This archive report was first published on 13 August 2019.
Published on August 13, 2019, Vera Sidika, a high-flying socialite turned businesswoman and singer, has opened up about her decision to discontinue her university education to pursue a career in social media.
At the time, Sidika was pursuing her Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts at Kenyatta University, but she decided to take advantage of her moment of fame after being featured in P-Unit's hit video song 'You Guy'.
'It was banned because my ass was all over the TV and everyone was asking who I was,' she told True Love Magazine.
With her newfound fame, Sidika started posting raunchy photos on social media, which garnered her hundreds of followers and led to her getting paid for parties.
'I was the one who started this socialite thing. I did sexy photo shoots, posted them on social media and got many more followers. I started getting gigs and it was hard to keep up. I jokingly started asking for money and before I knew it I was getting paid to party. If the Kardashians were doing it, why not me?' she says.
She eventually decided to quit university and focus on her socialite career, saying 'I had to milk this opportunity dry. The way I see it, we go to school to earn good money. Here I was making it, so why not concentrate on that first? Besides elimu haiishi.'
Despite rumors that she is running broke and is about to close down her beauty parlor in Westlands, Nairobi, Sidika refuted the claims, stating that her salon is 'picking up really well' and she plans to expand it.
She also confirmed that she is currently in love with her Tanzanian doctor husband, Jimmy Chansa, and revealed that she once dated a politician due to his tracking habits.
