According to our reporter, Nairobi-based aircraft engineer Bertha Mongina has opened up about the painful truth that shattered her childhood. Watch full report
Growing up in Eldoret, she believed her family was normal, only to later discover that the man she called father had another wife in Nairobi and her mother was merely his mistress.
The revelation came with years of emotional neglect, violence, and rejection, especially after her mother had twins and pushed her aside.
Her world collapsed when the man she trusted confessed he wasn’t her real father and had only raised her out of kindness.
Now 30, Bertha has cut ties with her mother for two years and fears repeating the cycle, sharing her story to heal and inspire others facing hidden family trauma.
