MBUSII; THE INSPIRATION STORY OF A MAIL BOY TURNED RADIO PRESENTER

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Hakuna Mbrrrrrr! Meet Ghetto Radio's Mbusi

Friday, 04 November 2011 11:53 One of Kenya's fastest rising radio stars, Githinji Mwangi who's mastery of street slang has many in stitches has quite a story to tell about how he started out as a messenger to getting people tuning in every weekday to listen to him. The 27-year-old presenter, who calls himself "Kijana mpyenga aliye na mapoz" is a major hustler who started out hawking soaps before joining an acrobatic troupe from where his journey to radio was paved. Citizen TV interviewed him and he explains how he made it on radio. 0 Disqus Like Dislike 33 people liked this. Logout Add New Comment Image                         Sort by popular now                                Sort by best rating                                Sort by newest first                                Sort by oldest first                   Showing 5 comments Anto Mutogia  mmmmmbusi uko juu man,keep di fire blaizn coz society needs fellowz like u man,mpaka mtoi wangu nilimuliza juzi role model wake ni nani?n u knw wot he said?mmbusi mbrrrrsha!adios man. Like Reply 4 months ago Sheddy klepto eish, kutulia nayo ni laaaaaaaaaaazema.....lv yah arif Ambusi deh Like Reply 4 months ago 1 Like Salimnjenga A just like the Guy no homo tho, respect in the streets is major. He has edged his name on the streets Nut RESPECT. MBUSI Like Reply 4 months ago E for Ndinya ok so where is the story...... :( Like Reply 9 months ago W.GCollapse the story is too shallow..... the reporter should have done more research http://www.standardmedia.co.ke REPORTS Mbusi Mtaani He has had to do things he wouldn’t advise others to do to eke a living. Githinji Mwangi aka Mbusi shared his travails with PETER NDORIA When you host a show called Goteana and a segment in it is called Kukung’uta miwa, it requires not only that you be on your tippy top in sheng’ but also a healthy dose of the unconventional. Yet that one word is what can fairly describe Githinji "Mbusi" Mwangi of Ghetto Radio. As he walks to the reception area of the Ghetto Radio offices to meet me, I’m caught off-guard by his rather slight physique - am not exactly Hercules myself, mind you- and how he easily carries himself. I finally understand why he calls himself Kapyenga (smallish) in his show. This 27-year old alumnus of Eastleigh Airport Primary and Maina Wanjigi High School started off selling soup in the Korogocho area where he was born after finishing high school, to eke out a living. HUSTLER’S LIFE Ever the hustler, he then started going to the Kenya National Theatre where he landed roles in high school set-book plays, especially children roles, thanks to his physique. Then television roles started calling when the programme Crazy Kenyans aired on TV. He acted alongside the like Cheiph and Mshamba. Things were not so rosy because he says he felt slighted. "Sometimes I would give ideas then am told they are not good enough but a few days later, I find my idea has been replicated by someone else", he laments. In December 2005, he quit and went back to Kenya National Theatre were he found things were hard, this time. "I was forced to peddle ndom at the time, to make ends meet", he confesses. It is a phase of his life he looks back at and then remarks, "I would advise youngsters out there now, to do as I say, not as I did..." This hard-knock state of life continued until 2008 when he met Robo- then a presenter at Ghetto Radio, who was looking for comedians at the National Theatre. The meeting between them was hilarious because Mbusi mistook Robo for a police officer because of his burly physique. Further, as if fate was experiencing a bout of humour on this young man who had fallen foul of the law, Robo made him try out traffic updates using a police officer’s tone and accent. Just like that, the young lad landed his first radio job, giving traffic updates in a ‘police’ accent, as ‘Inspector’. Things looked rosy, but only to the extent that looks can be deceiving because six months into the job the Office Manager pulled a shocker on him one morning. Priscah (the Office Manager) informed Mbusi that she felt that he did not have a voice for radio. He was unceremoniously demoted from budding presenter to office messenger in a move he describes painfully in analogy. "It was like being demoted from President to Chief", he says adding that maybe they just retained him out of pity, as messenger. From December 2008 to June last year, Mbusi the messenger hang in there, being literally sneaked in by producer Dee into the studio to do a few links with his ‘Inspector’ voice. Soon, the young messenger who confesses that he saw his first computer at Ghetto Radio learnt everything about how a studio is run. Incidentally Dee is now Head Producer, watching his protÈgÈ run a three-hour show, flying solo. No Money more problems Differences had by now emerged at Ghetto Radio and there were changes in management which saw Priscah leave with Mwaf’s team and ushered in the management of Majimaji— he of the Unbwogable fame— as new head honcho with a new vision and a move to the new offices they are housed in now. It is Majimaji who placed his confidence in this lad, entrusting him with a three-hour show. Goteana is a reggae show that runs from 1pm to 4pm and is split into three segments; Kujibamba that does Dancehall reggae, Kukumba toto si toto that does Lovers Rock and Kukung’uta Miwa that plays Roots reggae. As if that is not enough tongue-twisting for one show, Mbusi features hourly sessions known as Bonga Sense where listeners discuss various topics randomly and truthfully. ON AIR Nyahunyo nyahu nyahu has callers share about people behaving badly so that they are called back and told to ‘touch your toes’, anonymously because it is not uncommon for employees to call on their employers’ bad conduct. The last session is known as Ungamwe vindialala and focuses on the small peevish things people do, sometimes unwittingly. So what has his experience with Radio been like? "Radio is fun," he says repeatedly then emphasises that it requires discipline and focus. It is this focus that sees him report to work two hours before his show to plan his day and do his thing. He also credits radio with affording him the chance to interact with many people. To keep up with his Sheng’, the unofficial lingua franca at Ghetto Radio, he hangs out at guys’ ‘bases’ whether at home or by visiting people. He has since moved, but not too far off from his childhood home and still keeps in touch. In the past two weeks, he says he has been to Kitengela and Kajiado and he now intends to visit Naivasha. This is the only way he keeps up with his sheng’, especially since it is a tongue that varies, and then changes, from place to place and then time to time. This versatility makes him fit in like a glove into Ghetto Radio’s vision of running a station — or stenje, as Mbusi would call it — with a mtaani feel, trying to demystify the presenter and make the radio a third unseen person as people hang out, tuning in.

