Lang'ata MP Phelix Odiwour aka Jalang'o has weighed in on the death of late TikToker Brian Chira.
Jalang'o was at the Raha Festival on Saturday, March 30 where he was asked his opinion on Chira's cry for help over issues he was dealing with.
He told Plug TV Ke that,
"Inaniuma sana kuwa baada ya kifo ya Chira, niliona video akisema kuwa Jalango I need your help. I need you to help me. Niliona baada ya kifo yake, ndio watu wengi wali tag mimi. How I wish ningekuwa nimeiona," he said.
Jalang'o went on to say, "Ningekaa na yeye kumuuliza unataka nini. Inaniuma sana kwamba niliiona hiyo video baadaye sana."
The politician paid tribute to the late TikToker.
"May God rest his soul in eternal peace," Jalang'o mourned, calling on Kenyan creatives to ensure their brands live beyond.
"Today you are a top artiste, tomorrow you are somebody else."
Over the complaint that mourners misbehaved during Chira's funeral, Jalang'o said there is a lesson to be learnt.
"Ujana Moshi. Na inapita sana. Ni vijana tu na lazima tukubali ni vijana. You cannot ignore TikTokers today."
He praised the TikTok community for contributing overwhelmingly to Chira's burial expenses. "There are big people's funerals today where they are struggling to raise even one million. But TikTokers raised Sh8 million. It is not a group you can ignore."
"If Brian Chira's death never taught you anything then you can't be taught. Brian Chira's death is a very big lesson. Watakupenda wengi sana kama hauko, na wakati unapopiga nduru ukiwa jangwani na kuitisha maji wengi hawatakupa maji. Ukisha kufa watakuletea kisima. Hata bahari," he weighed in.
It loosely translates to: Many will love you when you are not there, and when you cry in the desert and call for water, many will not give you water. When you die they will bring you a well. Even the sea.
He added that Chira's life and times should be a moment for all to reflect on true friendship.
"Usije ukafikirai siku moja mjai haiwezi kumyonga mamba."
(Don't think that one day a jackal can't kill a crocodile.)
