The Kenyan rapper Kantai was laid to rest at his family farm in Oloolua, Ngong. Family and friends attended the burial service led by Pastor Felix Weru. His mother, Eunice Naeku Kantai, paid an emotional tribute to him. She said;
”Very hurt, very lonely but I will forever be grateful to God for the years he has given you to me! Seeing you gone is not easy but I’m comforted that you finally gave your life to Christ. Hallelujah!
It has been a long journey. I am at peace. You are no longer sick or suffering. I wanted you to be a doctor and you went to Green River College for one-and-a-half years to make me happy. I then got cancer and you took time off to take care of me and nurse me. You then confessed to me that you didn’t want to go ahead with nursing.
You secretly started working on your music and when you showed me what you had been working on, I was shocked — and not very impressed about this rapping business.
I realised you were serious about your music. I did what I could to support you. Luckily, I was able to as I was a business woman and I tried to get you involved. I bought you a mixer or whatever you call it, among other things you needed to make your music as I wanted to make my sweet boy happy.
It was hard for you to come back to Kenya as you didn’t want to leave me behind but you wanted to pursue your musical dream and come back home. We were very close friends and shared so much. Now in my heart there is a big vacuum. But my comfort is that greater is he who is in you than he who is the world. 1 John 4.4. Amen”