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After his mother’s death, he turned to crime and soon got addicted to drugs while trying to hustle it out in Mathare slums.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne year ago I was a smoke slave. I couldn\u2019t function without smoke, I kept it to my mind that I needed to smoke to be more creative. Later on I realised it was just a myth. I prayed to God and said to myself I will quit. I prayed and told God to free me ’cause I’m his child, and he did.\u00a0Life was not easy in the street. I became a drug peddler, that is how I made my money. I even used to fake disability and pretend to be a disabled child just to get money. I mean, life there was not a joke. It was so tough,” he said.<\/em><\/p>\n “I sold scrap metals as well and I became a thug. I would snatch bags from people, side mirrors za gari za watu. But all this was out of frustrations in life and lacking hope because I didn\u2019t see me becoming anyone in the society.”<\/em><\/p>\n The comedian, who is now among the top in Kenya, shared that he was lucky to be taken to rehab and came out a reformed man.<\/p>\n \u201cSmoking cost me a lot, loss of dignity, loss of jobs. I remember some of my \u2018friends\u2019 who wanted me to offer my creative services used to say, ‘Hhuyu usimpee pesa, bora uende na fegi atakuskiza.’ That\u2019s how low I could stoop, and as an addict, you put smoke ahead of you.\u00a0 Mr Muli took me to his children\u2019s home and that is where I reformed from using hard drugs after I was taken to rehabilitation for two years,” he said.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Churchill comedian Lawrence\u00a0Macharia aka Terence Creative has opened up on his tough life before making out as a comedian.\u00a0Macharia, who also works as a radio presenter at Radio Jambo, shared that street life became unbearable after he lost his mum at the age of nine years. “I am the lastborn of three brothers. Our mum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6017,"featured_media":91638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[47015,92095,92094],"class_list":["post-91636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-kenyan-artists","tag-lawrence-macharia","tag-terence-creative"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/Terrence-Mwangi6.jpeg\")
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