Former radio host Andrew Kibe has shared the story of how he suffered significant financial losses after facing a suspension on YouTube.

During an appearance on the Iko Nini Podcast, Kibe claimed that his suspension from YouTube was deliberate and lacked justification.

According to Kibe, his channel was taken down even though he had only received one strike, which was about to expire.

“YouTube rewards you financially when you adhere to their rules…but for me, the freedom to create content is invaluable, and no amount of money can be placed on it. We cannot quantify freedom… I didn’t do anything wrong. I had over 3,000 videos on YouTube, and I had only one copyright strike when they took down my channel. They didn’t just take down one channel; they took down all my channels, both monetized and un-monetized,” mentioned Andrew Kibe.

Kibe defended himself, asserting that he did not engage in any wrongdoing deserving such a severe punishment.

“It wasn’t because I said something; it was a targeted attack. It was someone very powerful. I only had one copyright strike that was expiring in like a week…I’m the person who had the most YouTube videos as a Kenyan, and then they came for channels that did not even have that content. It was a targeted strike,” added Kibe.

Mwafrika pointed out that Kibe was among the highest-paid Kenyans on YouTube and suggested that he needed to alter his content delivery to avoid future penalties.

Before his suspension from YouTube, Kibe was earning at least Sh1.6 million monthly from the platform.