President William Ruto and Deputy President Kithure Kindiki have donated Ksh10 million to the family of late singer Betty Bayo.
The massive donation was made on Thursday, November 20, the same day as the late singer’s funeral, and will go towards supporting Bayo’s young children.
Attending the funeral in Kiambu, DP Kindiki confirmed that he donated Ksh5 million, with Ruto donating another Ksh5 million.
“I will help Betty’s children with Ksh5 million. President Ruto has also sent me here with Ksh5 million,” he said.
“Send me the account number I will send the money to the family. May God bless you, bless your businesses, bless your farms, bless your families and bless everything that you own,” Kindiki added.
The donation came days after former President Uhuru Kenyatta donated Ksh1 million to help with the funeral arrangements and to honour Betty Bayo's life and ministry.
In donating the money, Uhuru honoured a promise made to support the late singer’s family, with reports revealing that he had requested the names of Bayo's children so that their education could be sponsored through the Kenyatta Foundation.
In his message, Kenyatta mourned Betty as 'an extraordinary minister of the gospel whose music uplifted countless hearts and inspired hope across the nation.’
He celebrated her dedication and contribution to gospel music and the strength of her faith, noting that ‘Betty’s legacy will endure through her children, her music, and the many lives she touched.’
Betty Bayo passed away on Monday, November 10, after a battle with leukemia, with her family revealing that her health deteriorated a week before her untimely death.
Signs that her health had taken a turn for the worse emerged in August 2025 when Bayo was admitted to the hospital and took to her social media to share an image of herself wearing an oxygen mask.
Betty Bayo burst into the Kenyan gospel scene through her hit song 11th Hour, a song which is still a major hit 13 years later.
