A shock incident at a Nairobi hotel has exposed a clandestine affair between two colleagues at the KBC station Mayienga FM, ending in tragedy and leaving two families—and a nation—reeling from the explosive details.
The scandal involves radio host Colleta Ann Ngesa and her colleague, Festus Amimo, the station’s Head of Radio.
The pair had booked a room at the After 40 Hotel in Nairobi on Sunday, December 7, 2025, for a rendezvous that ended in unimaginable disaster.
Amimo, a prominent figure in Luo radio, suddenly collapsed and died while in the room with Ngesa, instantly exposing their long-running extramarital affair and throwing a spotlight on infidelity in Kenya.
Colleta Ngesa immediately alerted authorities, claiming Amimo had suddenly become unresponsive.
However, the circumstances quickly fuelled intense speculation across Kenyan social media, with sources suggesting the cause of death points to a potential overdose of “blue pills”—Viagra or similar enhancers—leading to a fatal heart attack or related medical complication.
The public exposure has been particularly devastating for Colleta Ngesa’s family.
The mother of a young daughter is legally married to Koteng’o Sylvatone, who is now grappling with the very public betrayal and the tragic consequence of his wife’s infidelity.
The incident has tragically become a national cautionary tale about adultery.
The shocking outcome even sparked a viral Swahili slang phrase, “Unakuliwa bibi hadi kifo itokee” (your wife is being devoured until death occurs), highlighting the grim irony of the situation.
Wife’s sombre account
Amidst the lurid details of the affair, Amimo’s widow, Rozy Amimo, gave a heartbreaking account of her final moments with her husband during a visit from politicians at their Awasi home in Kisumu County on Thursday.
Rozy recalled the agonizing normalcy of their last farewell on the day Amimo died.
“He left the house by 2 pm for a function and had asked me what we would eat later in the day,” she stated, remembering her late husband as a man of dogged determination.
“He had a lot of plans for December and his plans for the next year. but God always has his plans.”
The widow also revealed the small, everyday tensions of their marriage, which she now views with sombre hindsight.
“Sometimes we used to fight in the house because he was always on the phone,” she recalled, before repeating his justification.
“’You don’t know what this phone does for me, but one day you will know what this phone does for me. This is my office, you don’t know what I’m coordinating,’ he explained.”
Rozy’s brave resolve has focused on a difficult lesson learned: “Out of Festus’ death has taught me one thing: to always take one day at a time and always live for each day.”
The scandal serves as a grim warning about the perils of secrecy, debt, and infidelity in the age of viral exposure.
