Former journalist Kimani Mbugua’s father has said his son began experiencing mental health problems after his drink was allegedly spiked.
Speaking during an interview with comedian Oga Obinna, Mbugua’s father alleged that his son's drink was spiked at a party.
“My daughter took his phone, went through and saw the photos and videos of him at the party drinking while vomiting and falling as girls were beating him up. Before that my daughter told me she had seen a white substance in his glass,” he said.
He said Mbugua's birthday was on February 19 and the party happened on February 20 from where they suspect he was spiked.
Mbugua's father said he was taken to hospital and toxicology tests carried on him.
The father said that Mbugua's phone which had the recording got lost and they could not trace it.
“I told my daughter to confiscate that phone, how it got lost we don’t know,” he said.
The father said after Mbugua became sobber he then asked him to open up on whether he smoked.
He said he had never seen him smoke until in 2021 when he openly smoked in his presence.
Mbugua's father said he conducted his investigation as a parent and found out that the friends he kept were using drugs and thus influenced his son's behaviour.
He said Mbugua was taken to hospital and when he began to recover he was allegedly spiked the second time.
“The following year after six months Mbuguaa went out and the following morning I was called and told me that he was the same way he was at the first time,” the father said.
He thanked his doctor for advising Mbugua not to smoke.
