Popular comedian Sande Bush alias Dr Ofweneke has narrated a heart-wrenching story of how he was abandoned by his mother days after he was born. Arguably one of the most popular comedians in Kenya, the outspoken father told his fellow comedian Daniel Ndambuki on Churchill Show that his mother left their home while he was a week old.
Ofweneke was born at Pumwani Maternity Hospital in 1991 to David Sande and the late Jennifer Atieno. Just a week after his birth, she left home as they were not in good terms with Ofweneke’s father.
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"If I go 29 years back, I was a small boy born to David Sande and the late Jennifer Atieno in a small house separated by a bed-sheet, with a bed on one side and a kitchen on the other. That's where I was born, in Mathare where my parents used to live. I was told that we didn't have money at the time and my mum shared a hospital bed with another woman in Pumwani Hospital. My mum broke a thermos and the hospital actually held me until they brought a new thermos," Ofweneke disclosed.
Fateful day
“So, a week after my birth, there’s a place my dad used to pass by in Mathare and drink a bottle of Pilsner before coming home. On that day, he had just opened his first Pilsner to drink when the house help went and told him that Ati (Ofweneke's mother) had gone and left the baby on the stairs. So, by the time my dad left that place and came home, he found neighbours taking care of me after they found me on the stairs," he said.
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Left with the responsibility of raising his one-week baby and handling the breakup, Ofweneke’s dad gave up drinking.
“I respect my father because he had burdens to carry. It was not easy for him, but his resilience makes me admire him a lot. He has fought many battles. I’d say God bestowed upon him a lot of patience and resilience,” a tearful Ofweneke said.
Ofweneke got to meet his biological mother years later when he was in form three.
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“Actually, I’m the one who went looking for her. I initially thought she’d moved far away but I found her at Industrial Area, where she was the head of catering at Hillrocks Police Station. My uncles and aunties who knew where she was had accompanied me and when we got there, she recognized them,” he said.
