Ep 226 MR. LENNY part 2 GETTING DIVORCED & GROWING PAINS Iko Nini Podcast

[@dancanrafiki404]

Mr.Lenny has been through it all. I have been to some of his concerts in Splash and Carnie and you wouldnt think the person entertaining you has been through a very hard time. Big Up Mwarf for bringing us this stories.

[@IkoNini]

Asante Osoro

[@fundikali73]

Speaking as an older citizen. This is a wonderful talk show where young men can find their true north as regards marriage, career, health and life choices. Seeing the disconnect between generations with the rise of single parent households, they perhaps will find bearing through each other experiences.

[@IkoNini]

Mwaf & Lenny are a senior citizens too 😁😁

[@muturikanini9176]

pole sana kijana..i thought nimepitia..wewe yako haijakua rahisi...welldone iko nini for a candid interview

[@easthetique]

How is Mr. Lenny explaining this without being emotional 😢😢😢. This is very traumatising

[@IkoNini]

I guess he has healed or he is healing

[@adonai7187]

He is such a strong man.

[@AbubakarSeif]

It is because he appears to have seen it all and he has also healed.

[@edwinwachira9898]

You never know someone until you get to hear their story. Good tidings to you Mr Lenny

[@IkoNini]

A true representation of human resilience

[@poptvkenya]

This man was a good vocalist. And very unique voice. Mr lennny one of the legends of Kenyan music.

[@IkoNini]

One of the best to ever do it

[@Benozom]

Mr Lenny is an excellent story teller. He should be creating content.

[@IkoNini]

He paints the picture vividly

[@yusufmahat6110]

Of all the Raia I’ve been listening to in ikonini, this is the most I relate to. I had a very turbulent childhood; raised away from parents, assaulted physically and emotionally for years but ended up being a very responsible and independent person. Listening to Mr Leni just made me emotional 😢 for the first in many many years. It’s a feeling I learnt to supress since I was a child. For many years. It’s dark. It’s scary. It’s very tormenting. Regardless, we move on and continue conquering the world. Our story shall be written and shared. Say no to child abuse. All my sympathy and compassion to any child that is not being raised by biological parents. We barely make it out of childhood physically and mentally sane!

[@IkoNini]

Pole Yusuf. Good to hear you’re thriving

[@miakomararo5343]

Hello Mwaf. You have something unique that makes men on your show open up. Kazi Safi buda.

[@leonmwangi4912]

On the mental illness issue, I went through the same as Mr. Lenny. As you guys do a series of mental illness episodes with different people, kindly invite Mukami Wambora.

[@IkoNini]

Poa poa will research and then do so

[@juliana_897]

Very important information. People should normalize going for counselling. Kudos to lenny for being vulnerable and sharing.❤

[@IkoNini]

Yeah he shared openly and courageously. Very inspiring too coz if he overcame then others can

[@campbellnyaolo]

Greatfull that i discovered Iko nini when am still young 💯

[@IkoNini]

Thank you for being here

[@vonte1960]

Very healthy conversation. Personally I relate with most of what Mr Lenny is talking about.

[@IkoNini]

Yeah some people went through it as kids

[@arthealth1]

this episode is very touching ,it makes us appreciate what we have in life...😢😢

[@IkoNini]

Yeah man. Kuna watu childhood was hell

[@RuthWanjiru-t3p]

true to word

[@RuthWanjiru-t3p]

this was good 👍

[@luckydaniel8396]

I used to listen to Kenyan diss songs and Mr. Lenny was a constant target, listening to him know I kinda feel sorry for him from childhood trauma to industry trauma damn shit is crazy

[@IkoNini]

He came out on the other side so kudos to him

[@Curioustraveller254]

Hizi smiles hucover vitu mob sana wasee wamekapitia....hii generation we should do better ikikam to parenting

[@IkoNini]

We have to. Itatusaidia in old age pia coz our kids will genuinely care for us

[@SollyjumaKennedy]

This is the place to be, the stories are so relatable some bring tears to your eyes. It takes great courage to share some of this very personal stories. Big up to Iko Nini

[@IkoNini]

Asante Juma Danga 😁😁

[@talesfromkenya1761]

It is rather mysterious how one can forgive such a grossly abusive father and not only that, take care of him in his helpless old age. Whatever you may be become, never become an abusive father or mother.

