Bien's advice to Khalif Kairo: 'Shut up...just shut up and work!'

Singer Bien Aime Baraza has joined the ever-evolving conversation on controversial city car dealer Khalif Kairo's mounting legal troubles.

In a candid video shared on X, Bien addressed Kairo's overnight celebrity status, stating that the sudden fame may have gotten into his head.

"Shut up! Shut up Khalif. Nyamaza Kairo, wacha kazi iongee. Usiongee tena. Hiyo umeongea imetosha,” Bien declared, urging the overnight celebrity to let his work do the talking.

The ‘Lifestyle’ hitmaker expressed sympathy but also sternly warned Kairo over his online recklessness.

“I feel he is young, and there are so many lessons to learn from fame. Imagine at the beginning of the year no one knows you, then all of a sudden you are the most famous person in town—it does things to you,” he stated.

"All these years you were working, you were building, we did not know who you were, and you were successful. Just go work.”

Bien's comments come after Nairobi City County’s Chief Officer of Environment, Geoffrey Mosiria, also took a swipe at Kairo, whose legal troubles have deepened over undelivered vehicles and fraudulent dealings through his car-shipping company, Kai and Karo.

In a video shared online, Mosiria advised young men against living beyond their means to impress their girlfriends, cautioning that the pressure to flaunt wealth has driven many into financial ruin, or worse, crime.

According to Mosiria, the obsession with luxury and public displays of wealth has misled many young men into dangerous financial decisions, all to maintain an illusion of success.

He expressed shock at seeing Kairo now pleading for donations after being arrested for allegedly failing to deliver vehicles paid for by clients.

"The events humbling Kairo must have taught him a lesson on living within his means,” Mosiria remarked.

Encouraging hard work and financial discipline, he warned against shortcuts to wealth, "People work hard. You don’t just wake up and become rich overnight, you must work hard. It’s a process."

"Let’s inspire each other to work hard. Usikule pesa ambayo huja ‘workia’ hard. Usijaribu kuomoka overnight. Unataka tu uishi posh life, lakini ukienda kwao ocha bado nyumba ni ya nyasi na matope. Don’t live beyond your means. Don’t live a life you can’t afford," he concluded.

This comes even as Kairo was slapped with fresh fraud charges this past week.

The car trader, who was last week charged with fraudulently obtaining money for the importation of high-end vehicles, was arraigned on a new charge of fraudulently obtaining Ksh.3 million in another car deal.

The businessman asked Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina to release him on a personal bond of Ksh.3 million, saying he had spent two days in police custody.

The court allowed his application and also released his passport to enable him to travel to the USA to raise funds for financing the business.

The court noted that Kairo has been travelling in and out of the country as evidenced by his passport.

Magistrate Onyina said the prosecution had not provided any compelling reason to restrict the suspect's freedom of movement.