Have you ever wondered who Nyako is? Sure you have seen her viral TikTok reels and heard her make noise online, but did you ever wonder about her background? Well, we have the gist for you here!
Rose Atieno Ngolo
Rose Atieno Ngolo, popularly known as Nyako or Nyako Pilot was born on 23rd June 1982. She got the name ‘nyako’ from the streets. Nyako is a luo equivalent for a girl. Her dad worked with Kenya Comercial Bank head office (NRB) but she confesses that she never had the privilege of staying with her parents most of her childhood life.
She attended her nursery school while staying with her grandmother, later joining boarding school from class one to form four. After form four, she moved to stay with her parents in Nairobi. Nyako alleges that too much house chores made her uncomfortable in their house, later disagreeing with her parents and ending up in the streets of Nairobi as a twilight girl.
Nyako’s journey and first days in Europe was never a walk in the park. According to her, she she had hard time settling in when she landed there. She eventually became a housemaid at the age of 23, that is back in 2005. Nyako states that she went to Germany because she was not self-aware, confused, and didn’t have perspective.
She would later get a job as a driver at an American Military School where she worked untill her tiktok war with a popular Europe based Kenyan gay Sammy Owiya Otieno aka Mpenzi Chokuu which cost her the job when Chokuu reported her to her employer. Nyako considers herself a European though she is also proud to be from Kenya.
She has managed to educate , take care of her siblings and take them with her to Germany where her younger sister is a dentist and the other one a professional chef. Apart is also paying school fee for eight students back in Kenya. She is happy that the several times she has stumbled in her life God has managed to make her stand on her feet.
For example, from the time she lost her job as a driver, she has been able to make over $6000 (Ksh 998,060.00) from TikTok.
She describes herself as a woman with a big heart. She has been very honest with her story and those who follow her on TikTok would admit that she has nothing to hide