Kenya’s “Chris Rock” to Appear on The Hot Seat

Kenyan comedy has been on the rise in the past couple of years. Of course the industry experienced its best times in the early 2000s when the trio of John Kiarie, Tony Njuguna and Walter Mong’are (Kenyan Kings of Comedy) were putting on drag, doing caricature sketches of politicians, making light of social stereotypes et al.

Much to our joy, there seems to be a surging revitalisation of the industry, and one of the brightest and fastest rising stand-up comedians, JB, is right in the middle of it. Billed as Kenya’s own answer to Chris Rock, he got his big break as one of the guest comedians on Churchill Live. He has now moved on and is the host of “Comedy Club”, which aired the first episode on NTV last weekend.

JB is now going to be the next guest host of the “Hot Seat”, a live stand-up performance that has previously been hosted by Larry Asego. The event will take place this Saturday, 25th August, 2012 at 1900hrs at the Alliance Francaise Gardens. Tickets for the show -that will later air on Kiss TV- are currently on sale for Kshs. 500 a pop.

Check it out. Have some laughs. Be the judge for yourself. Is he really the Kenyan “Chris Rock”?