Betty Bayo’s mother demands a postmortem after beating allegations surfaced in an explosive virtual interview that aired late Thursday night, December 4, 2025, sending shockwaves across Kenyan gospel circles and beyond. Speaking live from her home in the United States to YouTuber Shiru Wa Oakland, the distraught parent rejected the leukaemia narrative that had been widely reported and instead accused Tash, Betty’s estranged husband, of causing fatal head injuries through physical assault.
Mama Betty told the host that the couple had quietly separated three months before the singer’s death on November 18, 2025, and that Tash had already relocated back to America.
She expressed bewilderment at how he managed to return to Kenya within hours of Betty being pronounced dead to personally check her body into Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital. “Only someone who knew something was going to happen could move that fast,” she said, her voice breaking.
The mother painted a grim picture of systematic financial exploitation. She claimed Tash drained Betty’s accounts and music earnings to purchase two heavy commercial lorries in the United States, each valued at roughly eight million Kenyan shillings. The final violent confrontation allegedly occurred when a drunk Tash demanded an additional five million shillings.
“That night he beat her badly. She called me crying, ‘Mum, who did you leave me with? I’m not safe. Huyu ataniua.’ Those were some of her last words to me,” Mama Betty recounted.
Mama Betty revealed that Tash initially consented for Betty’s two younger children, Heaven and Skylar, to live with her sisters. Days later he reportedly reneged, telling the family to seek court orders if they wanted custody.
He is currently holding Betty’s original death certificate, Betty’s national ID card, and other vital documents needed to access bank accounts or process succession matters.
Further allegations emerged about Tash’s conduct immediately after the burial. “The very night we laid my daughter to rest, he brought different women into the house and partied in the same matrimonial bed,” Mama Betty alleged, prompting audible gasps from the interview host.
She praised Pastor Victor Kanyari, Betty’s ex-husband and father of her first two children, for remaining a constant presence. “Kanyari has never abandoned his kids. I’m begging him to go to that house and check on Heaven and Skylar because they are not safe,” she pleaded.
The mother also voiced hurt over the silence of Shiru Wa GP, the popular gospel artist widely regarded as Betty’s closest friend. “Since this tragedy happened, I have called Shiru countless times, and she has never picked up or returned my calls. It pains me deeply,” she said.
Legal experts note that under Kenyan law, families can petition the High Court for exhumation and a second postmortem if there is credible evidence suggesting foul play or conflicting medical reports.
Betty’s relatives confirmed through their lawyer, Danstan Omari, that papers are being prepared to file such an application early next week while simultaneously seeking interim custody orders for the children.
As the nation continues to mourn the voice behind hits like “11th Hour” and “Barua Kwa Yesu”, Betty Bayo’s mother demands a postmortem after beating allegations, transforming private family grief into a public cry for accountability, with every passing hour adding pressure on authorities to reopen what many now believe may have been a covered-up domestic tragedy.