Celebrated actor Ainea Ojiambo ha spoken on his shootinge incident in Nairobi CBD during an attempted mugging.
Speaking to Buzz Central, the thespian said he would have been killed had he not fired his gun in selfdefence.
In the incident, which went viral in April, Ainea drew his pistol and shot at the thugs, who wanted to steal his gold chain, estimated at KSh 400,000.
He defended his actions saying;
"It was just thugs who thought I was a soft guy and they were attacking me. Naturally, I had to protect myself. If I wouldn’t protect myself, they would have taken my gun away, shot me and we would be having one bad gun in the hands of bad people. What most people don't know is that they also had a gun and they shot back," said Ainea.
The actor also talked his love for gold, detailing how he developed interest in gold and how he was conned wheb he bought his first ever chain.
"I love gold because when I was young, that’s when I came across gold. I used to put in some ivory and the first gold chain I bought, I was conned," he said.
Adding;
"I bought from the streets for Sh20,000 and when I took a shower, it became silver. And from that time, I decided when I want gold, I go to the goldsmith, and that’s where I go to buy all my gold."
Ainea further disclosed that he wears jewellery worth more than Sh1 million.
"That chain they wanted to rob me of is worth Sh400,000. When I walk out, what I have on me is more than Sh1 million: the chains, bracelets, rings. The two rings, one is Sh150,000 and the other Sh170,000. My bracelet is Sh80,000," he said.
He went ahead to explain why he chose to invest in gold.
"People invest in gold, why? I can put the money in land but now look the way property has gone down, and in case there is a problem, you cannot run with your land. When you go out, gold has only two languages: how many grams and the karats," said Ainea.
