 Hello, hello, this is Pompey the African Eagle from Zambia and you are watching SPM Buzz Welcome to everyone and this is Pompey's press conference at the airport We have come to welcome him to Kenya He's coming to attend the Love Nairobi Festival That is going to be happening on Friday all the way to Sunday And he is right here, welcome to Kenya Pompey Thank you so much, thank you, it's great to be here I'm great, thank you How is the feeling being here in Kenya? Always a pleasure, always lovely to be in Kenya Probably, is it your first time in Kenya or have you been here before? No, I've been here a couple of times I love Kenya, it's one of the countries that really supports my music Yeah, I've been here a couple of times But for the Love Festival, it's the first time Looking forward to see what's God's going to build here What are your expectations? We know you are here for the Love Nairobi Festival We are all looking forward to it What are your expectations as Pompey? I think my expectations is I mean the works of God to do his work God to do his work here I've seen a lot of the line up There's a lot of impactful Whether it's preachers or ministers in music I'm looking forward to see the works What God's going to do in this place Pompey, you are the best gospel artist I've listened to your song And so many people ask themselves Where do you get the song? How do you get the inspiration? Because it's a song that you did four months ago Yes You did so well Oh wow How do you get the inspiration? I think music is a grace I guess that's my talent That I was graced with I started out as a poet So writing and lyrics are the core of my music And then obviously transition to creating music So I would say it's very inspired music And it's just a gift I didn't work to get it God just granted it to me So many people consume your music from this country Thank you Your fans are actually asking Why have you probably not collaborated with any Kenyan artist Or are you looking forward to that? Yeah, definitely I'm getting to meet a lot of local artists More and more Even at some of the big gigs We had a gig last week in Uganda I think it was about a week or two weeks ago I had a concert there And Shotiye Baba was there And I know he's also here And I'm definitely looking to collaborate From all African countries Looking to collaborate with artists Especially Kenya So for now it's probably the ones that I've met So even with Shotiye Baba I think I've gotten to sit with a lot more But yeah, I need to meet a lot more artists And get to collaborate with a lot more local artists Of course you have huge people who do follow your music And as you're here Of course they want to know what will be happening How are you going to connect with them Just so here in Kenya you have huge fans Do you maybe have a plan of meeting great? Yes, definitely Usually when I come like now I love to make even my personal arrangements Just to meet local artists To share whether it's our challenges Share our testimonies And obviously doing gospel music on the continent So I'm definitely looking forward to that And also anyway I am collaborating with local artists Because we have integrated some tenients into our band And in our team That will be ministering on the day So I'm very excited to unveil the local talents We're collaborating with them So it's a big concert Thousands of people expected to come through How does that make you feel Especially because you're sharing a stage with Don Moyan Quite a big deal How does that make you feel? It makes me feel great I think it's about the second time I'm sharing the stage with Don Moyan But this is a bigger stage Definitely a much, much bigger stage So yeah I'm looking forward to it greatly Yeah probably you can also Let us know how the polypolyto is coming along The polypolyto is going very well We started in Uganda obviously last week It was amazing There was a lot of people showed up in numbers And there was a lot of testimonies Which was what was important for us A lot of testimonies of healing And a lot of testimonies which were amazing So it was a very big way to start We're even nervous to see if the follow up is going to be Anyway we will leave that to God But yeah it was really amazing So today and now we're obviously in Kenya Next week I'm having a show Three shows in Zambia And then we are proceeding to Malawi Polypoly basically means slowly So slow Does it have to do anything to do with the name? Why you call it polypoly? What I call it polypoly is I believe that practice Patience is a spiritual practice You cannot apply patience You cannot apply faith without Waiting of some sort And I just feel that all great things require Patience, require time to be invested in So I think it's a testimony of my life There are a lot of things when I used to question God I thought by now certain things would happen But you know working on God's time I've seen the fruits and testimonies of that Now I know you are a... It's an amazing album Thank you so much So as Pompey What is that one thing that you want your listener to leave After listening to the whole album? After listening to the whole album Perhaps what's your favorite song from the album? Favorite song