 Welkom. So we have their manager, their director sorry, in studio and he'll be telling us how coincidence came to be. Karibusana. Sante. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Nice to be on the show. So kindly introduce yourself now to MBA what you do. Alright. My name is Silas Ekesa and I'm a founding member of the Youth Talent Network. Youth Talent Network is a firm that was founded not long ago. Last year. And the main aim is to just nature, talent, same power. We are working in the age bracket of 5 to 35. Okay. 5. That's nice. So we believe that that's where the potential is. And also that's the age that goes through a lot of issues. Yeah. In terms of trying to graduate from childhood. That's true. So we are trying to help the youth through various forms of talents. One of them is music, we have dance, we have poetry, we have painting art, we have modeling, we have acrobatics. Yeah and then we have bodybuilding. So we do the auditions, we get the best and we design a program for them so that we can match them and empower them. Yes. And we believe that within the 5 years that we always issue a contract, they will have developed into individuals that can sustain themselves. It's true. People who have connected with their fans and able to do things and stuff on their own. So that is how coincidence came to be. So what happened? You told me that these are your babies. Coincidence is your baby. Coincidence, what happened is that when we first did the auditions for the musicians and dancers, we got quite a number of applications. And then we chose the best from the applications. And these are I think the best that we found. And so by the time we were doing the auditions we did not have the name for the group. So we are here to, you know, like this panel boys for these guys, they tell us what to do and we do. So when we organize for their first meeting so that they can do some team building and get familiar with each other. They decided let's think of them that can represent us well. And I think there were various suggestions but eventually they said it's very coincidental that we are here. It happened that he loves music, he loves music, he loves music, I love music. So why don't we just be a coincidence. Ah, interesting. And that's how the name was born. Yes. So let's get to the coincident band members. Kindly introduce yourselves gentlemen. Let's start from here. Okay, my name is Mr Lee. Jina Tuya Amtani. Amma Jina Agu Kamili Milari Semiyu. Natoka Nakuru. Most specifically Freiria. Yeah. Karibu Kwaesakit. Asanti. Namibaru Niko Incident Skruu. All right. Okay, Milipto Jan. Amma Kupenda Jan the DJ. You know the DJ. Natoka Makueni. But Saina Pakutengela. Okay. Welcome. Thank you. Eyo. This is Bella Boy. Jinalahom. Amma Amma Ibarlogiko. Kristian Niam. I'm Kel Fise Kesa. Yeah, I come from western Kakamega. But I work in Machakos. Yeah. Welcome to the E-Circuit. Welcome to some wonderful things here. Yeah. So I understand you are a band of about 7 members. Where are the other 4? Someone explain to me. Okay. It's not that I work with Fika. Just because of maybe 1, 2, 3. You know, it's a busy day. Yeah. For some of us. And so I work with one member. They are committed elsewhere. But they promised at some point. If we organize again, they will be here. Because they really, they were after to come for this. So that at least they can come and see what happens. And also introduce the coincidence in the flow. Yes. For the first time. Yes. But we believe that next time we shall be here. Yeah. They are amazing. They are amazing. Yeah, I had the music. Yesterday we were somewhere in a media house. The members of this group from Kost. We were in Mombasa. At about 4 pm. And so these guys were represented. Over there. So they are doing the representation to be here. So today they are representing their members who are in Murana. Who are in Mombasa. And some of them in Migori. Okay. Nice. So each of you has their own particular music career. Could you kindly talk to us about that? Let's start with the DJ. Okay. And how you transitioned to Coincidence? Okay. We had auditions. Then we had dancers, musicians. Now we have two places to play music. That's because we are entertainers. I play DJ. I get Kuaapo. That's why I'm Kuaapo. Okay. So where were you DJing? I was DJing. Do you think? Are you an artist? It's nearly always up until Karachi. He's not a dancer. He's a dancer. Okay. You can see him somewhere. All right. He's a dancer. Okay. I was a dancer. Okay. Okay. How did you transition from your own music career into Coincidence? Okay. Personally, I'm a musician, rapper. I've been in the industry for a long time. I'm a youth talent network. Facebook, Palevi. I've been in the industry for a long time. I've been in the industry for a long time. I've been in Facebook, Palevi. I've been in the industry for a long time. I've been