The Otonglo narrator: Will this talent go to waste? By Henry Onyango President Kenyatta with the Otonglo narrator and his family when he visted him at Statehouse last year During the National drama festival held in Mombasa in April 2013, a young man, Daniel Owira surprised many after he evoked the emotions of both President Uhuru Kenyatta and first lady Margaret Kenyatta. The 23 year -old student was simply amazing. After intense lobbying by the media that attracted a handful of sponsors to see the boy finish his education and to assist his family from abject poverty in Nairobi’s Fuata Nyayo slums in South B, President Kenyatta finally came to the rescue of the now popular ‘Otonglo’ narrator. President Kenyatta promised to pay school fee for Daniel Owira till university. Consequently Otonglo boy even got endorsements from Naivas supermarket. He was reportedly paid Ksh 200,000 for the ‘Back to school Naivas advert that was aired across major loca...
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