This archive report was first published on 21 October 2019.
Robert Burale's Journey to Debt ¶
Robert Burale, a motivational speaker, actor, and image consultant, has spoken publicly about his struggles with addiction and debt. He revealed that his addiction to stripping led to debts worth millions.
According to Burale, his addiction to stripping began while he was studying marketing in London. He stated that he was introduced to strip clubs by his friends and became addicted to the lifestyle.
"As an African man living abroad, every one wants you, so the attention started making us do things we would not consider doing before," Burale said in a past interview with K24 Faraja.
He added that strip girls are taught to milk their clients dry, and when they see someone with money, they will milk all of it. Burale claimed that he once spent 100,000 shillings on a night at a strip club, and the sad thing was that it was borrowed money.
"I had to keep up a reputation. I had to go to big hotels and dress well so I kept borrowing," Burale said. "With time my debts ran into millions. It got so bad that I had to borrow John to pay Peter and the cycle continued."
Burale's addiction to stripping led to a cycle of debt that he struggled to escape. He claimed that he only accepted he had a problem after he tried committing suicide.
However, Burale is now out of debt and has spoken publicly about his journey to recovery. He attributed his success to paying off his debts slowly with the money he earned from his jobs as a motivational speaker, actor, and image consultant.
His advice to people struggling with addiction and debt is to accept their situation and ask for help. "If you are broke accept it. Ask for help," Burale said.
