Parenthood is not an easy ride. It has never been a walk in the park, neither a bed of roses. Ask around and you will know why. Parenting, and good parenting for that matter, has it's ups and downs. It's full of challenges and only the determined parent emerges from the other side victorious. Ask my editor. He knows better.

Well, Yusuf Noah aka Refigah, is for sure one of the most popular Kenyan showbiz gurus. The youthful chap owns one of the regions best record labels, Grandpa Records. In 2014, he splashed not less than Ksh3.5 million on his three-day grand wedding with Mahandia Omar.

Just over a year later, the lovely couple was blessed with a son, whom they named Sultan. Yesterday, 2nd November, 2016, the adorable boy turned one-year-old and Refigah couldn't calm down. It was his firstborn's birthday!!!

However, Refigah chose not to splash a fortune on the celebrations, for reasons well known to him. We asked him why he spent millions on his wedding but threw just a modest birthday celebrations for his son.

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He told Mpasho,

"Imagine hakukuwa na bash as such it was just lunch for family and friends which was attended by around 35 people at our home at five star gardens. It was majorly prayers. To be honest, during the pregnancy ilikuwa trial kubwa sana na complications, so I decided tufanye maombi kumrudishia Mungu shukrani."

He adds that it was a great feeling to see his son turn one year, considering the stressing times the couple went through when the wife was pregnant.

"Tulishinda in and out of hospital but God is great. Despite hayo yote, I believed yote yatakuwa sawa and my son will be a great person. But his photos will never be on social media again until his next birthday. I don't believe in posting everything about my child on social media. When he grows up, he will decide what to post and what not to post for himself. Personally, I don't really like putting so much on social media about my personal life and that's why I did not follow the so-called trend of opening social media accounts for him."

However, Refigah says that spending time with his son helps him tap into his younger mind.

"But I still struggle as a parent. I struggle to be present. I struggle to be patient. I struggle to remember. Almost every single day. Every parent battles with parenthood in their own way, because parenting is not easy," he says.

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