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Radio Presenter Alex Mwakideu Six Months Sobriety in Honour to his Late Mother.

April 15, 2020

on an interview, Alex Mwakideu explained that he quit alcohol in honour of his mother’s memory following her passing in 2019.

Mwakideu narrated that he had prior not taken keenly to her numerous pleas and interventions for him to quit alcohol and admitted that the decision has not been easy but worthwhile.

“Nilikuwa nakata sana maji. Nilikuwa nanywa, si haba. Lakini mamangu alikuwa ananiambia sana, wewe wacha tu maana itakusaidia nini hii pombe mara nyingi sana. Na si yeye tu hata baba yangu mzazi pia alikuwa ananiambia. Nakumbuka siku moja, aliniambia, mazuri ni mengi duniani mabaya wayatafutiani?” He narrated.

The Milele FM radio host added that the luxury was not cheap either as he fed his pastime with exotic, over the top purchases.

According to the media personality, it was after his mother’s demise that he saw the light, “ Mamangu pia alikuwa ananiambia wacha tu pombe, mimi sipendei tu unavyokunywa pombe. Mimi sipendi ukinywa pombe. Napenda kila kitu unachofanya. Napenda unavyolinda familia yako, unavyojali watu wako, pombe wacha tu. Haijawahi kusaidia mtu hata Mmoja.”

“Sasa nilikuwa nimeweka ahadi kuwa siku moja nitaiwacha na ataona afurahi lakini sasa yeye alitangulia mbele za haki kabla niache. Lakini natumani kule aliko anafurahia kwa sasabu niliacha, na zile zote zilikuwa nyumbani nikapeana zote kwa wale ambao bado wanatumia. Sasa hivi naelekea mwezi wa Sita” said Mwakideu.

During the interview, he also touched on the difficult time his family went through after the death of their sister Emmy who succumbed to cancer and died shortly after their mother.