Popular Kenyan OAP, Adelle Onyango is one of the most influential media personalities the country has produced.
The Radio girl has in the past years gathered an impressive online fan base under the topic #TeamADELLE; a community of both her biggest fans and admirers.
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Recently, they started a monthly charity event as a way of giving back to the society. With the project under the leadership of Adelle herself with the help of her Vice, Noreen Kituyi, they have managed to put smiles on multiple faces with the great work they do.
And last weekend was just another business day as the team paid the children at Mary’s Faith Children’s Centre in Riruta, Kenya a visit – to have them get their early Christmas, and all was well until claims of them hijacking the event started making rounds on several local blogs.
One of the accusers is Rysper Sue Mahigah, a member of the #CharityEvent organisers who thinks Adelle took things a bit too far by acting like she organised the whole event – and she said in a long Facebook read;
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#TeamADELLE has come forward to respond to these unfounded claims in a press statement from the Vice Chair, Noreen Kituyi, released today saying;