{"id":168158,"date":"2024-04-04T03:42:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T03:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/04\/i-may-not-be-many-things-but-im-a-good-father-says-samidoh\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T03:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T03:42:17","slug":"i-may-not-be-many-things-but-im-a-good-father-says-samidoh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/04\/i-may-not-be-many-things-but-im-a-good-father-says-samidoh\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I may not be many things but I\u2019m a good father,&#8221; says Samidoh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-303938\" alt=\"\" width=\"879\" height=\"451\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/karen-nyamu-samidoh.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-303938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/karen-nyamu-samidoh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"879\" height=\"451\"  \/>Mugithi artiste Samidoh (born Samuel Muchoki) shared insights about parenting, expressing confidence that he is a devoted father of five.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with a local blog, Samidoh expressed pride in his paternal responsibilities, noting that he has never allowed any of his children with his two partners, Edday Nderitu and Senator Karen Nyamu, to lack anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Si unaona wako sawa? Ubaya ni mtoto akose chakula ama\u2026my responsibility is to raise my kids. Na nawa raise wote, sawa? Yeah equally why not?<\/em>\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I may not be many things but I\u2019m a good father. I\u2019m there for my children always. I\u2019m always there for them. When it comes to time, when it comes to financial support, I\u2019m always there for them, all of them,\u201d<\/em> he affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Samidoh also addressed the challenges of being in the limelight and discussed how he helps his children cope with the online hate that accompanies fame. The Mugithi sensation criticized bloggers for frequently misquoting him or his partners, exacerbating cyberbullying.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere is a cost to everything. When I was herding cows on Oljoro Orok I was not in the blogs because I was a nobody. But when I became famous there is negativity and I had to find a balance. There is good and bad so when negativity comes in I close off one ear and move on. 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