Pic of The Day: Mbusii in Pink Pyjamas

A Mbusi deh! was recently interviewed by Citizen TV’s Job Mwaura on his “Mgaagaa na upwa” show and the radio king was rocking a pink pair of pyjamas, shown in the image here(click to enlarge). In the interview, it was revealed that Mbusii started off work in Ghetto radio as a tea boy when he was searching for casual labour in the streets of Nairobi. He said:

“Hii mwili yangu pyenga, siwezi enda inda ati kuchukua mawe nianze kufanya kazi ya mjengo. Ilibaki sasa hutu tukazi tudogo tudogo, ka kuuza hiyo supu hivi.”

After his stint selling foodstuffs, he turned to acting to support himself. He recalled an acting audition which he did with the interviewer, where he got a lucky break and met with Maji Maji, the boss at Ghetto Radio:

“Ndio tukapatana na wewe (the interviewer) tukienda interview fulani hapo ya comedy… nikakuwa… huo sonko ame-like, akanitumania. Sa mi kuenda, walinipea slot ya asubuhi hapo Ghetto Radio ya kuleta traffic updates.”

Unfortunately, Mbusi did not impress, even as the traffic updates guy, so he was demoted to being the tea boy at Ghetto Radio. According to him, Maji Maji told him:

“Sasa wee job ile tunaweza kupea juu huna sauti ya radio, labda tukufanye messenger. Kazi yangu ilikuwa tu ni kumkema. Nakaa tu hapo karibu na yeye…”

And then Mbusi began to learn the ways of radio via apprenticeship. The rest, as they say, is history. Check out the full interview in the video below:

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