Mama Jimmy responds to claims she backslid and quit Christianity after relocating to America
By Steve Ireri, September 16, 2026Content creator Mama Jimmy has broken her silence on claims that she has abandoned Christianity and fallen out with her Christian denomination after her relocation to the United States saw her religious content diminish significantly.
Speaking in a TikTok video on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, Mama Jimmy addressed questions from followers who had noticed that she no longer posts prayer sessions and other faith-related content as frequently as she did while living in Kenya.
The content creator said she had seen the comments repeatedly but had deliberately avoided responding to them until she felt the speculation had become too widespread to ignore.
She said some followers had been questioning whether she still attends church and whether she and her family continue to pray, particularly because the regular prayer videos they were accustomed to seeing from her while she was in Kenya had become less visible.
“Every day, a lot of people keep asking me and saying, ‘Nowadays Mama Jimmy does not go to church and we do not even pray every day like we used to while in Kenya.’ I have seen such comments many times and I have never responded, but today I decided to respond because I see it is too much,” she said.
Mama Jimmy explained that the apparent change in her religious content should not be mistaken for a change in her faith, saying life in the US is considerably different from what many people in Kenya may imagine.
“One thing you should know is that life in the USA is not how you think. It is very different,” she said.
The content creator said one of the biggest challenges she has encountered since relocating is the difficulty of getting people together for prayer meetings, particularly during the working week.
She contrasted the situation with Kenya, where she said people can more easily make spontaneous arrangements to meet at someone’s home for prayers.
“Here, getting people together even in the middle of the week is so hard. They say here time is money,” Mama Jimmy explained.
She recalled how prayer gatherings in Kenya could be organised more easily, with people simply agreeing to meet at someone’s home without the same scheduling difficulties she has experienced in America.
“It cannot work like how in Kenya you are just at home and then you all plan to meet at someone’s house to pray,” she said.
Mama Jimmy said the demanding nature of work in the US means that many people have limited time to attend or organise gatherings during weekdays.
“People are always working here. People can only do such things on weekends, like Saturday, but you find some are also busy,” she said.
Despite the difference in lifestyle, Mama Jimmy maintained that her religious practices have continued, even if they are no longer as prominently displayed on her social media platforms.
She revealed that she and her family still attend church services and have maintained regular prayer, pointing to Sundays and Wednesdays as days when they engage in their Christian activities.
“We go to church on Sundays, and on Wednesday we also pray,” she said.
The content creator also addressed another aspect of Kenyan Christian culture that she said she has not encountered in the same way since moving to America: overnight prayer meetings, commonly known as keshas.
Mama Jimmy said she had become accustomed to seeing churches in Kenya organise overnight prayers, sometimes with Christians moving from one church to another to attend such services.
“About night keshas here, I have never seen such. Like the way you see keshas shifting from church to church in Kenya, here there is not such,” she said.