Let's give a round of applause to the Kenyans on Twitter 'forensics' team. Wow, a whole exposé on a man many of us probably didn't even know. So, who is Wilkins Fadhili and what's the tea? Here are the receipts.
Wilkins first made it big when he made his first millions at the age of 24 when he received a grant from an international organization to run his company, Fashion Torch Africa. In a previous interview, he described the company as "an incubation hub that conducts training and mentorship programs for anyone who wants to start a fashion or creative business."
From then on, he was picked by Blaze by Safaricom as a mentor and he used this to leverage himself as a "man behind brands." He continued gaining popularity online and on platforms such as Twitter and LinkedIn as a brand strategist claiming to have worked with various Kenyan media personalities and musicians. And then boom, it was all undone by BBC journalist, Larry Madowo, in one tweet! Here is the tweet.
https://twitter.com/LarryMadowo/status/1089087615633108992?s=19
https://twitter.com/LarryMadowo/status/1089210918515412994?s=19
Since then, media personalities such as the likes of Edith Kimani, Victoria Rubadiri and Adelle Onyango have come out refuting that he or any of his 'companies' represent them in any way. Over the weekend, more public figures have called him out and distanced themselves from him with many other Twitter users sharing stories of how he defrauded them of money.
https://twitter.com/elanimuziki/status/1089215979194933249?s=19
https://twitter.com/ADELLEO/status/1089090536735211520?s=19
https://twitter.com/VickyRubadiri/status/1089555461601443842?s=19
Wilkins has since then apologized and asked for any journalist interested in hearing his side of the story to contact him. His name and where he apparently took his postgraduate masters seem sketchy and the Twitterati want him to come clean. This is all too much hey? Here are some of the heated reactions on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/millanouma/status/1089439815047753729?s=19
https://twitter.com/Ohta_Ryota/status/1089229436728344579?s=19
https://twitter.com/nimokering/status/1089475104575287296?s=19
https://twitter.com/wilkinsfadhili/status/1089498755609645056?s=19
https://twitter.com/Bigeyed_bee/status/1089139353065058306?s=19
https://twitter.com/anj_116_/status/1089126997069099008?s=19
https://twitter.com/Miqwi/status/1089122264275128320?s=19

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