Kenyan socialite Pesh released from prison in Ghana after spending nearly 10 years behind bars
By Martin Oduor, K24 Digital On Sat, 18 Feb, 2023 18:03 | 3 mins read
The Kenyan socialite Peninah Lema Munyithya popularly known as Pesh has been released from Ghanaian prison having served at least three-quarters of her 10-year sentence.
Pesh revealed she was out of prison when she changed her Facebook profile picture on February 11, 2023.
The voluptuous socialite further posted an inspirational quote in a subsequent post after changing her profile picture.
“Positivity should always drive you,” Pesh wrote.
The socialite also shared a video of herself dancing to a song as she enjoyed her newfound freedom.
Before her latest posts, Pesh was last seen on Facebook on July 29, 2015, as she announced that she was at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) en route to Ghana for a ‘holiday’.
“Thanks to God dreams coming tru…. another holiday for her majesty. #Ghana!” Pesh posted on Facebook.
Drug trafficking
Pesh was arrested in July 2015, at an airport in Ghana while trafficking drugs.
The Kenyan socialite rose to fame in early 2015 after sharing her birthday suit photos which went viral on social media.
Pesh was still a student at MKU pursuing a degree in Project Management when she got famous.
Lydiah Wairimu, who claimed to have schooled with Pesh, said the socialite’s newfound fame attracted a Nigerian drug dealer who exploited her naivety.
Wairimu said the drug baron used Pesh to traffic drugs, revealing that he took her to Ghana where she was to ferry drugs to Seychelles.
However, the Kenyan socialite was arrested at the airport as she was boarding a flight to the Indian Ocean island nation.
Pesh was subjected to the Ghanaian justice system and was found guilty of drug trafficking and subsequently sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The Kenyan socialite was expected to be released from a Ghanaian prison sometime in 2025 but she was released early after serving seven years in jail.
Lydiah Wairimu narrated exactly how the socialite ended up in prison. She said Pesh’s craving for a lavish lifestyle was what landed her in trouble.
“Wuuuii I do feel pain for Pesh. She was my campo student mate at MKU back in 2014 she was doing a degree in project management. Peers pushed her to bad company. She had the figure naturally. So akaanza socialiting. Her first trip was Dubai. Kwa zile harakati she met a Naija who showed her good life here and money. Little did she know the Nigerian is a drug dealer,” Lydiah Wairimu narrated in part in a Facebook post.
She added that;
“So the day Pesh was leaving Ghana the guy hired a taxi to take her to the airport kumbe zile manguo amepack tonnes en tonnes of drugs ndio hakutala kumpeleka airport.”
Lydiah stated that the Nigerian drug dealer who was using Pesh to traffic drugs had multiple identities, adding that Ghanaian authorities couldn’t trace the Nigerian with the names Pesh gave them.
“Poor girl she didn’t know she was being used by the naija men to transport drugs. So innocently she [email protected] Ghana airport bag kaenda checking kawaida. ikapatikana drugs worth 30m ksh. She was not aware akafungiwa cell ya airport next day to court kuhonjiwa where she came frm, who sent her their phone numbers everything was fake hawangepatikana.”
