 Welcome back, it's time that we get to continue with this segment of course, it's Entrepreneurship Tuesday, my name is Garantra Alex. We've got so much as we promised with Barry Moses Alleylon when we began lined up just for you. So, Sid Kuvenmanzale, let's get on board and do this. The art industry has been quite significant, it's really booming in the country. And of course Globeri are contributing to a significant number of money to the GDP in the country. But this morning I'm joined by quite a young lady, let me call her, let me scan her. That's what we call her. She's none other than Samantha Omboi. Hi Samantha. Fine. Nice to have you on set. Thank you. Ever been here? Um, no. Not really? But. Hold on to your mic. It's not my first time to come here. All right, all right. Right next to her is Mother Patricia Karibusana. It's nice to have you also along. It's a privilege. Yes, let's talk to Samantha. Samantha. Ya. You do poetry. You do music. Acting. Acting. And fashion shows. Good. And porn. Those are quite enough. That's all you do, yes? Yes. Good. That's really nice, Samantha. How did you get to know that you can manage to do this? Me. Uhu. Um, I just knew because you know me when I was three years, I told myself that I can manage to do everything. And when I was three years, I liked talking by myself. So that's why I was growing up so high. And when I was four years, now that's when I was starting talking. Wow. That's nice, Samantha. Really applaud you for that, right? So now let's engage the mother because the mother really knows the history and all the way down to today. It's really nice to have you, Patricia. And of course, Mama Samantha. It's good to call you that. Well, how did you get to notice that Samantha has got all these talents? You know, she can do poetry, she can do modeling, she can do all this fashion. How did you get to notice all these at a tender age? Well, I think her story begins all the way back from the time she was born. It was so phenomenal. You see, when she was born, the doctor just lifted her up and said, I've never seen such a beautiful baby. And it's a public hospital. People don't interact much with the doctors. They went, they dressed her up. They gave her even a special bed and it was congested. They just put her aside. That was the first sign that she was a bit different, if I may say, by God's grace. So the more she grew, at around nine months, a little below one year, she could even interact with people. She didn't start with the blabbering like the way kids do. She just spoke her words, the way you tell her. So we could ride in a matatu and she would pull the magazine from somebody and be like, ebu nio ne? And she could shock people. So that's how I knew. Maybe her gift is in talking. So the more she grew, the more people loved her. We lived in the village. We have lived in the village until she was almost three. We lived in Naivasha. We lived in Nyondia. We lived in Nyondia. She has grown up there. Most kids used to speak Kikuyu, but her she understood Kiswahili better. So she could speak stronger Swahili than someone who is 13 years old in that same village. So I knew she was a bit special. So while we could maybe go to the shops or work with her, almost all kids would just go after her saying Samanta just chanting, singing. So I knew maybe she has some potential in leadership. So the more she grew, she would just wear something simple and they would call her Miss Kenya. So I saw that one also as a sign. So when we were watching kids on TV, maybe those who have performed for the president, those who have excelled in maybe more daily, I never used to envy them. I used to say it's only just a matter of time and my Samanta will be there. But I didn't know she would come this far really. So when we came to Nairobi, I was a house girl. First I came to take my results because I really felt I should now start following up on my university admission. So KCAC results. I schooled at the state house girls. I finished in 2011, but now we are talking about 2016. That is like five years later. It's when I was coming for my results. I had termact. I had done weird jobs. There is a time I used to wash clothes for people in Nyandarua with her on my back when she was one year old. I used to carry her on my back, wash clothes for people when it was raining and Nyandarua is very cold. We struggled a lot. So when I came to Nairobi to take my results, I talked to the principal. I told her that story and she told me, you can't go back to that same environment. So I stayed, I stuck around for a while. So one of the teachers needed a house girl and I was willing. So you decided to now venture into something different other than what you are coming to do. You are coming to do pick up your results, then you go back home. But then you got opportunity and grabbed it. So for the sake of yourself and even your child? Yes. So that now gave you an eye open and now that in the city? Kind of. Because if I were to go back to Naivasha, I would go back to the very same environment I had left now with the results. So they wouldn't help much. So when I was in the city, at least I had an opportunity maybe to walk around. There is just something about being in the village. Like it limits your mind in a way. So when I was in the city, I didn't care whether I was a house girl or whatever, but we still managed. So while I was still a house girl, my first salary I bought a phone. I never used to have a phone. So I bought the small neon for 3500 and my salary was over. So with that? So much 500 with your salary. Well, humble beginnings. So with that 3500 I bought myself a neon phone. I started following up on Facebook. Then I started thinking because my daughter is beautiful and she has a wonderful personality. Let