Socialite and former Nairobi Diaries cast member Pendo says she is a changed woman.
In an interview with Oga Obinna, Pendo said some of her life choices had cost her a lot.
She told Obinna that changing people's perception of her has been difficult, often leading to lost career opportunities.
"I have been learning a lot, to do things under the waters," she said.
"It's tricky. It puts me in a tricky position because I try to get something done, and when I go by myself it's hard. It just comes up with scandals and that's not me, it's frustrating."
She said people still perceive her as a rowdy person no matter how much she tries to prove she is a changed person.
She added that her role on the TV series was to be a rowdy, hostile cast member and to date, she regrets this.
"This time I know better."
She told Obinna that she was directed to date cast member Luwi to bring numbers to the show.
"Now let's put it on the table and I was doing what I had to do. I was selling Pendo and I was selling Luwi, according to the show we dated, we dated according to the show," she said.
The self-declared Ghetto Princess also said she was linked to a number of celebrities because that's the image she was selling
"I have smashed and that's my secret to keep," she said.
Pendo also got candid about landing in jail in 2020 over an unpaid bill in a restaurant.
She said she was with a group of friends who took off, leaving her to take the blame.
"It was 180 something. Ni long stori tu hata sikuwa peke yangu nilipelekwa kwa hoteli huyo mtu akakosa kulipa bill hakutoroka alikataa kulipa [It was a long story. I wasn't alone, I was with someone and that other person failed to pay the bill. They didn't run away, they refused to pay up]," Pendo said.
Pendo made headlines in 2020 after she was arraigned at a Mombasa court for failing to pay an Sh208,000 bill at the EnglishPoint Marina hotel.
Pendo said she did not go to jail and that she was in the company of a few other friends.
"Nilienda korti si jela, nikaenda nyumbani kama kesi imeisha. Ni long stori tu. Hata sikuwa peke yangi but juu ni Pendo na jina yangu ndio inajulikana it was used. Let me not mention the rest [I went to court, not to jail. I then went home after the case was concluded. I wasn't alone but since I'm a public figure, it's my name that was on the spotlight]," she said.
"I took one for the team. The rest hepad [fled], they just walked out. I can't walk out because they know me. In life, you get to learn your friends, it's life."
