The fairy-tale year for songstress-cum-actress Valerie Kimani ended on Thursday with great news of a baby on the way. The singer who stars on MTV’s Shuga series as the abstinence championing Cindi and Mo Faya as Syombua told Pulse she is due in July.

“You know the thing I love about life is the fact that the industry is so unpredictable! You just have to learn to swim even in the roughest tide and relax to go with the flow sometimes. Well, I’m expecting a baby and I’m accepting baby bootees and cheques. No roses, I hate them, please bring daisies,” said Valerie who refused to reveal the name of the baby’s father.

The singer also confirmed that she has made peace with his parents.

Hot off the rumour mill!It is alleged that music maestro Eric Wainaina is the father of Valerie Kimani’s (Winner of Tusker Project Fame One) unborn child. According to hotsecretz.blogspot.com,Eric’s marriage is now on the rocks because of the affair.

Eric and his wife Sheba Hirst, who have for the long time presented the face of a happily married couple are reported to have gone their separate ways. And now their families are attempting to resolve the differences between the couple in the hopes that they will re-unite. Sheba is said to have moved out of their matrimonial home near State House to live with her parents on Thika Road.

Simon Wainaina, Eric’s only sibling, best man and manager said, “There has been serious family interventions on both sides to try and salvage this union and also safeguard the interest of the children already born.”
Eric and Sheba have two daughters — a four year old and the last one who was born just two months ago.

It seems that the successful rehearsals of the musical as well as its very successful run as an off-Broadway production in New York gave rise to reports that the show’s leading actors Eric and Valerie Kimani became romantically linked. Sheba was the executive producer of Mo Faya, a venture that was sponsored by Safaricom to the tune of Sh11.6 million.

This week, Valerie confirmed she is two months pregnant and said she was “looking forward to being a happy mum. I’m not hiding that I’m pregnant. I’m in my first trimester.”

As for her baby’s daddy, Valerie said “I’m not interested in discussing my bedroom issues in public.”
She has no plans to slow down yet as her baby bump is yet to show. “The pregnancy fits in perfectly with my plan to hit the studio to record my second album to be released by Gallo Records.”

The singer who has yet to gain acceptance in the popular music scene since she won the Tusker Project Fame prize three years ago had the parting shot: “I don’t mind that people will be looking at me funny. They have been ever since l won the TPF.”