Why 'Bora Uhai' Is No Joke For Nameless

Singer David Mathenge whose stage name is Nameless, had a near-death experience in September 2017 when he suffered spontaneous bleeding in the brain, a condition known as subarachnoid
haemorrhage. Nameless said he developed the condition while at a meeting.

 He experienced a strange sensation around his neck that seemed to ascend to his head. “Then I had a severe headache. It was not a normal headache. I was holding my head because it felt like it was going to explode,” he says. Luckily, other singers at the event rushed him to a hospital.

The 30-minute drive to the hospital was long. It was at 5pm on a weekday. I saw my life flash in front of my eyes and all I kept saying, as my friends later informed me, was “NO!” “NO!” “NO!”, while holding my head. I was not ready to die,” he says. The singers informed his family about the developments. “My wife was wondering what was happening because she had just talked to me 5 minutes prior and she was the one who was feeling unwell that day.

 Dr Oluoch Olunya, a neurosurgeon was within the hospital premises and was called to attend to him. “He came and told us that I had a subarachnoid haemorrhage that was likely to be caused by either a burst aneurysm or just a spontaneous burst of a blood vessel,” he says.