Juliani Answers Kenyans Who Read Sarcasm In His Cries For Help

Musician and rapper Julius 'Juliani' Owino has responded to critics who used the two statements he earlier issued on Twitter on Wednesday, September 21 to troll him.

In a video which he shared on his account before he pulled it down, the singer warned Kenyans against going overboard with their abrasive comments and others mocking him because his financial situation "is serious to him".

The Utawala hitmaker explained that he had drained his account for purposes of investments and an event he was working on earlier in August.

He affirmed that he did not have anyone to support him as he invested with his own pocket.

Juliani speaking in a video he later pulled down on September 21, 2022. /TWITTER

"I don't mind trolls I actually find some of them funny. When my child was born I gave myself 3 to 6 months to just soak into this and help the mum and be present as a dad. But I couldn't because earlier that month I did an event called Nairobi Startup Week, I put all my money into in and if you've noticed, for the last three years anything that I have done I put money into it," he said in the video. 

"I don't have sponsors, I don't have investors, I don't have nothing, I put my money into this stuff, my small money."

Admitting that he is broke, Juliani clarified that he is not yet poor and that his financial deficiencies are different from his fans, arguing that he still provides the basic needs for his family and he is "okay".

"Yes you can be making fun of it and it's funny but for me, it is serious because I am not spending enough time with my son and everything I have ever done I have never go sponsors to it, I have never gone for investors I put my money to it. So yes I am broke but I'm far from poor."

"And right now the reason why I had to put the paybill number there is because you are calling me broke but I am not your kind of broke. If you see me trying to run around I'm not just doing things for myself because I am okay, I have a roof over my head, I can feed myself," he added.

Juliani however remained optimistic about his financial status improving, despite hampering his aspirations in making more music and achieving the dream he has for his community.

"I have a dream for my community, provide 10,000 jobs, give artists loans based on their music, I want to release more music but I can't because the money that I have been investing for the last five years hasn't returned investments yet," he said.

"I gave myself 10 years and it's going to work but for me it's a little bit serious so don't minimize what I'm trying to do just because you want to make people laugh."

Juliani had appealed to Kenyans to raise funds for him to take care of his child, even providing a means of mobile money transaction to make their work easier.

The statement was believed to be a response to a critic who called him a struggling rapper suffering from raising his child with former Machakos County First Lady, Lillian Nganga, who is also his wife.

Nganga on her part had responded to the alleged critic with "Just seen some shallow story that y'all trying to drag me into. For sure y'all don't get tired, go ahead. Let me proceed with my day with my little boy."

Juliani with Lillian Nganga. /FILE