‘Makmende’ As A Child.

In March 2010 Kenyan music group Just A Band released a video for their hit song Ha-He and featured a guy called Makmende whose Kung-Fu skills enabled him to single-handedly face the city’s most feared criminal.

His fashion sense from the 70’s that included bell bottomed pants a huge Afro and Chuck Norris like fighting skillsskills  made him a huge hit on the internet and Kenya’s first viral video and memes were born .

One blogger, Archer, (mwanamishale.wordpress.com )explains: “Makmende was a term used way back in the early to mid 1990s to refer to someone who thought he was a super hero. For example, if a boy who had watched one too many kung-fu movies on TV decided to unleash his newly acquired combat skills, he would be asked, “Unajidai Makmende, eh?” (Who do you think you are, Makmende?)!”

The role of makmende was played by one Kevin Maina whose antics in the video made him a household name.Here is a picture of  a young ‘Makmende’