 Alright, welcome back to Y2Five4TV in case, and I will not relent in saying it in case you're just getting to join us this, is one morning hashtag WCW and the strength of a woman where we get to crush an awkwardness. And before we took that short commercial break, we had Mev, who was telling us quite an amount of things, and I wanted to go back to where we left it at. Now, I wanted to pick it at this point, screenwriting. It's just interesting how you're... I'd love to call you a jack of all chains. But you know, it's just interesting how you maneuver a lot of things. How did you end up at screenwriting? Okay, now, before I ask you, how did you end up at screenwriting? Please tell us what screenwriting is. Screenwriting is basically scriptwriting for films and TV shows, yeah? Because you see it on the screen, so screenwriting right for the screen. So you need to say screenplay? Yes, yes, yes, written by... Yeah, so that is basically screenwriting. But I think screenwriting is a fancy word over scriptwriter. Yeah, because you want to remind people it's TV. There are courses I did in school and I'm still wondering, was the title necessary for the screenwriting? In the still scriptwriting. But now, how did you end up at screenwriting? It's a very funny story. I don't know if it's destiny or what, but I'll take you back a little bit to growing up. Like I said, we didn't have people to show us the right way to go. So growing up, I used to really love writing. Actually, my compositions were among those. Actually, the ones that were read on parade because they were. That's 8 out of 40 not to brag. Sorry. Yeah, so I used to be a good writer and the teacher always commanded me about how I'm articulating my thoughts and everything, yeah? But it went on to high school and college now. But now I didn't know what to do with my writing. I didn't know that if it was a career that someone could pursue. All we knew back then was journalism is the only thing you can be when you want to be on TV or to do anything for TV. So it kind of died and through the frustration, I was a reader also. So through the frustration of not knowing what to do with my writing, I stopped writing and I stopped also reading. I went and pursued CPA. It was everyone's go-to choice because our parents used to, the white collar job wanted us to work in offices wearing suits. So yeah, like every other person I went and pursued CPA, but then it wasn't something I wanted. So I dropped out in the middle. And then I like working, I like solving people's problems because I tend to believe I'm a very understanding person and I know how to deal with people. Maybe that's why I went into humanitarian works. So I sought for a career that allows me to be around people, to listen to people and to solve people's problems. So I did HR, human resource. And I finished and I worked for about two years. Was it 2014 to 20? No, I graduated in 2015 and then I worked to around 2018 and I wasn't feeling satisfied in my job. So it kind of got to me and I wasn't happy at my workplace. So it started consuming me kiddo-kiddo-go until I quit. I just quit because I didn't feel like it was serving me. So at work I used to find myself writing a book. I was writing a book, but I was writing a book about my frustrations in life, not really a book that had meaning because I really wanted to write. That is the point here. So you will find at work I'm not working. I'm not being the work that I'm supposed to be doing. I'm just writing. So at some point I quit my work and then I stayed home. So when I stayed home, when I was at home, I found myself, I started a blog actually, though I wrote only four things for articles. I started a blog because I was trying to be myself to write. So there was someone, there's a lady who had an imposter shop back at home and I really thank you Janelle because she's the one who connected me to someone who now nurtured my writing and showed me how to write and everything. So I landed at one, I haven't studied for script writing or whatever. I landed a writing role at one of the TV dramas, well known TV dramas at another station and I wrote for them for about two years until just towards the end of last year when my contract ended but now by then I had learned how to write, I had known how to write for TV, the roles and everything. So when my contract for TV ended, I ventured out on my own and now I want to do films. Actually I already have two films that are ready to be produced but now I'm in the process of... So far you've written, you can say you've written one TV drama or there more. Sorry? You can say you've written one TV drama or there more. Yeah, I've written for one TV drama, several episodes. You've paid for it? Yeah, yeah of course. No, I'm asking because that is, people do these pro bono services because you know I am not professional in that area, I would give it a try, let me see, you know. Actually while I was going into it, I didn't expect to be paid. Okay. You see? Yeah, I didn't expect to be paid because I was so green. So yeah, thank God they paid me and they gave me the morale. So what do you fancy writing about? You know, what genre would you say you would major on? Like in