Gitobu Koome: The man behind actor Nick Mutuma’s expose

Nick Mutuma and Koome Gitobu

• Koome Gitobu is allegedly the man behind the woes facing actor Nick Mutuma
• Kenny Kaburu stated that Gitobu’s attack was a well-orchestrated move to mudsling the actor
• Koome Gitobu was the second runner-up during KTN’s The Presenter talent show

Koome Gitobu, the second runner-up during KTN’s The Presenter talent show is the man behind an online frenzy in which celebrated actor Nick Mutuma came under attack over alleged female assault.

And now, MondayBlues can confirm the said assault could have been framed, a calculated move to mudsling the actor for publicity and popularity’s sake.

Gitobu, who like Nick has been a radio presenter, took to social media, claiming Nick had “grabbed his girlfriend’s behind” last year during the popular Ameru Cultural Festival.

However, sources who were there among them the organisers of the event Eric Kinoti, MC Jessy, Kenny Kaburu and many others have come out in Nick’s defence, describing Gitobu’s assertions as malicious.

More sources from the event that the MondayBlues team attended further confirmed  Gitobu, who had been awarded a photography duty during the three-day cultural  ensemble, met the said girl at the event in which she too had been offered a role, this confirming that she was not Gitobu’s girlfriend then as claimed.

“We were with Nick throughout the  three days of the event and in fact we were sharing a hotel and I can confirm these are fabrications made to soil Nick’s name,” Kenny Kaburu, one of the key players during the Ameru festival told MondayBlues.

Ironically, when Kenny approached Gitobu on Saturday asking him to provide facts and witnesses for the said assault, Gitobu went ahead to insult Kenny and further intimidate  through a social media post telling Kenny that he had also witnessed him grabbing a girl’s behind during the same event.

The allegations that Nick, who is currently in the USA for studies vehemently denied, were fanned by three “feminists”, one of whom MondayBlues can confirm was behind writer Tony Mochama’s alleged female assault claim, a case that now has the writer turning tables against the activists.

“It is just wrong for someone to wake up one day and plot how to mudsling someone’s name. This guy simply wants to spoil Nick’s reputation. He is on a publicity hunt.

Where has he been since last year to come out now and make such claims? Why isn’t the girl speaking for herself?” Kenny wondered and added: “This is a well-orchestrated move.

The fact that another girl is coming out to make similar claims that are attracting support from the same people shows a cartel has been formed - to spoil Nick’s name.”

Speaking to MondayBlues from USA yesterday, Nick expressed shock over the allegations and challenged his accusers to indulge him in an open conversation if he “truly wants the world to know the truth”.