 Mwa mafumia, kwa mwezawe yawe na kwa kawana kwa k uto wa kwa handa maupi kwa handa mawa mwa kwa, ntanda kwa kuprozawe mawanya, hondu Thankyou. Dere film village is one of a kind. The community has a deep history in Kenya's film industry. Dere film village has a very interesting history because we talk about the talents which have been grown from the time KBC used to make Tushawriana here. We are talking from 1999 all the way to 1993 or 1994 there. I can't really remember when Tushawriana ended. But from there we had other shows with Kibwana Oguso which used to come here. And the shows are like Tahamaki, I remember shooting in the forest of Kefri and Kari, Tahamaki. We also have shows like Tawusi. We have veterans here who have been born and bred by Tawusi. The likes of Mboso, Pita Thuo, Ponda Shige, Boroke Mani who used to play Maneno. And these are people we have grown up together. According to the CEO of Air4, entertainment film and welfare ensemble, Dere has been a platform for dreams actualization to many producers and young upcoming artists. I am reminded that a mentionable number of legendary productions were done here. Dere film village part of the pioneers because we started productions in 1995. Actually in 1993 after high school we formed acting teams that included Moonlight. We were doing set books in schools and acting for guidance and counseling in high schools. Many schools we traveled to many schools plus the set books and then we upgraded. When we acted in Tawusi, after KBC we came and formed production companies. Karanja is one of the pioneers. He has mentored a lot. We worked with him from his college time when he was an intern at KBC when we were doing Tawusi. And with him we have seen Dere growth what it is now. This is our favorite location for many production houses. We have mentored a lot of students. They have passed through our hands and they are doing good. Not only does this village burst of talent growth but also additional value to the country's economy. Through film there has been a lot of community change. Because this is the only village in Kenya whereby you find mothers and grandmothers coming to ask you how they are supposed to paint their houses. Why? The economy of film in Dere if I trace to 1990s. We are talking about an economy which is about 20,000 to 50,000 shillings every day. And in a given time we are talking about 4 or 5 productions which are being done here. Hotels are used, the bandas for eating are used also as locations. Sometimes we have a famous cafe there called Jerry's Cafe whereby 3 to 400 people actually can be hosted for outside catering when the food is cooked there. And they enjoy the services so the economy of film in Dere has really grown. We have been working for years, we went for kikii k adoptive, we took part in shooting for each other. We went to a outside place where we can discuss how kikii kraviti k.] We took part in making kikii kovati, we are from there, we take part in my hotel, having fun, having their own food, we do our kikii kovati k tagas Adams. Kanya resitu alles la dezitmark Background Karanja wa mala noka¸thei kaishigiki huwa na nalafana juzhani kwa kumunikana ui mk часu nareza nii kakajta kwenisha kunosia. Ya kwa wando kwenya na kimuiau na kwa, maja hlipuia na twa, isa paniwebia na komunikaisina nulajana kepo tai kamaamaa kubuiau na kwa wadi paniwebia na kwa wadi kwa wadi kwa wadi kwa wadi kapisa nikia na k benzeliki LIVE na ui mechatu kwa kupuiau na kwa kupuiau na ima kwa avu yungi watu kwa yungi watu nila kwa kumuba kwa kwa kutumaki na mahayla so kiyani mahainewa, kata ktaya kuwéniwa. Nuo, mahiwa wanjuri, hindi na ziwari ni wakinii kwa mahiwa konapinii kwa mahiwa mahiwa wapiti kwa mahiwa kwa wakina kwa mahiwa, merito.ma hiwa h 동iizunia, mahiwa m Τοjia kwa mahiwa mahiwa kwa mahiwa kwa mahiwa kwa mahiwa kwa mahiwa kwa m mahiwa mahiwa kwa kwa mahiwa kwa mahiwa kwa mahiwa kwa mahiwa kwa m Karanja for many years, all the way from the 90s and we've done a lot together. We started off in our group, we used to call ourselves Hidden Talent Communication where we took it afutana. Wala wanafila muwote tu nikuha pandere. Tukaja, tukakachini, tukawana nevizuri, tuwanze kampuni, ambaya tuta kwa tukendeleza kazi zetuza senemanayo. So that's how we met with Karanja. But actually we grew up together in this village. Karanja reveals to me he's driving force towards community empowerment. My greatest motivation has always been God. My second greatest motivation is my parents. Because I remember my mother, because I used to be very good in accounts. My mother thought that I needed to be the next auditor general in the Republic of Kenya. And I remember when I said no, I wanted actually to go and do filmmaking. So her idea was why do I want to become a very poor journalist? Because I remember there was only one journalist in the whole area of Kikuyu and Kabete constituency. And he used to work for that newspaper which is called Kenya Times. Those days we used to call it Kenya Sometimes. So you can imagine my mother now looking at that journalist and seeing the future of her child in the eyes of that journalist. So I think by giving me a chance to expose myself in terms of storytelling and being the driving force in terms of even making sure that they are peasant farmers so they educated me all the way to KMC for my professional training. I think they are my heroes in a way and I respect them so much for that. Finally the community here they have emplaced film in a big way. Known to many, Karanja has been a source of motivation and inspiration to both the young and the old with some even timing him as a hero. Karanja is a hero who has helped a lot of students, a lot of families to put bread on their table and he continues to mentor them. He is like currently when we are shooting Kenya we are at his back end call. He is a teacher, great teacher back home. Education is one of the big five agendas. Just how much involved is in their village into this? And I also like working with my former students, everybody. We collaborate a lot in productions. In a way that also helps because they bring in new ideas. They become my teachers and in the process my relevance continues to to become and to even develop and grow in the film industry. With him we have seen their growth what it is now. It is our favorite location for many production houses. We have mentored a lot of students, they have passed through our hands and they are doing good. Many villages, colleagues, friends have such praises and yes many all eat to Karanja for their personal growth. Karanja is a great man. He is a producer and actually he is the one who has mentored me. He has been of help because he has been helping us in morality and he supports us by equipment. Nanderi imefika penye imefika kupiti ya kwake. Karanja is one of my mentor. Right now I'm a director, I'm an editor. I'm a scriptwriter. I've worked with him in various productions. One was Jijaziye, back then. But Kusasa, this is where we come for rehearsals sometimes. Then we take our scene somewhere else. So much has been achieved through Karanja's efforts yet I am interested to know what is in future for this incredible. Moving forward actually we've been talking even with the government whereby is there a possibility of putting a film here. Because right now if you talk from the time I started most of the children, those who are born then, young adults, we are talking about people who are between 20 to 24. Those are not young people now anymore. Those are the youth that we are involving in terms of film production. And when we have seen that they have grown looking at the culture of film making the substance of it is able to help us to look into the way forward. Even before we wait for the film policy which the government has promised before the end of the year we are going to have it. We are looking for the quick wins. One of the quick wins is how do we continue cultivating that culture of film making? How do we make sure that our youths are able to make and earn money using film? Here is a piece of advice to the stars well, for those that feel that they are stars. The best thing that you can ever do to yourself is to remember your roots and to remember the purpose of where you are going and who you want to become. You cannot become a star because I usually say stars are in the sky and they only are visible during the night and they shine when there are no crowds. So it's important actually to understand being humble, remaining humble always committing to the purpose of who you want that is actually what is very important. Mawimbi ya maswali ya nikera ya nitatiza kila sikuni kilala kilini naji uleza ita kuwaja tu kivukampaka nikise manakutaka tu ishibila fikira