You’ve probably never heard a story quite like Samuel Otieno’s. The 32-year-old boda boda guy from Kawangware rarely talks about it, but when he does, his voice still cracks. “I knew it was wrong the very first second,” he told me one evening in his tiny single room, the sound of generators rumbling outside. “She was married to my own uncle – a decent, hard-working man with eight kids. But the feelings just kept growing, and I let them win.”
Five years ago, Samuel used to run errands for his uncle’s small shop. He’d hang around the house, play with the kids, and eat Mama’s ugali. Somewhere along the way, attraction turned into obsession. Lies followed. Secret meetings. Then one day, he convinced her to leave everything behind and move in with him. For a few months, it felt like a victory. Then reality hit hard – eight children crying for their mum, a heartbroken uncle, angry relatives, and side-eyes from the whole estate.
Arguments exploded daily. Money disappeared faster than it came. Samuel couldn’t sleep, couldn’t hustle properly, and couldn’t even look at himself in the mirror. “I thought I’d won something precious,” he says, shaking his head. “Turns out I only stole pain.” By year two, life felt cursed. Friends kept telling him about Dr Bokko, the guy people run to when bad decisions start feeling like actual darkness following you around. Samuel finally listened. https://drbokko.com/?p=35176
