Oga Obinna postpones men’s mental health walk again over political unrest

Media personality Steve Thompson Maghana, popularly known as Oga Obinna, has once again postponed the highly anticipated Men’s Mental Health Awareness Walk originally scheduled for Saturday, July 19, 2025.

In a public notice released on July 17, 2025, Obinna cited rising political unrest and prevailing safety concerns across the country as the primary reasons behind the decision to delay the event until further notice.

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“NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT.  We regret to inform the public that the Men’s Mental Health Awareness Walk originally scheduled for Saturday, July 19, 2025, has been POSTPONED until further notice. REASON FOR POSTPONEMENT: This decision has been made due to: current safety concerns,” the notice by Obinna TV studios read.

According to the notice, the organisers’ foremost priority remains the safety and well-being of all participants expected to attend the awareness walk.

They expressed regret over the postponement but stressed that the current unstable political environment and associated security risks made it impractical and unsafe to proceed as planned.

The announcement clarified that a new date for the walk has not yet been determined.

Organisers assured the public that once the situation stabilises, details regarding the rescheduled event, including the venue, will be communicated promptly.

“Our commitment to ensuring the safety and well-being of all participants. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT New Date: To be communicated once the situation stabilises. New Venue: Will be announced together with the new date.”

First postponement

This marks the second postponement of the Men’s Mental Health Awareness Walk.

The stand-up comedian announced the first postponement of the second edition of his Men’s Mental Health Awareness Walk, originally scheduled for Saturday, June 28, 2025, on June 23, 2025.

Speaking during an interview on his YouTube channel, Obinna said that the event had been rescheduled to Saturday, July 19, 2025, due to mounting safety concerns.

Obinna emphasised that Kenya was grappling with widespread protests over police brutality and the memorial demo that happened on Wednesday, June 25.

He expressed fears that holding his mental health walk just three days later could dilute its message or, worse, place participants at risk of being caught in tear-gas deployments or misidentified as protestors.

The former radio host further reassured supporters that the two-week delay was intended to preserve the integrity and safety of the initiative, focusing attention squarely on men’s mental wellness without the distractions or dangers of overlapping protest activity.

“Our men’s awareness mental walk, we have postponed it because right now we are talking about police brutality, and while we are talking about police brutality, the police are still being brutal in the same process. So there is a major mandamano on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, and if we have to do our men’s awareness walk on Saturday, June 28, just three days later, it might just lose the meaning, or wanaweza kuja watutear gas. We are just pushing it for two weeks; the new date is July 19, 2025, same venue.”

Mental health awareness

Before it was rescheduled, the walk aligned with Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month in June, a time dedicated to highlighting the unique mental health challenges men face and fostering open conversations to combat stigma.

This observance is crucial, as men are statistically less likely to seek help for mental health issues and are nearly four times more likely to die by suicide compared to women.