applying. After a while, I've been calling. I've been in the industry for a long time. This is an opportunity. This is an opportunity to grow up. This is a good opportunity because you can't go to TV. It's something good. It's a good opportunity. We need to mentor more talents. Thank you. What about you? This is awesome because it happened that we saw auditions through Facebook and we helped. We knew once you were about to do something, you learn something, you have passion because you take the chance. This opportunity comes in your way. So I happen that I should also try this coincidence. I didn't know more about it but I was just trying the opportunity and by good luck I went and I qualified for the auditions and I'm seeing good things happen and I believe that for more people outside there coincidence is real. If they happen to see anything to do with coincidence and you are able to do something in each category you see that you feel somewhere calm, apply go for auditions and be somewhere and personally I'm a rapper. So you have two rappers and a DJ. Why are you hoping at some point in your life you'd end up in a music band? Did you see that coming? Personally I can say I'm someone who dream big in life and once I have the ability always dream big that some point even though it may take long but at some point I'll be somewhere big just like I see myself maybe some years to come just like five, seven years to come I know that I'll do music internationally that's what I know. So I believe in myself and I'm passionate in myself that I can be great. You know coming together seven people that's not a small number of people and each person has their own ideas, their own opinions how do you work that in coincidence since everyone has their own opinions maybe what you have, the vision I have for music is not the vision I have for you and how you tackle those challenges as you go along. Okay. Kiki kwa zatun eka kila kitu kotebo kila mito wongero ea kiki usiskeka wumifiniwa semamalina kufiniwa nirin kila mita kisha toa idea yangoma tunataka tunapushyana tuto elin the best kama umendika miska riko chinibadu tuna jaribu yani kwa kitu kali kabisa iwondo iwondo rajingana napa evi akuna seyana yani tuko free yani nika tuko kama brothers and sisters kuna usiskeka wumifiniwa kidogo usiskeka wumifiniwa kidogo na watu watu wandastand ju iku atu atiki tutu me imetokia tu ibu nika atu mungu alitokia tuwa katu sa idea pa tuwa penya pa evi and so far nuna kila kitu kupo wama zi Was it your idea ilku idea ya nu personally kukam together as a group Amma it was the idea of Mr. Asailas tulii tuwa na tu kambiyo rukon za tuchaguengoma tunataku tuwa kujenezu ideas individually alas sa tuchaguesa gani do kali gani duni za penya kwa market for now kulikonezu gengeto or something gengeto zina kujaga after after after after so you think it's end that we eventually we again get on lakisa atu kwae mua ataka ita hiti takuja tu polepoli ya ni okay that's you know music it's a skiza niki tutu kupolepoli na flow na kila kila age kata kona maraposti kona inyona imba kona dance kila mtu ya ni the group is it's hold hold so done oh sorry kukua kwa co incidenti kubenefeeta in that short span of time in that short span of time okay for now mi sikuwa lume se ane sikuwa nimetu kia gabi sa ata sayi I think it's the first time kutugia wa TV ata place tutu kuna meet ni cost so na pata ato kukua kutugia cost isi sana kini sayi atilistu inakutu na figo ko sabutu na figo ko na pata na wajiji wengine ma music ma music saza so tilistu na tokiya na sayi mi ni sayi dia sana ju wile saza mixte wene sikuwa na nimi ni gini wibisa kutua mixte sayi ni kumbele sayi na niki anabali sana na kutugia na machines okay so kindly tell us about dance with you what was the idea behind dance with you the idea behind dance with you the idea behind dance with you as you've been told by Larry idea iil kuja after sikuwa kapa moja no na anile kumitu mi to coincidental because tu pata kila mtu ako nabiliti ake na iya kutu kawana kuja pamoja tereza kufanya kitu kuwa no na so tu kapa moja kila mtu ako idea first to onekwamba at least to come up with something kita create a good picture of ourselves as a coincidence so tu kawana like to create this dance with you dance with you this just like if we say dance with you in quarts it speaks a lot ina leta hele umoja pier naule umoja ndu na panya na pati platform so na pati the objectives about me set then it also depends the way for us as a group of coincidents okay so in the five years that you hope to to be in coincidence and time in your contract what do you hope to achieve first thing i may not say that it's automatic that automatic that contract after five years because of course when you are under somebody platform there are things you also have to consider because it's not mandatory that after five years we shall then quit the group because we shall still