On Wednesday night, Citizen TV’s top news anchor Jeff Koinange hosted three beautiful Kenyan girls, talented in different fields. These were songstress Leyla Mohammed, Gymnast Wendy Waeni and the funny youngest Kenya’s climate change ambassador, Ellyanne Githae.
Ellyanne Githae on how her tree planting journey started #JKLive pic.twitter.com/4cn3425zEX
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) August 7, 2019
One thing that stood out among these girls was that they are working towards a better future despite the fact that they were all abandoned by their dads.
After speaking about their career, struggles, and talent, Jeff asked them about their fathers and whether they had ideas about their biological fathers.
Wendy waeni and Ellyanne Githae, while sobbing, narrated sad stories about their dead beat dads. However, Leyla Mohammed refused to focus on the negative side of the story.
She said that her Dad’s exit from her life gave her an opportunity to be the head of the family at the age of 14, and she was proud of it!
Leyla Mohammed: I forgave him (dad) a long time ago and I wish him the best of luck where he is #JKLive pic.twitter.com/8OkF77yjNo
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) August 7, 2019
If you don’t know who Leyla Mohammed is, she is one girl who moved President Uhuru Kenyatta with a sensational Enock Ondego’s Wimbo wa Historia’ cover during 2018 Mashujaa Day celebrations at Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega County.
Wendy Waeni and Ellyanne shed tears as they narrated how their painful experiences they had without father figures.
Would you want him to get in touch with you if he is watching now? – @KoinangeJeff
Wendi Waeni: Yes, he is my dad, I have never had a father figure in my life #JKLive pic.twitter.com/irTEHdqNIj
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) August 7, 2019
Wendi Waeni: My dad left us when I was 3 years old. At the time my mother did not even have a job and life was really hard #JKLive pic.twitter.com/mHRxowRLbY
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) August 7, 2019
Ellyanne Githae: I first met my father in 2017, after he had left us #JKLive pic.twitter.com/loY9VDZZby
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) August 7, 2019
Finally, Ellyanne had gathered courage and encourage young people going through challenges broken families to focus on their passions and ignore family issues.
Ellyanne Githae’s parting shot #JKLive pic.twitter.com/AH2qArKMTq
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) August 7, 2019
The case of absent fathers in the lives of the girls evoked emotional reactions from netizens as many of them came trolling dead beats.