me at least talk to a few photographers. I see if they may want to work with her maybe on their projects or something of the sort. I talked to so many photographers but none of them were willing. So I had to like pay for them to make a portfolio for her. I went to the casting agency. Still with the same 3500? No. Now I was thinking about my salary for the next month. So I talked to so many modeling agencies. They required registration money and so on which I did not have at that time. So luckily I got another casual job still within the compound when the KCS is being marked. That one paid a little fair. So with that money I was paid on 24th December. So I sat down and thought that if I have to spend this money on modeling then she would not go to school and she is due to join school. So I had to let it all go and just register her in school fast. Or she just finished her trainings? No. At that time she was joining baby class. So I didn't register her for anything. So it's the form of school without thinking about the training for her modeling classes? So I didn't register her for modeling I didn't register her for anything because my priority was for her to be in school fast. So my entire salary I put her in school because uniforms are so expensive the school fees everything. So I stayed without like I was left with no money and the teacher I was working for she had retired so she had to move and when she was moving she was not around. So when she moved we were left without shelter with nowhere to go with no fare we were just left standing there. So you still stay at state house girls? Let's come to Samanta. So you went to Egypt? Yes. and Tanzania. You have been to Tanzania also? No, but we landed in... Kindly use your microphone Samanta? We just landed over there we reached for the people of Tanzania to come so when they came we found no one side doors dark one side doors like this. Okay. In the city. Alright, Samanta let's talk about Egypt. How was you stay in Egypt? and what had you did in Egypt? To escort. To escort who? Players. Oh you had gone afkon players that is Harambe stars? Yes. How was it? Oh it was so funny. So funny? Yes, because you know the apples were like plastic. The apples were just like plastic even when you bite them Right. So you must have enjoyed your stay there? I just wanted to stay over there until until just our baby was born. Until... Alright, you're still enjoying the show. Anyway, let me come back to you mama Samanta. Let's talk about now what she's doing. She's doing quite a number of things and her talent is really exemplary. But she has earned more than eight certificates by now. Among them. For music festivals last year. For drama festivals this year. For escorting the players. For participating in so many activities like the Good Deeds Day. She has like 14 certificates I think. 14? Yeah. Yeah for the little Miss Kenya. For participating in the Little Miss Kenya and for being among the top three. Actually she was top two. She was top two? Yeah. And for the Little Miss World as well for participating and also for being top three. Yeah, so she has over 14 certificates. So we can call you Little Miss Kenya. Can we? Oh you can call me even Little Miss World. Little Miss World. Yeah, every of them. Any of them can do for you. Yeah. Alright you wanna sing for us? Okay. Please go ahead. It's okay if you want to stand. Just stand there, right there. If I... Look over to that camera. If I could reach the sky I would stretch up so high and touch my dreams no matter there. I might move small to believe in these things that seem to come only to perish. I'm too strong I'm too small. It's so bright like the stars where my skin is so dark like my nights without dreams. I don't sleep when I think that someday I might wake up and realize that my dreams were just but a dream. Thank you. Big up, big up, big up. Big up Samantha. That's really nice. I'm loving it. I'm loving it. That's really nice. So that's just one of the many things that you do, yeah? Yeah. That's just one snippet of what you do, yeah? Yeah. Big up. And I can model for you, yes? You'll be doing that in just a few, right? Yeah. But let me talk to you, Samantha, and how is it honey or what's really happening for her? There's a time I talked to a friend and we were having just a normal conversation. One of them said, Samantha can be such a great artist and the other person said, not in this country. I had to follow up but they said in this country artist not appreciated that much. So basically she has just been doing things, attending shows, not being paid for it. So when maybe we say talent pays for her she won't understand because for her it's like she has just been doing it for passion. Right. So at one point it's when she told me she was going to perform at a show but it was raining, we didn't even have fare, we had to walk in the rain up to town. We didn't even have lunch. From state of gas. Yeah. We didn't even have lunch, we had nothing. We had to walk for an hour up to town. Then Boda Matatu with the little 50 bob we had. When we got to the venue she performed and after that we didn't even have that lunch. So somebody had to give us fare to go back home. So that's when she told me eh mam, now I think I can have my own event. I've been inviting people. Yes. So that's when I thought she has always had passion for kids just to see kids happy, kids doing what they love. So I combined that passion with the idea that she needs to have her own event and with the things that she talks about most and that's how we reached at FBI Alright. Let's talk more about it because you have an event for some month. Yes. This coming weekend. Yes. Talk more about it. Well, some month. You wanna say something something about FBI? FBI is