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week’s Friday afternoon saw
me attend this year’s International Hay Festival that was themed-“Imagine The
World” (Waza Dunia).
Making
its fifth edition, the fest at the Nairobi National Museum; was full of art,
poetry, literature, talk forums and music.
The
event saw an impressive lineup of local and international writers, artists,
musicians and thinkers awe, entertain and engage with the audience.
Founded
in 2008; the Storymoja Hay Festival is organized in collaboration with
Storymoja and the Hay Festival UK.
FRIDAY
evening and I was at the Ukumbi Mdogo Hall
at the Kenya National Theatre; where Liquid Arts Entertainment in conjunction
with Rekindle Flame entertained; enlightened; and awes the crowd with their marvelous
re-run of Plan-B; a musical paly.
Plan-B;
hilarious and funny saw the theatre group take the fight against “Mpango wa
Kando” (infidelity) on stage in a humor-filled script. The actors and actresses
were impressive and they owned the stage world. The play was well choreographed;
in line with the desired effects and the band too.
FROM
THERE; with the heavy downpour that caused crazy snarl-up; I made my way to Ngong
Road’s Impala Grounds for the annual Oktoberfest debut.
The
mc for the night was Nick Mutuma; with live entertainment from Djs Kuzi; Protégé
and The Arkitekt.
Friday
night saw the opening acts as the battle of the rock bands went on the stage;
with over 12 local rock bands rocking the stage. Towards the end; the last band
to the stage almost caused a fracas over what they termed as unfairness in
allocation of time limits especially for them they felt their time was cut
short while n stage and that to them was an insult.
In
keeping with Germany’s Oktoberfest traditions; beer aficionados had their fuss
satiated as they sat under the beer tent. Friday saw the debut tapping of the
keg.
The
waitresses; armed with their shot’s glasses and buxom costumes of Bavaria; they
pushed through the crowds and kept a steady stream of the cold shots and beer
flowing from barrels; straight to the wee hours of the morning.
SATURDAY;
and waking up after just a few hours of slumber; the media is on to the
Westgate Mall attack. I had just gotten home from Oktoberfest and the other
events; all tired and sleepy. Tension gripped Nairobi’s Westland’s area after
gunmen killed and wounded scores of shoppers in Westgate Shopping Mall.
What
a weekend!
