The days following the passing and burial of gospel minister and celebrated ‘11th Hour’ hitmaker Betty Bayo have been marked by grief, tributes, and quiet personal shifts within her family.
Among the most visible of these was the recent update to her daughter’s TikTok profile.
Sky Victor, Betty’s firstborn daughter with Pastor Victor Kanyari, has changed her TikTok handle from “254 Tash family”, a name she adopted during her mother’s marriage to Hiram Gitau, known as Tash, to the more personal “Sky V200.”
The change, which was effected on Saturday, November 22, 2025, comes just three days after Betty was laid to rest at her Mugumo Estate home in a deeply emotional ceremony attended by relatives, church leaders, artistes, and friends.
Sky’s heartbreaking tribute
During Betty’s memorial mass held shortly before her burial, Sky had struggled through tears as she read a tribute she had written only moments before stepping to the podium.
“I wrote this based on what I was feeling. Today is my mother’s memorial, and I don’t want it to be a sad day. I want it to be a day to remember our beautiful memories,” she said softly.
Sky described a relationship full of laughter, arguments, lessons, and forgiveness, everything that makes a mother-daughter bond real and alive.
“Just like any mother and daughter, we had our fights. Sometimes she used to make me so angry I questioned her love for me. But fights come and go, and when they did, my mum became the happiest and funniest person. She was the most awesome storyteller, one of her best features,” she admitted, her voice breaking.
She recalled confiding her dreams to her mother, even the ones that sounded wild or unrealistic.
“I used to tell her my stories, my dreams, and what I wanted to become. She supported all of them, even the ones that didn’t make sense. She told me never to listen to what haters say. All the funny content you see me doing online was her idea. It’s sad to think I won’t experience that anymore,” she shared.
Sky also opened up about the moment she learned her mother was gone, a memory she said felt unreal at first.
“The day the news was broken to me, I didn’t even cry. I thought everyone was pranking me. I kept thinking, ‘The joke’s over… when will I see my mum?’”
But as she noticed the worried faces around her, reality began to sink in.
“I felt weak, and I didn’t want to eat. When I was brought to see her for the last time, it felt like my world was crashing down. Before she died, I remember praying so many times. I fasted. She was my mum,” she said, fighting tears.
Her words left the congregation in silence, many wiping their own tears.
Sky’s grief mirrored the emotions seen at Betty Bayo’s burial later that week. In a sombre scene livestreamed by Kameme TV, Sky repeatedly wiped tears as her family supported one another.
Bishop Michael Wanderi led the service with a sermon from the Book of Revelation, speaking about rest, peace, and the reward of a life lived in service to God.
Both Betty’s widower, Tash, and her ex-husband and the children’s father, Pastor Kanyari, took part in the flower-laying ceremony, standing together for the sake of the children amid ongoing public debate about the future of custody.
Betty was finally laid to rest at 6:00 pm, after hymns, prayers, and a burial attended by many whose lives she had touched.
