{"id":195265,"date":"2023-09-14T15:12:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T12:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=195265"},"modified":"2023-09-14T15:12:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T12:12:31","slug":"eljibitikiu-manenos-eric-omondi-declares-he-will-never-cross-dress-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/eljibitikiu-manenos-eric-omondi-declares-he-will-never-cross-dress-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Eljibitikiu manenos! Eric Omondi declares he will never cross-dress again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-sourcepos=\"5:1-5:105\">Comedian Eric Omondi has announced that he will no longer be pursuing his comedic cross-dressing persona.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:128\">In an interview with Nairobi News, Omondi said that he has made the decision to focus on philanthropy and helping those in need.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"9:1-9:161\">&#8220;I stopped cross-dressing until further notice. What I am doing right now involves women, children, and more, so it will be hard to see that character,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"11:1-11:204\">Omondi has been cross-dressing for over 15 years, and his alter ego, Divalicious, has become a popular character in Kenya. However, he said that he feels it is time to move on and focus on helping others.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"13:1-13:229\">&#8220;I will donate all my clothes and keep some for future use. I will be doing more charity work, and the fact that Kenyans have supported me, I am now ready to give back to society. There is so much they have done for me,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"15:1-15:193\">Omondi&#8217;s decision to end his cross-dressing persona has been met with mixed reactions. Some fans have expressed disappointment, while others have praised him for his commitment to philanthropy.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"17:1-17:115\">Omondi has said that he is not concerned about the reaction of his fans, and that he is simply following his heart.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"19:1-19:161\">&#8220;I felt selfish, and that is why I am now willing to serve Kenyans. Right now, my focus is on helping Kenyans through whichever means that is possible,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"21:1-21:274\">Omondi is a well-known and respected figure in Kenya, and his decision to end his cross-dressing persona is likely to have a significant impact on the country&#8217;s entertainment industry. However, his fans can rest assured that he will continue to entertain them in other ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Eric Omondi has announced that he will no longer be pursuing his comedic cross-dressing persona. In an interview with Nairobi News, Omondi said that he has made the decision to focus on philanthropy and helping those in need. &#8220;I stopped cross-dressing until further notice. What I am doing right now involves women, children, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6069,"featured_media":179006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-195265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-eric-omondi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195266,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195265\/revisions\/195266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}