Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Daniel Owira ‘Otongolo’ Finally Tweets President Uhuru And Gets 4000 Followers Instantly!!

uliza links notes-http://www.ulizalinks.co.ke/daniel-owira-otongolo-finally-tweets-president-uhuru-and-gets-4000-followers-instantly/




“Tweet me Mr president tweet me”

These are the words of the Highway Secondary school boy Daniel Owira alias Otongolo after making the choral verse presentation at the presidential gala in state house Mombasa.



After receiving the full sponsorship of his education from H.E President Uhuru Kenyatta he had an interview on NTV prime news with Larry Madawo.


The  interesting part is that Daniel  now has a twitter account (@DanielOwira) which was  opened live on air by Larry Madowo.





He immediately tweeted the president and this is what he said:


Here is the video of  his interview on NTV Kenya.


First of all, you have to appreciate the value the media has added to this young man for highlighting his plight. Well, from being a poor young man who could not even afford his school fees, Daniel Owira is now one of the biggest names in the country. Just a few days after his performance at state house Mombasa, the form 2 student got a tour of the state house and the president offered to pay his school fees until he finishes university.

Now, Naivas, one of the leading supermarkets in the country has taken Daniel’s talent to the next level and gone commercial with it, they have made an advert that features him! Well this is bound to go viral considering the timing. Just at form 2, the boy is making what a lot of people struggle to get into – the heights your talent can take you.




HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AFRICA’S HANGOUT BLOG




May marks one year since I started this blog! For me; it has been a great journey of writing; growing and I pray; as a reader to the blog; the story is the same for you too.

I feel it is a good time to take stock. From just 2 hits; on the very first day we started; to an entry of over 1,000 hits by the third month; indeed God has been good to us.

Much like a company that expands too quickly; we also have to be careful that as a blog we do not become a victim of our own success.

The purpose of this blog was to have an all-African on each page site- a chill spot for Africans. That will not cease even after today; when we revamp this blog to a more hip; hype and fun blog.

That is why we have decided to change the name to NAIROBI’Z BLOGAZINE- which is street or sheng for “owned by Nairobi”- and the concept of a new term blogazine-“where blogging meets magazine.”

This one year journey has been a straight road to this one gleaming moment in time and destiny. We remain committed to telling our stories; the African stories- whether Nairobi city’s stories or any other place in Africa because that is what we build this blog on.

I still remind you; this blog has never had any followers; but it has a family. We are a family-we are a tribe!
We usher in a new age of writing! We want to do what we do best and have done in the past- and that is delivery with force and valve. Today; we tell yet again our story- a grand tale of victory.
Today; we usher in a future brighter that anything we can imagine. Cheers to victory!