[@IkoNini]

We can only break the cycle and forgiveness is part of that breaking

[@simulizizadudumizi8417]

I saw a lot of myself in Mr., Lenny - the dropping out of school, sharing a cubicle with rich boys, having no pocket money, I had friends I used to visit on Melawa Street in those years...I too didn't want to get married or have children. I'm still struggling with it. I thought we the children made my parents unhappy. Many are the times when my dad told us that we were a burden to him, and he was longing to take off and leave my mother with us. If violence, I got an extra share of it from my mom. My dad is a specialist in killing you psychologically. Mom was more of a physical character who would rain fire and brimstone , and was easily triggered.

[@IkoNini]

How is your relationship with the two of them now??

[@kabuthakabutha9472]

Eh mwaf you need to invite her /him. This is a story worth sharing. 😢

[@robinsonaliero7943]

Mr Lenny has resilience ! You have really experienced pain !

[@IkoNini]

Yes he has but he is very resilient

[@ianmwendwa9578]

One of the best pods u have done

[@IkoNini]

Asante Ian

[@zadewetu]

Mr. lenny is a good storyteller. He should use this skill to grow his socials.

[@IkoNini]

He really paints the picture

[@mynahtv]

Just hope I will be a good father to my kids.. This is sad

[@IkoNini]

The bar was low when we were kids so we have to do better

[@mynahtv]

True my G

[@rodneymulinya5520]

MR LENNY AM JUST FROM WATCHING THIS INTERVIEW ON 7/25/2024. TO BE HONEST YOU ARE THE DEFINITION OF A REAL O.G!! YOU HAVE NEVER FOLDED AT ANY GIVEN ADVERSITY YOU HAVE FACED IN LIFE...CHIN UP ALWAYS...BIG UP UMENIMAKE NIDAI KUPUSH EVEN MORE IN LIFE MY G! MAY GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY BRO...TO MWAF KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO MY G!

[@Africana1_MNA]

Manze it's like I needed this.Nmelearn kuappreciate life and whatever it throws at me.Kuna highs na low and everything sums back as a lesson.Iko Nini

[@IkoNini]

🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@MkenyaN]

Pole sana kwa Lenny. That brutal act by his father was traumatizing

[@IkoNini]

Our generation has to do better coz in the previous one brutality had been normalized

[@kangwanadavid]

Maze Mr. Lenny. One of my all time favorite kenyan artists. Alafu, nappy zlikuwa poa. Atleast they conserved our environment. Sahi diaper zmetupwa kila mahali. Its one of the Probable causes ya hizi diarrhea conditions.

[@IkoNini]

Still dealing with nappies was hell for our parents

[@kangwanadavid]

@IkoNini true. But again, most if the time ungekaa bila. Nappy unavishwa ukienda hospitali ama safari. Siku izi ndio tunavisha watoto diapers wakati wote.

[@georgekamau5111]

Lenny is very resilient…. Waaah guess kids who grew up in the 90s tulikapitia if not from parents bullying from other kids especially if you were not from a well to do family.

[@IkoNini]

Yeah kuna wasee walikapitia

[@maina_mwangih]

Nice show 👌 Mr lenny is a strong guy big up,

[@IkoNini]

Very

[@gango_beatz]

The Vulnerability 💯

[@IkoNini]

Yeah he kept it 💯

[@brightonokoth3754]

Tough experience. Hope things will be alright

[@IkoNini]

I think his healing process is going on well

[@Bnxn_worldwide]

Iko nini is dope you guy! Mwaff unabuild archive smart sana na this guests

[@AbubakarSeif]

It's queit unfortunate that many men get to their 40's and loose their marriage. Lonely 40's. May the Lord Jesus Christ reverse in His mighty name,

[@munene8612]

Sad story but so funny. Long live Mr Lenny

[@IkoNini]