That's difficult because I always say I look at them like they are children So it would be unfair to me For me to point one out as the favorite one So genuinely I don't have a favorite But I've actually forgotten the other question What would you listen to? Take from the album I think what I would want them to take is Just waiting on God Waiting on God I think it's an album Even the process of doing the album What we aspire to do with the tour It's been a lot of faith Even back home what we are trying to do It's almost something that has never been done before But it has also taken a long time So I just want to encourage people That time produces great things Now talking about time You have been in the music industry For more than a decade I would like to know I know you've also won so many awards But I would really want to know What are the stages that you consider Your biggest achievement so far? What awards I consider the biggest so far? Maybe I would say I really thought on the African continent I thought Groove was a big award That I got the Groove Award Obviously I came here for the Groove Awards Back in the day it was the best Actually I think it was the best Southern African artist Yes best Southern African artist Yeah I think that was We don't have very big award platforms On the continent But I think that was definitely one that was a big one Yeah I think that's the one I can think of right now Congratulations I know you are a father Thank you What's different or what's the biggest change That you have to experience after now Translating to fatherhood Translating to fatherhood I almost feel like ministry has just begun I now have somebody who I am responsible Me and my wife are responsible for To sort of mold and to But it's a lot of joy A lot of joy I think there's no feeling like it Your child is a product of two artists He expects a mini musician That's what everyone back home is saying That the kid needs the record deal Before he even starts singing But yeah no I think we will leave him to be free To do what he What God has assigned him to do One of the things I really believe in Is I don't believe we look for jobs I believe we are born with jobs We are born with assignments That we just position ourselves in So hopefully I will help him Asha him into his God given purpose You look so young And I know you get a lot of protect from ladies Maybe simping asking you How do you handle such I get asked that question quite often But I would say I create very clear boundaries Around And for years I mean I kept very Boundary Because sometimes I feel People can be able to see Whether there is a loop Like you can create Clear boundaries where people So for lack of a better word Intimidated to be able to Make advances or any type Such type So I think that's just worked for me for years And yeah no I don't I actually don't get any texts Maybe one last question I really love to know As someone who has interacted with Some Kenyan artists How would you compare the gospel industry Zambian with the Kenyan industry Kenyan industry Very great question I would say the energy I don't know if it's Just East Africa generally Zambians are very conservative So when I'm ministering It's very But here the energy is Crazy and I personally I love it so much So I think that's the big difference Our industries I think Are similar because I think we are both Blessed Because I think even here Gospel is part of the mainstream Music And that's a blessing because There are countries where gospel is not mainstream Gospel is left to So I would say we share that That blessing Kenyan and Zambia together As the African eagle I know this is breaking news In Africa How do you handle the pressure that comes With the different challenges in this sense Mizzou was a big Big album Broken English So now with Polipoli How do you handle the pressure Because of course we as your audience Always expecting something big Great question as well I would say I Relieve myself Of those pressures By just I like my music to be authentic to what I feel And Authentic to what I feel that I need to Speak in that season And I think I try to stay away From comparing Too much because like There are certain With music I think it's very dynamic Because you'll find there's a certain album For example there are certain albums In one region don't speak As much as in other regions So you find like Mizzou Mizzou definitely introduced me to Kenya I know that much My first album But the albums like Broken English That introduced me to different markets It's a different feel So sometimes it's All the albums are never the same The response The reach is never the same But in regards to a wide Reach I think Pole Pole has definitely given It has It has opened many many Doors for us and we are very grateful Yeah Message to your fans Message to my fans please come to the festival Looking forward Come bring a friend bring an enemy Yeah Bring your landlord You know I'm sure it'll be a massive blessing We I'll speak from me and my team We've been preparing for What we are going to present For almost 6 months now So hopefully it'll be something That'll be worthwhile for everybody to see Yeah Thank you so much and welcome Thank you so much