Comedian Eric Omondi has revealed how the late Safaricom Chief Executive Officer Bob Collymore saved his career back in 2018.
In a long Instagram post on Tuesday, Omondi recounts how his controversial video swimming in River Turkwel in Turkana almost ruined his career.
He narrates how various corporates distanced themselves from him after the emergence of the video.
However, the comedian says, Collymore turned things around after he agreed to sponsor his 'Stadium tour'. This came as a surprise to Eric Omondi as he had previously never discussed anything to do with sponsorship with the Safaricom CEO.
"So on the 3rd day of March 2018, a video of me Swimming in River Turkwel in Turkana surfaced online and went viral. A few people found it funny, Majority were extremely offended. I apologized for the Video. A few corporates that were in line to Sponsor my inaugural Stadium tour which was in two weeks time were all over sudden not returning my calls. At around 12:46 PM Bob Collymore sent me the text above. He then called me and asked me to see him in the morning, I did and after along conversation about so many things he stood up suddenly and Said "Eric I have a meeting, I will Sponsor the Stadium tour forward me the proposal NOW!" This came as a complete surprise since we barely discussed Sponsorship. The Stadium tour is currently on the 19th County Sponsored by @safaricomplc," he said in the post.
Collymore succumbed to cancer on Monday and was cremated on Tuesday.
Already, Michael Joseph has been appointed as the acting CEO of Safaricom.