My Dad Had HIV/AIDS When He Passed- Just Nyawira

Judy Nyawira, wife to Abel Mutua has for the first time shared the details of her father’s death.

Unknown to many her dad at some point contracted HIV while working in Nairobi.

In an interview with CTA (Cleaning The Airwaves), The mother of one shared that once her dad died, they were thrown out of the home by the in-laws

‘ My dad suffered a stroke and he had started going for Physiotherapy.

What I remember about our house in Nairobi was the smell of medication. While in class six my dad was in and out of hospital.

We went to the hospital on a Saturday as my dad had requested my mum to take all of us. On Sunday my dad passed away.

By the time my dad passed away, my mum was 36 years old, with four kids to take care of.”

Judy says not long after her dad passed away, the in-laws chased them out of their home.

“My dad had a bit of money in the bank, around 2 million. 

A month after we buried our dad, the in-laws came to knock being led by my paternal grandmother and her eldest kids.

They wanted his property. I loved my cucu and loved doing sleepovers and I couldn’t understand how she was the one throwing us out.”

Judy says years later she met the doctor who treated her dad. He ignited a fire in her to ask her mum what had killed the dad.

“I had gone to the hospital where my dad was being treated before his death The doctor asked me If I knew what had killed my dad.

I was a bit shocked because I knew it was a stroke. The doctor said he had a stroke but he also had something else, he told me to ask my mum about it when I was old enough.

The reason for my in-laws attacking my mum was because he had HIV/AIDS, That is why he never recovered from the stroke.”

The creative had the ‘TALK’ with her mum happened 10 years ago

“My relatives from my dad’s side accused my mum of infecting my dad with HIV. They alleged they had come to remove my mum who they referred to as a ‘prostitute’ from the home.

They said my mum was sleeping around when my dad was working in Nairobi.

Just to be clear, my mum has never had AIDS.

We were eventually thrown out of the house. My mum’s side of the family stood by her so we went back to her home.”

Unknown to In-laws Judy’s mum and their son had done a civil wedding and she was the rightful owner of the dad’s property.

“The court gave us back the right to the property. The specific day we were to go back to our house we had two cops and a person from the court.

She was taken to every house and was asked to take back everything that had been taken by the in-laws.

For two/three days we had cops outside our house, we all slept in one bedroom, despite the house being five bedrooms.

After the police left, our neighbors formed a proper Nyumba Kumi and they would safeguard us.

They formed a group and Mum had to take the contacts of all the people (men) in the group, when she needed them they came through.”

Judy says her paternal in-laws managed to take away the 2 million her dad had in the bank

“My mum had to start from scratch and the first job she got was sweeping the County Market. Before then she was a housewife.

She would get paid 200 per day.”