Kenyan Media Personality Ciru Muriuki has paid tribute to her late fiancé Charles Ouda who recently passed away in February 2024.
Paying tribute to her late Fiancé, Ciru opened up confessing her undying love for her late fiancé, pointing out aspects of where Charles became a pillar in her life not only making her see things differently put also learn to appreciate things she never knew existed and were such a beauty.
“I”m standing up here honoring this man and still doesn’t feel real. Charli was a true artiste, he appreciated every form of art.”
“He was not a snob. He looked at art with a sort of child-like wonder, an opportunity to learn. Thanks to him, I gained a deeper appreciation of creative arts. Watching every film became an education for me. He was a visionary, the way he saw the world was just beautiful to witness, and he never wanted to gate keep his knowledge.” Ciru opened.
She goes on narrating the first time she set eyes on Charles which was way back when she was in high school yet and never in her mind did she ever think they would end up together.
“The first time I ever saw Charli on stage was several years ago while he was still at St Marys. I had just finished high school and my goodness I thought he was so fine, Waah, with that smile that lit up the stage.”
“If anyone told me that 20-plus years later this luminous, effervescent man would ask me to marry him, I’d have laughed you out of the room.”
“This love story of ours took me by surprise. When Charli and I reconnected after I came back from New York, I wasn’t really looking, I had just lost my dad the year before, and I was still trying to navigate the enormity of that loss.” Ciru shared.
She concluded by saying that she still remembers all the great times they had together and would hold them dear and never in her life did she ever think that someone would love her as much as Charlie did.
“Let me tell you guys I’m almost 42 years old and I have never been loved like that. It wasn’t about the grand gestures. It was about the comfort. The easy intimacy, that wonderfully silly friendship between us.It was such a big beautiful love. The night he asked me to marry him, we were on his couch and I was wearing torn leggings and one of his t-shirts and he got down on one knee and I cried, and to date that is one of the most beautiful nights of my life.
Thank you for showing me what true love really means. Thank you for being the perfect example of a gentleman and a real man. Thank you for being the kindest man I have ever known. Thank you for taking care of me. It is a privilege to have loved and been loved by you. I will miss you until I join you, thank you.” Ciru concluded.
Charles Ouda is set to be cremated today, February 15 at Kariakor Cemetery, according to a family statement that went out a few days ago.
Actor Charles Ouda passed away on the night of February 3, 2024, at the age of 38.