Kenyan musician and former Mathare MP aspirant Kevin Bahati has finally opened up about a long-standing fallout with his elder sister, revealing how deep family betrayal nearly cost him his relationship with his now-wife, Diana Marua.
Speaking candidly for the first time about his siblings during an interview on the Mic Cheque Podcast, the father of five detailed the origins of the rift that fractured his family ties. Bahati shared that although he had three brothers — one of whom sadly passed away — and a sister, his relationship with the latter has been strained for years due to money, mistrust, and manipulation.
The tension, he revealed, began to escalate during his political campaign period when he was actively supporting President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto. According to Bahati, his sister stole a large sum of money he had earned from a performance, then crafted an elaborate scheme to cover her tracks — by falsely accusing his girlfriend at the time, Diana Marua, of theft.
“After my performance, I came home and placed the money in a bedroom drawer,” Bahati recalled. “Diana and I then left for another show in Narok. When we returned, the money was gone.”
What hurt him most, he said, wasn’t just the theft, but the way his sister went about justifying it. “She sent a fake prophet to me, knowing I’m spiritual, to claim Diana had stolen the money,” he said. “She knew that bringing God into the matter would make me stop and listen.”
Bahati believes his sister used religion to manipulate him, exploiting his faith to turn him against Diana — someone he had just started building a future with. “That kind of betrayal cut deep,” he confessed. “If Diana hadn’t left the house with me that day, I might have believed the story and lost her forever.”
He also revealed that his decision to take in children from the same orphanage where he was raised created friction within the family, with his sister allegedly feeling entitled to his success and resentful of the fact that he was prioritising others over blood.
“To date, it’s hard for me to make peace with her,” Bahati admitted. “She acted out of entitlement — thinking, ‘Why is my brother succeeding before me?’ And instead of supporting me, she turned against me.”
