Renowned online comedian Brendah Gathoni, alias Brendah Jons or Mama Njeri, recently revealed that she is a rape victim.
On Friday, October 18, in an interview with K24 TV's Betty Kyallo, the 22-year-old humorist let it slip that she was sexually abused when she was young.
Further, Brenda explained that the assailants were well known to her.
"I have been a rape victim before. The first time it happened I was five and he would do it continually. That's an uncle of mine. He was my mother's cousin.
"When I was 12, my aunt's husband, that's my mother's brother-in-law, raped me. This time it was a bit violent because he stuffed socks into my mouth," Gathoni averred.
However, she did not tell any of her family members because her assailants threatened to kill her and convinced her that no one would believe her side of the harrowing story.
"My family knew nothing about it. I opened up to them two years ago. Apart from them, no one else knew," she added.
Later on, when Gathoni was 18, she was sexually abused by a man of the cloth after a Bible study session.
"When people were leaving, he asked me to remain behind to talk about the Bible. Before I knew it, it was midnight and he was all over me. I didn't even fight him.
"The following day he gave me Ksh 200 to buy emergency pills to prevent any looming pregnancy. He insisted that he did not want his name tarnished. I think I was in my first year in campus," she emotionally recalled.
However, the comedian stated that the ordeal made her stronger as she now uses her experience to help other rape victims overcome trauma.
Watch the video below courtesy of K24:
