Popular comedian and content creator DJ Shiti left mourners visibly shaken at his father’s burial on October 9, 2026, delivering a passionate and deeply personal address that has since gone viral across social media.
His father, Richard Ndende Banda, passed away after battling prostate cancer for close to six years, during which the family made repeated hospital visits in search of treatment and relief.
DJ Shiti questions SHA’s role
Speaking beside his father’s casket at an open-air funeral gathering, DJ Shiti did not hold back his frustrations.
He reflected on how exhausting and heartbreaking the journey had been, with his father going back and forth between hospitals without ever receiving the kind of care the family had hoped for.
He pointed to a troubling pattern he said he had witnessed firsthand: patients arriving at public hospitals only to be put on machines and then asked by medical staff to raise money for their own treatment.
“Kwanini mtu wakipelekwa, baadaye madaktari wanaambia mtu wachangie mtu wao?” he asked, visibly emotional.
He singled out the Social Health Authority for scrutiny, questioning whether it was actually delivering on its promises.
“SHA inafanya kweli ama ni mchezo?” he said, his voice cracking as he spoke.
He did pause to acknowledge the staff at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), leading mourners in applause for the medical team that had looked after his father, noting that they had stayed consistent throughout the long treatment period.
However, his overall message was blunt: outside the mortuary, he felt that very little at public hospitals was functioning as it should.
“Ukipeleka mtu kwa public hospital saa hizi ni kama unapeleka aende afe,” he said.
He also acknowledged that those with private insurance or the means to afford private hospitals stood a far better chance, leaving those without those options largely on their own.
Watch DJ Shiti’s emotional address at his father’s funeral:
Dj Shiti speech at his father’s burial https://t.co/UHagXNoTJT
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Kenyans react to DJ Shiti’s speech
The video resonated deeply with Kenyans online, many of whom said it reflected experiences they had lived through themselves.
Here are some of the reactions from social media users:
@chrisBanyangu said:
“Till ikufanyikie utaona ni jokes but he is talking the truth.”
@ArapTurur said:
“Health is not in the healthcare system. Unfortunately. Wellness is in the kitchen and farm. Make your kitchen the first hospital and your food your medicine.”
@Sifuna0254 said:
“The guy is very right, there’s a level 6 hospital in Kisumu that is a death trap. Ukipelekwa, chances zako za kurudi in a coffin is 85%.”
@kafangimr said:
“Sad 🥺 but hii ndio tone yeye hukua nayo kwa comedy.”
@MuokNyabinda said:
“But it is the doctors who diagnose and treat. SHA only pays! How is SHA connected to one being sick or contracting a disease?”
@NickNyash01 said:
“But he did not register his late father for SHA.”
@john_mackonen said:
“Any govt can hardly help you with ‘cancer’.”
