Comedian Oliver Otieno alias YY in May 2022 offered to build a decent house for a Kakamega family whose plight touched him.
YY felt pity for Kakamega man Willy Odhiambo who was forced to sell his house’s iron sheet to pay the hospital bill for his son who is battling chronic condition anaemia.
Willy Odhiambo was forced to sell his house’s iron sheets to pay Ksh10,000 bill for his son who was admitted to the Butere sub-county hospital.
Odhiambo unsuccessfully tried to borrow money from relatives and friends to clear the bill, he was left with no option but to sell his own house roofing.
After removing the iron sheets from the roof, Odhiambo replaced them with paper bags.
YY was touched by Odhiambo’s plight and he ultimately offered to build him a decent house.
Fast forward to November 2022, the Kakamega family that YY helped build a brick house come out to claim that the comedian abandoned them.
“A well-wisher (YY) came here and offered to build us a new house. At first, the construction was okay, but as days went by, I noted they were not building it rightly. After they were done with the roofing, the well-wisher came and told me he would return with the doors, but I have never seen him again.
“I am particularly worried about the bedroom walls, which shake vigorously, and the house itself is also weak,” Willy’s wife Roselyn Odhiambo told West TV.
YY expressed his disappointment at the couple’s lack of gratitude for his efforts in response to the allegation they made on TV.
The comedian claimed that since the couple had chosen the masons themselves and disregarded his advise to look for other experts who could ensure quality outcomes, he was not to blame for the house’s crumbling construction.
YY claimed that despite noticing the masons’ subpar work during repeated excursions to check on the development of the construction, the couple consistently defended them.
“I am surprised that in their story on TV, they never mentioned the masons but instead chose to blame me,” YY said in a YouTube interview.
He further noted that the couple urged the masons to construct a bigger house than he had agreed to finance.
The comedian lamented that the Kakamega couple haven’t show him gratitude for the house he built them.
“Even from their communication, I have not seen them show gratitude, only blame games,” he said.
The comedian declared that he had learned his lesson and would think more carefully before assisting anyone.
He claimed that while the enormous sum of money he invested in the project was a hardship he decided to bear, he now feels misled.
