Ruth Matete( photo/www.side.co.ke)
Tusker Project Fame (TPF) 5 winner Ruth Matete has opened up about her life after winning the competition.Speaking to Grace Ekirapa on Crossover 101, the worship leader at House of Grace church disclosed that she got into TPF at a time when she was experiencing frustrations in her life and of how she was mocked for giving 1/10 of the Sh5 million prize money she won to the church as tithe.“They wrote in newspapers that I am foolish to have given Sh500, 000 in church but I believe that tithe is what is keeping me right now,” Matete quoted.
"I was the only child, brought up by a single dad", Matete stated that after winning TPF, she returned to church but she was output on probation for three months.
The following year during TPF 6, Matete had to perform on the basis of the contract she had signed with the show.
However, the dress she had picked for that particular occasion was surmised not suitable by the organisers who went ahead to select a short, white dress which later she was criticized and mocked as she became talk of the nation.
Ruth Matete stipulated that; “I tried to commit suicide because I had never been in a place where I was required to handle so much pressure. You switch on the radio and the trending topic is Ruth Matete’s dress.”