VIDEO: Eric Omondi speaks - How our cousin lured my brother into drugs

Before dawn, Eric learnt – and subsequently posted on social media – that Joseph had died barely 12 hours after finding him.

“This is my blood brother: from the same mother and the same father,” Eric says in the video.

Indeed, the two bear an uncanny resemblance except for his brother’s darker shade. Eric’s brother, Joseph Onyango Omondi, was the eldest in their family. Eric has two other siblings – including his last born brother Fred who is also a comedian.

In the video posted on Eric’s Instagram account (with a following of 3.1 million), he expressed optimism that his brother would be well. It was, therefore, shocking to his followers when thereafter he posted a picture of Joseph, looking haggard, alongside the announcement that he had passed away.