• Jesse sought to put everything into perspective by addressing the controversy surrounding the death of their younger brother.
• In a series of posts his Instagram page, Jesse explained that their brother got depressed after things did not work out as expected.
Image: JESSE MUSYOKA/INSTAGRAM
Abel Mutua's brother Jesse Mwethuku, aka Luku Baridi has come out to clear the air after allegations of assaulting their late brother Raphael Musyoka surfaced online.
In the statement on Sunday, Jesse explained his side of the story while admitting to having gone physical on his younger brother as a way of disciplining him.
According to him, the first incident occurred in 2020 after the deceased arm-twisted their father who was trying to stop him from using drugs.
"I want to unconditionally admit kuwa I went physical on my kid bro on several occasions that's absolutely true and that here's the other side of the coin," Jesse said in a long Instagram post.
He sought to put everything into perspective by addressing the controversy surrounding the death of their younger brother.
“I knew one day I was gonna trend but never in my wildest dreams did it occur to me that would happen such a time I'm mourning the loss of my brother as being the reason why he's no more, I know it's bad timing but for my peace of mind, I want to address just one aspect that has been leveled against me as an individual which was violence towards my brother,” he said.
“So my kid brother had the opportunity to live a very comfortable life with Abel at his house but he chose to live a basic life with me since my dad is a retired civil servant who relocated to ushago (upcountry).”
Jesse explained that their brother got depressed after things failed to work out as expected.
He mentioned that he used to stay together with the late brother before he relocated later after finding another job.
“It was at this point that he was done with school and so somehow things weren't working according to how he'd hoped so he became ill with mental health issues.
"And since nilimfunza mpaka sherehe (party life) it didn't help matters and so he sunk into depression. I'd come to visit him napata he's sleeping na black stanaz, for kitu two months amelala na Gogos so I looked for a few friends of his nikawauliza if they've noticed something with Rapho wakanishow your bro nkama nastep..meaning ako karibu kuwachilia,” he further explained.
Jesse added that he tried to help his brother by taking him to the hospital and convincing him to join rehab but he refused.
“I got a distress call from my dad telling me kuwa Rapho amemtwist mkono waakangushana chini because my dad wanted to get a sling bag from his neck which had a few drugs.
"So my mind went back to the Machakos level 5 test which said Rafo was in a good state of mind..so it occurred to me kuwa he knew what he was doing...so I felt at that state we might have to bury my dad at 70.”
He added: “So I went to ushago April 21, 2020 ata sikusalimia watu nili go physical on my bro for the first time in my life I can swear this before God and he apologised and we shook hands tukasema I should never get such a call ever in history.”
Jesse confessed that following the struggles he had been through with Rapho, he swore that the only time they should call him is when he decided to go to rehab.
“My bro still refused to be rehabilitated so I still took a taxi hadi ushago to our dad...and I delivered the boy to my dad's hands but I gave the two of them instructions.
“I should never ever be called on matters related to Rapho, the only call I'll pick is the day he'll tell me he's ready for rehabilitation...bila hiyo hata musijisumbue and we shook hands that day and it's the last time I spoke to Rapho until now recently when I got a call from dad asking me to come with policemen and collect the lifeless body of my brother.
“So, as for violence, I admit! But that's not violence but it was kurekebisha makosa as his 2nd parent, remember I was the only one living with Rhapho.
"Did I do it for anger? No, I was trying to rekebisha kosa.
"Did you love your brother? Absolutely, if this ain't love, then I don't know what's Love. Do you regret anything? Absolutely not, I did my best but it wasn't enough."
"R.I.P Rafo...I'm sad I had to clarify my actions at such a time,” Jesse added.