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Sportspesa millionaire’s dad happy with Sh500 kibanda profit

Samuel Abisai (right) joins relatives in a dance during home coming ceremony held at Bukhungu stadium in Kakamega on May 6, 2017. Abisai won the biggest jackpot ever in Kenya.He's the first Kenyan to win the Sport pesa Kshs 221,301,602 Mega Jackpot which was started in September 2016

The father of SportPesa jackpot winner Samuel Abisai hardly nags his son over the Sh221 million windfall his boy won last year, even though “until now, he is yet to do anything for the family.”   

Mzee Joseph Abisai told The Nairobian that it requires ample time to plan what to do with the kind of cash his son won. He says he feels no need to pressure his son for financial assistance because “I have lived more years than I expected to live already.” The 70-year-old man still operates a small kibanda along the Kakamega-Webuye highway. 

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