Mc Bayo speaks on depression, substance abuse and falling out with Chipukeezy

MC Bayo [Photo: Courtesy]

A few months ago, comedian and NACADA board member Chipukeezy made an appeal to anyone with information about the whereabouts of veteran MC Bayo to come forward so that they could continue offering him help until he recovered. Bayo had fallen from fame and sunk into depression and addiction. Despite being checked into a rehab facility considered as one of the most prestigious at Chiromo lane treatment centre, Bayo left before his prescribed time.

“He became uncontrollably violent and had to be let out. In a rehab facility, mutual consent has to be in play. You cannot force someone into the facility. We tried to track him down, but it’s not possible to catch up with him in Kibra. You would never know where to find him,” Chipukeezy shared. However, the veteran emcee alleges that in the process of his recovery, he felt like a puppet - a PR stunt. “When they first came to find me, they came unannounced straight to Gatwikira in the heart of the slum. Why would someone now claim that since I left, they cannot trace me. These are publicity stunts I didn’t want to be dragged into,” he reveals.