Daddie Marto shares reasons why his ex-wife Koku self-delivered in the car
By Ascah Mwango, August 6, 2025Actor and media personality Daddie Marto has opened up about the dramatic birth of his last child with ex-wife Christine Lwanga Koku, sharing emotional details of their troubled relationship and what he described as years of silent suffering.
In a lengthy and emotional series of Instagram stories posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, Marto addressed the controversial incident where Koku gave birth inside a car while being rushed to the hospital. The story had resurfaced online following ongoing tension between the former couple, and Marto felt compelled to give his side.
He reflected on the pattern of sensational birth stories that surrounded the births of both their children, admitting that while they were dramatic, they also carried valuable lessons.
“When our last two babies were born, the stories of their delivery were sensational. They had to be shared, for the entertainment and for the lessons. Everything was said, candidly and honestly,” he wrote.
However, Marto explained that these moments were later turned against him. He recalled being accused of failing to support Koku during labour, both during their first delivery and the more recent one in the car.
“Baby F was a COVID baby. It was just me and her in the delivery room. The nurse would give me specific instructions. But this is what I was accused of: ‘No wonder when I was in the hospital, you closed my legs when I wanted to push. You did not care about me, you only cared about the baby,” Marto said.
The creative questioned why anyone would expect him to allow his partner to begin pushing before the right time. He pointed out that doing so could have posed serious risks to both the mother and the baby.
Recounting the events of that day, Marto revealed that the entire experience was unexpected. He was busy on set filming while his then-partner, Koku, was at home resting. Without warning, she began experiencing intense contractions. The situation escalated quickly, leaving them with little time to get to the hospital. As they rushed, the baby could not wait; he was born right there in the car before they could reach the delivery room.
Marto described the experience as sudden and chaotic.
“Who in their right mind is supposed to let her push when it is not time? Isn’t that a danger to both her and the baby?” he posed.
Adding
“For the last baby, that’s a recent story. He was born in a car on the way to the hospital. It was a surprise. I was shooting, she was at home resting. Then boom, contractions,” he explained.
Despite being away at the time, Marto said he was later blamed for not taking her to the hospital in time.
“How then was I told, ‘No wonder you refused to take me to the hospital mpaka nikazalia kwa barabara?’” he asked.
Failed therapy
Beyond the births, Marto opened up about their failed attempt at therapy and what he described as emotional manipulation within the marriage. He claimed that Koku had unresolved childhood trauma, which began to surface and negatively affect their relationship.
“She found one amazing therapist who came out guns blazing against me. And I took it in stride. We were making progress. I was owning my issues, she was owning hers,” he wrote.
Adding;
“Then, like this script had not already been written before, I was hit with the same. Wait a minute, there are issues here that are not in the marriage that are being brought into the marriage by this person,” he said.
Marto said therapy was paused after Koku claimed the process was biased against her, despite him having paid for all their sessions, both individual and joint.
“I was not forced into therapy to save the marriage. I was forced into therapy because I was calling them out. I chose to be present and not engage in the numerous conflicts since they were depriving me of joy,” he said.
Adding;
“The best way to beat a narcissist is to starve them of your emotions. They will have nothing to feed off of. So, I stopped not because I planned to but because I had nothing more to give. When you are dealing with someone who does not take accountability, threatens you with self-harm when you insist on calling them out, and then they come out and lie to the masses to feed their need for attention and validation, you have no idea what I have had to gracefully deal with and still keep quiet.”
Koku had already shared her side of the story in July 2023, shortly after the car birth.
“I was screaming in the car. I was crazy. I was screaming because by then, the pain had gone up. I was screaming while I was in the last phase of labour,” she recalled in a video interview.
She described instinctively falling into a position many women in labour recognise, on her knees to help bring the baby out.
“The pain was so much that I went on my knees, and all women who have gone through labour know that it is their position to engage the head of the baby,” she said.
She then described the moment she delivered the child herself.
“I held the seat belt and pulled it in a loud cry. When my friend turned to look back, she saw me pulling out the baby’s head and putting the baby immediately on my chest, and that’s when he cried. I could not believe it. I was so proud of myself. I think I pushed in 10 seconds, and the baby was out,” she added.
While both Marto and Koku have continued to share their truths, the tension between them remains thick. Since their separation in 2024, they have kept their communication mostly indirect through social media while co-parenting their children.