terms of maybe romance, comedy, sci-fi, you know, yeah. I'm not good with science, so I won't write for sci-fi. Plus I don't think I'm funny, so I can write for comedy. But actually one of the films, I have written two films, one of it I've written with a friend who now is funny. So I brought the, we brought our strengths together. She brought the comedic part and I brought the other creative part. So yeah, comedy is not for me, but mostly even when I was writing for TV, I found myself pushing in so much about life experiences. So I think I'll say life, I'll write about life challenges in life, motivation, something to give people motivation. And yeah, what genre is that? I've been to all time with the wrong side. So I wanted to briefly say something about your piece, Ambassador Dory on the work. Okay. Generally, I'm a very peaceful person. I never forget to say that because I'm a very peaceful person. And when we were appointed these roles, it was that the elections were just around the corner. And we all know that our country has, during elections, our country goes a few steps back to everything. So during that time that we were elected, we were majoring on advocating for peaceful elections. So we did that. I wrote a couple of short scripts about it and published them on social media. And past post-elections now, we advocated for peaceful correlations. Actually yesterday was it the national piece, living with peace with each other. So we try our best to preach peace wherever we go because honestly speaking, peace is the foundation of development. It's the base of every development that happens. Without peace, there cannot be development. And we see what happens when people are rioting and are on the other side of peace. So we advocate for better living peacefully with each other. Finally, I really wish we had more time to talk about a couple of other things. But finally, say something about your mentorship program. Okay. Like I said at the beginning of the show, I like dealing with boys. Mostly maybe because I feel like I have a son and however I have seen the world go, I wouldn't want him to grow with that mentality. And so I have a father and I have a brother and I have seen challenges that they have gone through which are not supposed to be challenges in the first place. So I try to bridge that gap of making the boy child realize some aspects about their life that are not really supposed to be ignored. And when they are not ignored, meaning they will do better as men. Honestly speaking, at some point I felt frustrated because first of all, I raised my child away from the dad. I don't want to say I'm a single parent. I don't like that word. I raised my child away from the dad. So I feel with better mentorship, some parents don't necessarily have to raise their kids like as single parents without the partner. Not necessarily them being together but the partner being there for the child. So my mentorship program is basically to raise better men. Our boys today to be better men because sorry to say for the men that are in studio but I believe there is something that is lacking in the men and it is not lacking because it's supposed to lack. It's lacking because maybe there is something missing while they are growing up. Some form of education, some form of awareness or something. So I advocate for boy child and the mental health and their needs and their self awareness to say the least. Using that camera, please give us a pat in short. Okay. So being a woman, a mother and a sister and a daughter, I have been able to analyze certain aspects of life with my mother, with my father and my siblings and my child. And I think the most important thing in life is for someone to be self aware of themselves because it's the beginning of a lot of our realization that will help you navigate through life. The disappointment that come if you know yourself, if you understand yourself, you will deal with them better. If you understand yourself as compared to if you don't understand yourself. I can relate with you better if I understand myself and I understand how far I can stretch with you and anyone else for that matter. So I would like to ask everyone to really, really go for self awareness because it's the beginning of a lot of what? A lot of progress in your life. Yes. Thank you so much for coming. What three things can you leave the house without now as a woman? Sorry. What three things can you leave the house without? Hey, it's more than three. Give us three. My wet wipes, I don't leave them behind. I sent either perfume or a body splash. And what else, what else? I think my ID, no, not my ID. In my bag, I usually have a cat toy for my son that reminds me of him every time I go into my bag. So basically, it's something that reminds me of my child, my wet wipes and perfume. Okay. Thank you so much for coming. Thank you for your time. We appreciate you. Thank you also for having me. Thank you. You're welcome. All right. That was Mev Muturi, who is Miss Universe Kenya and she is wearing so many hats. I'm sure if you've been following since this conversation began, you have seen the work that she has been able to do. That is the strength of a woman this week.