Grace Atieno, Stivo Simple Boy’s wife, has accused his management of committing them to a life of poverty.
Grace revealed to vloggers that Stivo’s management Men In Business (MIB) was causing him a lot of stress.
The rapper’s wife stated that MIB was in charge of Stivo’s money because they controlled his accounts.
“Manager wake anampatia stress, yeye anajikondea tu, wakati tulikuwa nae alikuwa ameungaunga tu sasa hivi ni stress ya manager wake, pesa zake na hio account zake.
Si yeye ndio anatumia, si yeye ndo anazimanage yani kila kitu manager wake ndio anamanage,” Grace said.
Grace added that Stivo was flat broke.
“Sahi ata ukienda kwa simu yake kuangalia balance huwezi hata kuta shilingi kumi peke yake.
Yani ata nkimwambia nitumie hata shilingi hamsini anakuambia hana na ukimuuliza pesa zako ziko wapi anasema manager wangu ndio ako nazo,” she added.
“Kwenye nyumba munakula kweli? Kuna vyakula kweli? (Are you guys even eating? Is there food?)” the interviewer asked Grace.
Stivo’s wife admitted that even eating in their house was a big challenge, revealing that they often sleep on an empty stomach.
“Saa zingine zipo chakula lakini kuna time twakosa saa zingine twapata. Lakini mahali ako sioni kama atasaidika,” she said.
Grace lamented that Stivo is too gentle and very timid and as such he couldn’t fight for his rights.
“Kuna changamoto ambazo ziko kwa hio nyumba ndo maana kwa sahizi naweza nkasema kitu ya kwanza anapitia mambo magumu na hawezi akasema. Shida yake yeye ni muoga na kijana mpole sana hawezi ongea. Kwangu mimi siwezi nikaona ati bwanangu anahangaika halafu ye ni muoga wa kuongea so lazima niseme tu venye ako,” she said.
Stivo’s wife added that she had no idea if her husband was even earning from his YouTube channel.
“Sijui kama analipwa ata yeye mwenyewe ukimuuliza venye YouTube inalipa hajui yani shilingi ngapi inalipa. Mambo na pesa yeye jamani kijana mwenyewe mpole hata hajui, yeye bora amepata chakula sawa.”
Grace further disclosed that Stivo used to tell her that he was suffering before she moved in with him but she never took him seriously until she found out herself after they started living together.
“Wakati nikiwa kwetu Taita alikua ananiambia anaumia hana pesa kwa nyumba so mi nilikua nafikiria ni mchezo maybe hizo mambo na kiki so kuja huku kuishi naye dah ndo nkayakuta hayo mengi tu,” Grace said.