Long Live to the legend

[@simonkaraku]

This is a very interesting interview..big up iko nini

[@IkoNini]

Asante Symo

[@briankariuki1588]

Ako very emotionally mature

[@IkoNini]

Age and experience helps

[@eriqmwangi]

Wah.....Mr. Lenny has been through a lot.......Izza jo kwake

[@IkoNini]

That’s one strong guy so we think he’s okay now

[@nicholasndungu3480]

Olkalou....my home too

[@IkoNini]

Wewe na Ian na Lenny ni kitu moja 👊🏿👊🏿

[@catherinenjenga5308]

Such a candid and sad conversation. That kind of beating was child abuse. Pole sana Mr Lenny. I knew your late sis and your other two sisters. I am glad you have come to a place of forgiveness and peace. I wish you all the best for the future. You are a better man.

[@IkoNini]

💯

[@irineougo2677]

Feels like my childhood weh it was tough 😢 i can relate kabisaa

[@kelvinokwemba4079]

+1

[@TimKimaiyo]

Thank you Mr Lenny for coming through all of that and being a better man and blessings to you....abuse of any form is a big NO NO.Biggup Iko Nini crew for this eye opening podcast.

[@SteveIrunguJermaine]

Personal responsibilities begins with myself Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@gango_beatz]

Iko nini Iko nini ‼️…GREAT AND DEEP Story manze 🔥

[@IkoNini]

Yeah Mr Lenny decided to bear it all

[@marthawainaina2309]

watching this for the second time...great conversation.

[@IkoNini]

Asante Martha. Tell a friend to tell a friend kama kawa

[@naxiz_kenya2805]

Lakini Martha niaje madem mnakuwanga waruthless ibo ka jamaa ako ndogo kwa mfuko ebu tuchanue

[@ianthiongo]

Thank you @Martha

[@vdjniro4042]

If feel you mr lenny

[@IkoNini]

That was an emotional journey mehn

[@Vision-kl3mx]

Chris rock ashaiongelea hii story kwa comedy about you losing your job,ni ngumu sana dem akubali status irudi chini so she just leaves you its just sad

[@IkoNini]

Just nature

[@Georgekipkemoi]

Nice one 🎉

[@IkoNini]

Thank you

[@TheTENMANIAC]

Pia mi ni ka wewe mwaf …..my wife ndio akona stories ka za Mr Lenny za beating za Ajab . Poleni sana 4 anyone mwenye alipitia izi ma trauma . Hope mpate a way ya ku break the cycle . Big up

[@IkoNini]

Yeah the generational trauma has to end

[@kevinswahili1991]

What a story bro…no words

[@SteveIrunguJermaine]

Im extremely sorry

[@annmaina4268]

Ian story ya wet wipes inampeanga stress...you can't mention diapers and leave out wet wipes with Ian around😀

[@IkoNini]

😂😂😂😂

[@officialwakungwimark3797]

Mwaf... I must say what Mr Lenny went though hata mimi pia nilikapitia man. I also have a mark on my hand fathe alinichoma na kisu moto man. Just because niliacha jiko ikaisha makaa.its lunch hour anafaa kwenda job. Mimi Nani nimeenda kuasha jiko makaa inaish nimeenda kucheza ball na na imagine it's Sunday tumetoka lunch. Bro be a fist born si joke. We went through alot. Wallahi mimi na huyu msee hamna tofauti nilikikapitia bro

[@kyariemoss532]

While I sympathize with you. I tend to disagree hapo kwa first. I think the issue was with your dad not you being a first born. I am a first born but priviledged enough not to have gone through such

[@IkoNini]

@Mark Iza Jo. But you survived. How is the relationship between the two of you?

[@officialwakungwimark3797]

⁠well the relationship si mbaya vile though am not usually free with dad me hu feel ni free na mother. Mzae aliniingiza fear bro kumwambia kitu kama ni na shida huwa I usually find it hard man. Ni na memories mob sana kuhusu mzae nikiwa bado niko home back in the days. Not good memories but mbaya mbaya tuu kumuhusu mna 😢

[@officialwakungwimark3797]

@@kyariemoss532You must be lucky man. Mimi nilikapitia bro sijui mzae beef yake na mimi ilikuwa ni Nini man

[@_mtukutu]

Nice one wasee kazi Safi....

