Armed Robber Turned Radio Presenter Narrates His Story

Whoever said a book cannot be charged its cover had really engaged their mind quite well.

Meet Nicholas Cheruiyot aka King Kafu, the Ghetto radio presenter who initially worked as an armed robber in Nairobi and this saying will become relevant to you. Before he narrates his story one would not imagine that such a soft-spoken lad had his own John Kiriamiti story to tell.

King Kafu lost his parents at a tender age and had to rely on his relatives for care and support. He was enrolled in primary school but later dropped out because he felt he couldn’t continue. Back to Kariokor where his relatives lived, he joined a group of youths where they sold scrap metal.

One incident, however, turned him into a lethal armed robber. It was in 2002 when he found himself behind bars after a journalist lost his camera in their neighborhood. They were swept to police custody where he languished for 6 months after which he was bailed out.

He opted to practice what he had been accused of initially. King Kafu says that he joined a gang of idlers who terrorized everyone they came across. From pick-pocketing to armed robbery, he lost his close confidants in the heinous acts as police sprayed bullets on them.

After losing the last of his best friends, King Kafu realized that ‘self employment’, as he called the crime, was not his thing. He instead opted to quit crime and join a better and lawful career, lest he loses his life as his friends, thanks to one of his remaining friends who introduced him to Ghetto radio.

His message to the youth is: Work hard and God has something in store for everybody.

Congrats King Kafu.