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HATUPEANI! CELEBRITIES PRACTICING CELIBACY
Most of the times, many tend people believe that celebrities engage in sexual relations all the time since they are famous. However, some celebrities choose to be celibate for personal reasons or after a nasty break up. Here is a list of Kenyan celebrities who are currently practicing celibacy or were celibate before marriage.
Comedian YY
Kenyan comic Oliver Otieno, alias YY is among Kenyan celebrities who chose to abstain from sex. Speaking during a past interview, the comedian said he is a celibate and waiting for the right woman, further disclosing that he is a virgin and waiting till marriage. “Sex before marriage. I can’t do that. I want to be celibate. I’m waiting till marriage because I believe good things take time. I’m a virgin. I’m willing to date but only if my partner will wait as well and I know that’s hard so that’s why I’m single as well,” said YY.
TV host Robert Burale
Pastor and TV host Robert Burale started practicing celibacy in 2013 after going separate ways with his wife Rozinah Mwakideu. Speaking during an interview, he noted that he decided to celibate as his body is the temple of the Lord, adding that sex outside marriage is a sin. “I decided to be a celibate because I am a believer in God’s word and I would not want to defile my body which is the temple of the lord. Sex outside marriage is a sin and God has called me to purity and I am a man under submission to God’s authority. Being celibate has paid off and when I get married, I will revenge,” said Burale.
On how he manages to avoid temptations, the pastor said he relies on prayers and avoiding places that might make him fall into temptations easily. “Temptations is part of life. The secret is in prayer and also avoiding spaces that can make you fall into temptation. Also, by God’s grace I have managed to master my emotions. I have also resolved to walk that path,” he added.
Vlogger Lisa Gaitho
In 2019, vlogger Lisa Gaitho made headlines after breaking up with her Nigerian boyfriend and opted to celibate. The vlogger ended the relationship and flew back home from Nigeria, adding that it took her time to realize that she was treated her boyfriend as an idol.
“I was praying and fasting around October, September last year; you know when you hear something so clearly like you cannot even doubt it? That is what it was. It was telling me no, this is not the relationship that I have for you. It may look perfect, good and you may be seeing through those tinted glasses but this is what I have for you.”
adding, “When I was reading the Bible, the story of Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego, God showed me that bowing down is not just to the king. It’s compromising. And I said if I have sex and ignore what God is saying I would be bowing down to my idol and at this time, this man had become my idol,” said Gaitho. The break up came months after the vlogger urged women to bathe their men.
Singer Cece Sagini
Singer Cece Sagini is among Kenyan female celebrities who practised celibacy till marriage. Sharing her story on their YouTube channel, the singer explained that she chose celibacy because of the issues that sexual intercourse caused to her well being and spiritual being, noting that she would get so attached and find herself in wrong situations.
“Both of us had already had sex before and I knew the issues it causes to your well being and spiritual being. For me my experience was, I would get so attached and find myself in the wrong situations, it would take so much, people say women we take so much and when you include sex into a relationship you can take a lot including mental abuse apart from physical and you wonder why you are staying there.
Which I did experience something close to that so when I was coming from that to a new relationship, with Victor I said we need to know Christ in depth and I need to understand myself more. You need to figure yourself first before bring someone else so that it does not become a routine in every relationship and you lose so much value as a woman. I did that and by the time I met Victor he was also thinking about celibacy,” she said.
Photographer Victor Peace
Victor Peace said he was raised the Christian way and sex was weird to him, until fourth year in campus when he felt alone and everyone had done it. After engaging, he felt bad and decided to take two years of abstaining. He later met Cece, got into a relationship and later got married.
“All my life I have been raised the Christian way, sex to me was weird and every time I thought about it, I thought it was sinful and I would feel guilty. I remember with a with a group of friends in high school we even made a pact to abstain until marriage, we even called ourselves PK ‘pastors kids’, I continued abstaining until fourth year in the university, I felt like I was alone and everyone had done it.
I was like what is this that I am actually holding and everyone is telling me guys need to do these things and I did it. Honestly if I were to go back, I will not do it, it felt so bad that I let myself down. I felt empty and I decided to take two years abstaining. I remember when I met Cece I said this one is going to be different, I won’t mess this up.
A lot of times when you get physical it is so easy for a guy lose interest, because you have given up one of the biggest things. You don’t also get the chance to know the person. You are just people who are sexually active but do not know each other, when the real issues come up you can’t with stand it everything just falls apart,” he said.
Radio presenter Coco Soboo Moto
Citizen TV presenter Dominic Ngori, popularly known as Coco Soboo Moto is among Kenyan celebrities who chose to practice celibacy after going through a nasty break up. In 2017, he announced plans to stay without sex for a year after breaking up with his girlfriend of seven years, Miss Shiro. The presenter had proposed to her girlfriend in November 2015 during his sister’s wedding in Diani. Through his social media pages, Coco made posts indicating that he started practising celibacy. “One year of celibacy. Starts now,” Coco wrote on social media.
Faith Muturi
Motivational speaker revealed that she got married to her husband while still a virgin. She noted that it was not easy as they had to set up boundaries and find fun and health ways to relate so as to keep their relationship going. “It’s not easy at all, we had to set up boundaries in many ways. The best thing is that it was such a huge investment. We had to find fun, healthy ways to relate. The greatest gift is growing in character. We learnt to honour God and each other.
We learnt to communicate and really do life. We knew a marriage thrives most because of honour, trust and communication. Waiting allowed us to grow these traits so much. We’re definitely imperfect and broken in many ways, but we simply took it a day at a time. So, here’s to encourage you that yes, you can choose the purity journey,” she said.
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