The Sh3.5 million car was given as a push gift for the arrival of their daughter Njeri.

Phil Karanja’s mediocre academic record inspired him to make a promise to succeed and disprove the notion that he was a loser.

On Monday, July 17, Phil admitted that he had academic difficulties but detested the idea that he would amount to nothing in life while speaking to Lynn Ngugi on her YouTube channel.

But his parents had a disagreement with him about his grades. In particular, his father gave Phil self-doubt.

“I had an amazing father and mother, The only thing we fought about was my love for sports and art, and at that time he was right there was no future for arts and sports then,”

His father desired that he pursue a career in accountancy or medicine.

“That’s the only thing we never connected with my dad apart from that he was a great man, and now as a dad I see it, coz you want the best for your child,”

But to him these things, art, acting, music, he was like, what is all this? The most you are going to amount to is maybe a teacher.

That’s what he kept telling me, so I think when you start from a young age, you’ve always told you are not good enough because you are not getting the a’s that your sisters are getting, it gets to you.

I was an average student so I always fought with my dad. When I cleared High School I got a C. For us in our family that was a failure, so by the way everyone at home was wondering what will we do with him, and I think at that point is when something snapped because I was doomed to be a failure. Everyone believed I was going to be a failure. 

And right from when I cleared high school I have been putting in the hours, I started with scripting and directing church plays.

Because my parents weren’t sure what to do with me, so they asked me what I want to do, I said I want to do film.

Philip Karanja, a well-known director, claims that the creation of the once-popular comedy series Sue Na Jonnie, which aired on Showmax, left him and his colleague Abel Mutua destitute and in debt by Sh3 million.

Nearly five years after founding their production firm Phil-It, Karanja, also known as Phil, stated to Showbuzz that Sue Na Jonnie was their first film to be accepted by a broadcaster.

Since deciding to go it alone with their company rather than continuing to rely on being employed by other production houses, the former Tahidi High actors have been searching for employment.

As a director and a scriptwriter, respectively, Phil claims they had been able to find work, but not as a group.

They knocked on every door with their ideas for four good years, but we were denied.

“So when luck struck and our Sue Na Jonnie concept was picked up by MNet, we came in with the idea that we wanted to change the industry, we wanted to improve the welfare of actors. We ended up overpaying the cast and crew, and by the time we finished the first season, we were Sh3 million in debt.”

Because of the dire circumstances, “while our cast members were driving cars, we were hoping into matatus.”

Fortunately, because of the show’s strong ratings, more seasons were ordered, and Phil and Abel were forced to reconsider the contracts with their cast and crew.

“It was a difficult conversation because the actors questioned why we were reducing their salaries when the show was actually doing well and pushed for an increase instead.”

Phil claims that because they were primarily passionate about making movies at the time and overlooked the economic side of the project, their downfall was a lack of business acumen.