Content Creator Nyako Opens Up About AIDS-Related Deaths In Her Family

Kenyan content creator, influencer, and TikTok sensation Nyako Pilot has opened up about the AIDS-related deaths of four members of her family. In a TikTok video, Pilot is seen mourning at her mother’s grave and stating that AIDS was the cause of her death, as well as the deaths of her father and two sisters.

Pilot is known for her fierce and supportive personality, so her fans were shocked to see her looking so sorrowful in the graveyard. She revealed that she had a soft spot for her mother, despite not having a chance to spend much time with her.

“I never shared any moment with my mum,” Pilot said. “I was raised in a boarding school my whole life, and when I finished, she was dead. So I don’t have any special memory of my mother. Yeah, that is how it is.”

Pilot also revealed that her father and one-year-old sister died of AIDS. “Both my parents died of HIV/AIDS, and both my two sisters died of HIV/AIDS,” she said. “Yeah, those days hakukuwa na dawa (there was no medicine).”

Nyako’s second sister died at the age of 12, after the medication she was taking caused kidney failure. “The medication was too much for her,” Pilot said.

Pilot’s story is a reminder of the devastating impact that AIDS has had on families in Kenya and around the world. She is an inspiration for her openness and courage in sharing her story, and for her continued fight against HIV/AIDS.