Kimani Mbugua's video in rehab singing Sauti Sol’s song goes viral

A video showing former Citizen TV presenter Kimani Mbugua in rehab has surfaced.

The video shared on his tiktok page shows the ex-journalist at a rehabilitation hospital entertaining people with Sauti Sol's song 'Feel My Love."

He asked fans to start following his new tiktok account where he will be sharing content.

Early this year, Kimani Mbugua left Kenyans worried after a worrying trend of social media posts. Kenyans among them comedian and media presenter Oga Obinna came to his rescue.

Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko also offered to take him to rehab.

"In consultation with Kimani Mbugua's parents, I will pay his bill at Mathare Hospital and transfer him to the Mombasa Women's Hospital rehab center. Currently, Conjestina Achieng is still there and doing well," Mike wrote on his X page.

In May, Kimani's father updated fans on his son.

"At the moment he is still out of balance, I thank God because we normally as Christians pray and ask God to do what we cannot do, Kimani is not yet well."

Kimani is said to be at the Mombasa Mental Rescue Center.

Kimani has been battling mental health issues, and his appearance online often elicits concern.

His dad in May told Oga Obinna in an interview that his son began experiencing mental health problems after his drink was allegedly 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 the hospital and toxicology tests were carried out 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.