[@IkoNini]

Asante kwa hii comment

[@_mtukutu]

@@IkoNini kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2esYnmIbb91h68si=MkZYXMZfbRhEf5DE

[@DicksonMustosto]

Watu upitia na kila mtu ako na risto

[@tuffpodcastkenya]

Na bado hatujaongea ata his music journey yet🔥, Love to be here🎙 iko nini

[@IkoNini]

Yeah man. It’s deep

[@kelvinokwemba4079]

Some parents huku nje 😓😭

[@manyunje9560]

We that's very sad

[@IkoNini]

Yeah

[@terencejumba1939]

💯💯💯

[@IkoNini]

Terrence Asante. Although ulipoteza jina to Creative 😂😂

[@BryanK254]

iko nini interactive comment

[@IkoNini]

Wazi wazi

[@BryanK254]

@@IkoNini this is super deep. Therapeutic. good job as always.

[@innocentiuskilonzo8037]

Zak be killing me The sound of thirty bob😂

[@IkoNini]

Ian 😁😁

[@jeremyrono5666]

Lenny's father was psycho maze....polè sana

[@IkoNini]

In the third part we talk about healing

[@vonte1960]

Mental health is usually a slow progression. Sometimes when you look back at irrational acts example what the dad was doing you’ll realize that the early signs of mental health had started manifesting. But more often than not in our society we mistaken this early signs to be one’s character.

[@IkoNini]

Yeah plus we associate mental illness with adult chokoras on the street

[@surpeleisurpelei7501]

Kweli. And if you're not rada, if your parents are over 70, they will be hurriedly diagnosed as dementia when that is not quite it. From Lenny's case, his dad seems more schizophrenic, hope the diagnosis was got right, as whuee misdiagnosis kibao.

[@amosodhiambo5605]

ian ana iq high,,enda ujinice,,ati saa ya uji

[@IkoNini]

😂😂

[@vonte1960]

Dang! Huyu msee alikapitia😢

[@IkoNini]

Let’s now all do better

[@vonte1960]

Agree

[@SteveIrunguJermaine]

It is a high time need to stop hypocrisy mostly in churches to me the family institution went to the dogs im extremely sorry that,s the bitter truth

[@vince9356]

Single women make other women single.Due to their heart brakes,failed marriages or relationships usually they influence their friends negatively on their men.Wamejaa online and socio media.

[@IkoNini]

Girls in relationships have to know they have something to lose. Just read that Tyrese ex wife is saying her friends made her ask for a divorce

[@vince9356]

​@@IkoNini💯 true.Unfortunately it's getting worse

[@johnmido3632]

​hiii show nikama therapy guest huopen up

[@IkoNini]

Ni therapy pia kwa hosts

[@triplebeans4159]

Covid exposed alot of people and relationships in general.I was pro-marriage but on hearing his and daddy Owen's predicament is giving me second thoughts about it.

[@IkoNini]

Yours might be different. Kila mtu na experience yake

[@surpeleisurpelei7501]

Celebs who marry after making their name tend to not marry the one that actually likes them for them. They go for the "trophy type" : the one who they know 💯 she'd never have given him the time of day if he didn't have the money or fame. So when either dwindles, it's logical that the relationship will go south, as the foundation was " mfuko na uu superstar". Then there are the Abel Mutua -Nyawira/Nameless-Wahu kind, which tend to stand the test of time (knock on wood), as alikupenda for you. Boils down to if you actually believe you are likeable enough, unaweza pendwa tu ulivyo, as that determines who you go for and why.

[@mpengav1]

Your headline "MY FATHER WAS VERY ABUSIVE " is clickbait & misleading, designed to perpetuate hate for fathers.

[@IkoNini]

You’re the only one who has thought that. I wonder why?

[@calebnyagaka3982]

Iko nini is mostly based on real life issues and reality of life🤏very therapeutical