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Kenyan actor Telley Savalas Otieno plays the role of Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim in a movie shot in Kenya in May this year.

According to Finnish paper, Helsingin Sanomat, the new film about was shot in May  and only one scene, depicting the Winter War, was shot in Finland. All of the actors were also Kenyan.

In an interview with the paper, Telley said that Mannerheim was a difficult role to play.

 "I didn't want to portray him as stiff, even though I am stiff myself as the result of a traffic accident. But when I got the uniform on, I thought that this is what I was born to be: tall and stiff."

Beside this movie, Telley has stared alongside Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider .

The premiere of the film, which runs for about 50 minutes, is at the Love and Anarchy film festival in Helsinki on September 28^th. It will be shown on the Finnish's  YLE Teema television channel later in the year.

Mannerheim was the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War, Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces during World War II, Marshal of Finland, and a Finnish statesman. He was Regent of Finland (1918–1919) and the sixth President of Finland (1944–1946).

He made a career in the Imperial Russian Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant general. He also had a prominent place in the ceremonies for Tsar Nicholas II's coronation and later had several private meetings with the Russian Tsar.

In 1944, when prospect of Germany's defeat in World War II became clear, Mannerheim was elected President of Finland and oversaw peace negotiations with the Soviet Union and the Allies. He resigned the presidency in 1946 and died in 1951, retaining universal respect as Finland's greatest statesman.      

Second Elliptics Awards slated for September 8 in Nairobi

Kenyan rugby fans will again have the opportunity to fete outstanding personalities in the world of rugby when The Ministry of Rugby hosts the second annual Elliptics Awards Gala Dinner on Saturday 8 September 2012 at the Pride Inn in Westlands.

The event, which has been sanctioned by the Kenya Rugby Union, was first held in 2010. It is a rugby fans' initiative to present various awards to individuals and organizations that have participated in contributing to the excellence, commitment and love of rugby. The Event is run, organized and coordinated by the 'Ministry of Rugby."

A major highlight of this year's event will be recognizing and awarding some of the players who have taken Kenya to the highest levels of rugby. As the awards provide an opportunity for the rugby fans to award their own selected nominees and winners in the various categories, the winners at the end of the Gala go out proudly as the "peoples' choice" voted for by the fans.

The Awards Gala covers all facets of rugby including the administration in which the fans get an opportunity to reward the administrators of the game. The categories will cover:

Elliptics MVP of the Year (Male)
Elliptics MVP of the Year (Female)
Elliptics Referee of the Year
Elliptics Director of the Year
Elliptics Team of the Year
Elliptics Best Audio Media
Elliptics Best Visual Media
Elliptics Best Print Media
Elliptics Rookie of the Year
Elliptics Coach of the Year
Elliptics School of the Year
Elliptics Fan of the Year
Elliptics Hall of Fame


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SOME SCENES FROM MADTRAXX' OLYMPIC VIDEO

 

The olympics are over, done and dusted but Madtraxx' music video featuring Juliet Karanja (aka Sign) and Collins Okoth (aka Colla Boy) sponsored by Coca Cola is yet to be launched.

Dubbed, Move to the Beat, the track was or is the Olympic anthem that Madtraxx had confidence its up-tempo sound will cross borders and infect everyone with the Kenyan Spirit.

Anyhow, here are some of the pictures from the music video's behind the scenes...