Resurfaced Video Shows Late Gospel Singer Betty Bayo Praising Husband Tash Amid Intensifying Family Rift
A deeply emotional video of the late gospel musician Betty Bayo showering her husband, Hiram “Tash” Gitau, with admiration has resurfaced online, offering a stark contrast to the bitter disputes that have erupted since her death.
The heartfelt clip, now widely circulated, shows Betty speaking openly about the joy she found in her marriage and the powerful difference between simply being married and being happily married.
“I Am Happily Married” — Betty’s Own Testimony
In the video, Betty makes it clear that her union with Tash brought her genuine happiness.
“I am married; so many people are married, but it’s rare to find people who are happily married. Those are two totally different things… So I am happily married.”
She went on to say that what she cherished most was the freedom to be her authentic self. Tash, she said, loved her without conditions or expectations of perfection.
“When you marry your best friend, you don’t have to be what you’re not… He loves me just the way I am as a kienyeji. He doesn’t force me to be anyone else. He embraces who I am, and every day we take it a day at a time.”
“We Married in 2021” — Betty Confirmed Their Official Union
A second resurfaced clip shows Betty firmly stating that her relationship with Tash was not casual or unofficial.
“It’s marriage, not partnership… Ameenda kwetu and it’s official. We got married in 2021.”
Her words directly contradict recent claims that the couple was only cohabiting.
A Marriage Remembered as Posthumous Family Conflict Deepens
The videos come to light as Betty’s family remains embroiled in a highly publicised dispute with Tash following her death on 10 November 2025 at Kenyatta National Hospital, where she was being treated for aggressive leukemia.
After her burial in Mugumo Estate, Kiambu, tensions flared when her brother, Edward Kang’ethe Mbugua, accused Tash of withholding information about the severity of Betty’s illness and questioned the conditions under which she lived.
The conflict escalated when Betty’s mother, Joyce Wairimu, publicly claimed that Tash had not officially married her daughter — an assertion now challenged by Betty’s own recorded testimony. Wairimu has since demanded:
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An urgent postmortem and potential exhumation
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Custody of Betty’s children
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Immediate removal of the children from the home they shared with Tash
Adding to the emotional storm, Betty’s ex-husband and father of her children, Pastor Victor Kanyari, urged Tash to comply with Wairimu’s wishes “to avoid inviting a curse.”
As these competing narratives unfold, the resurfaced videos serve as a powerful reminder of how Betty herself viewed her marriage — a message that now sits at the centre of a growing family battle over her legacy, her children, and the truth of her final years.
