Being KAMBUA | God Healed The Pain (Alice Kimanzi)

Conversation Overview

Kambua welcomes gospel singer Alice Kimanzi to the show’s new studio for a heartfelt conversation about faith, infertility, grief, motherhood, and healing. Their friendship brings warmth—and a few laughs—alongside Alice’s deeply personal story.

Alice and Giddy

Alice first met her husband, producer Gideon “Giddy” Kimanzi, as a teenager. Kambua remembers Giddy as a famously strict studio taskmaster, then jokes that fatherhood has softened him. Their little boy once banged on his father’s studio door just to ask him to smell his toes.

The Long Wait for a Child

Alice and Giddy waited nearly a decade to have a child. After years of hope, pressure from relatives, and fertility tests, one doctor bluntly told Alice it was impossible for her to carry a baby and suggested adoption. Alice was devastated.

The next day, Alice’s mother and mother-in-law separately called with the same dream: a little boy crawling on a carpet in a blue romper. The dream gave the couple comfort, though the wait continued.

The struggle affected Alice’s faith. For a time, she held the painful belief that God could not understand her because He already had a son. She withdrew from worship and felt angry with God. At a worship night, she says, she felt those walls come down and was reassured of God’s love.

Soon after, her father became ill with leukemia and died. Alice recalls going to the Coast to grieve. With dark humor, she says she resented the beautiful sunshine and beach because everything inside her felt “ugly.”

Sharing Her Story

While sharing her infertility journey at a concert, Alice received an unsolicited message from someone offering to be a surrogate. She was furious, feeling that her pain was being treated as a spectacle rather than handled with care.

After an interview about her experience was repeatedly used to draw attention to her music, Alice became more protective of what she shared publicly. She still opens up to people walking a similar path, but stresses that painful stories deserve sensitivity.

Pregnancy and Motherhood

After nearly a decade of waiting, Alice became pregnant. She had been given several reasons to doubt it would happen, so when she finally took a test with Giddy beside her, the positive result left her shaking rather than instantly joyful.

Her pregnancy came with fear and challenges, but she says scripture and support helped her through. During labor, she pushed for a long time before needing a C-section. In the operating room, the anesthesiologist announced that Alice was a gospel singer, and the staff played her music. Alice was so groggy that when she heard her newborn crying, she wondered who had brought a baby into the room.

Her joy at becoming a mother was real, but so was the difficult adjustment—especially during the pandemic, when she was exhausted, sleep-deprived, and struggling to care for herself.

Respecting Boundaries

Alice and Kambua discuss the insensitive questions and assumptions women face, such as asking about someone’s fertility, congratulating them based on their body, or touching their stomach without permission. They call it bad manners and urge people to respect personal boundaries.

Alice’s Reflections

Alice says that although she remembers the years of waiting, she no longer remembers the pain in the same way:

“God has healed the pain.”

She says she is deeply satisfied being Baraka’s mother, while leaving the future in God’s hands. Her closing encouragement is for people facing private struggles—especially those in public-facing roles—to hold on to scripture, find trustworthy support, and remember they are not alone.

Personalities

• Kambua — host
• Alice Kimanzi — guest
• Gideon “Giddy” Kimanzi and their son, Baraka — discussed in the conversation