Mali’s Finest Actor Robert Agengo Talks Acting Career, Growing Up & Being A Boxer

Robert Agengo is among the few actors in Kenya who have featured in different casts playing quite hilarious and entertaining characters.

He has acted for Kona, Makutano Junction, Mali just to name a few.

However, many people do not know who Robert Agengo exactly is. Despite appearing on our screen sometimes as a thief and sometimes as a cool guy who takes instructions carefully and religiously, Robert as a person is made of different things.

In an exclusive interview with Ghafla Kenya, the actor has revealed that he is also an amateur boxer. Amateur boxing is where one boxes to entertain and according to Agengo, it is different from professional boxing where one earns from boxing as a profession.

The Mali actor says that he has practised boxing ever since he was young and that he loves it as much as he does for acting.

So how many contests have you won?

“I have been up the ring three times. I won twice and lost once,” Robert says with a broad smile on his face.

How about the characters you play on screen? Do people take you the way you appear on screen?

“Mmmmh, not really. No one has ever taken me to be a thief. They are just characters and that is all.”

What does the boxer say about being given such roles in most casts?