come back and give back to the to the group you may find that even after five years we are still together because maybe after those five years so it's not that after five years we shall part we may remain still together we may renew their contract because it's not guaranteed it's not guaranteed okay jan what do you hope to achieve in the five years or more or less that you will be there to me says it's a less it's not that I am less I am more or less I am more or less I am less I am more or less I am less I am less I am less I am less I am less I am less I am more I am less I am less I am less I am still Iroha za ni Huberi ni Baka Afrik. Ni Pengya hohe luali. Iivu tuzulizimani julika ni nyini jisama mese kiwi angu. Iimdu kitujile kila mitu ata. Kila mitua ataku gave. So after you five years na ata kandilukue... Somebody big as a musician. Ii uendu gulya kila mitu? Alafuni, come back ni help the community kitukayo. Mu tanime toka, peiku incidents lizima tawajenka ii vuyiwe. Alright, thank you so much. Mr. Sibiu, I'm Silas. When are the next auditions kwa kliyali kuna atuene wa benefits ana from that, so if you could share your next plan so that anyone who is watching out there when it's happening next? Good question. In terms of music and dance, in fact we have a vision of doing at least six songs next year. So for the coincidence group and then we'll also be doing one to introduce another group so we need to make a call for more crew members. We are looking forward to having like two groups, one doing R&B and another one doing hip hop. Yeah, because we realize there is that kind of, if you keenly listen to the music you realize there is some kind of, you know, you can alienate these guys within that line. And so we need, there is a need for us to get a vocalist, male and female and you also need a rapper, male and female. So we'll be calling for auditions early next year. So that's like a month away or something. Yeah, people should watch out. So people should watch out on our social media platforms. Where will auditions be if maybe you have the details? For these guys who applied we did it simply because we realized, if I can remember, I didn't mention that when we did call for auditions we got 279 entries and only seven were able to pay the audition fee. Oh, there's an audition fee? Yes. Only seven? Yes. 400 shillings. Yes. And then we looked among the crew. We have a group of very good dancers. If you go on our Facebook page you'll see them from Kakuma Refugee Camp. And so we thought we cannot leave them out because they did not manage to pay the 400 shillings. So we paid for them. We had some youth from Kilifi who were victims of early pregnancy. We chose some of them. We registered them with our money. We got some youth who were previous drug addicts reformed from Mombasa. We also took some of them and then some from Kuali and then we had some from Migori. So we did cater for some of them. We paid about 54. 54? Yes. So those ones we paid for them. And we don't have a problem having very few people registering for auditions. And we don't have a problem with people failing to pay or rather to raise that money, the audition fee. Why? Because you know the state of youth in Kenya. We have a lot of problems in terms of poverty and stuff like that. And that's what you're trying to approach from the society. We want to make youth independent, sustain themselves at an age. So for auditions when we realized we have that problem and because we had those so many applications. So we did ask all of them to send us a video of what they do. And so it was very original and edited. And the 54 that we gave the slots, we were basing on their talent. We have dancers and musicians. So we were basing on their talent plus the situation, their background. And then for these guys they were brave enough to risk their 400 shillings. And it has paid? In fact it has paid already more than 100% or 200% whatever they paid for. And so these ones at least they came and they sang to us. And they did very good work. We had to go with Jan because we also have connections with the learning institutions. And sometimes you want to go for performances. So we thought we would need a DJ. That's how he came on board. And he later played another role and he played it so well. I can't tell you if you will see it. That one is for later because we are running short of time. No, goodness. We are enjoying. I enjoy it too much, I know. Yes, you still haven't told me whether auditions will be. So that's the only one who wants to do that. So if you go to, if I have to read for your social media handles, if you go to Facebook just check at Youth Talent Kenya. And if you are going to Twitter look for at talent underscore Kenya. And if you're going to Instagram, at Youth Talent Network underscore Kenya. That's where we are. But these auditions, the first place we post is either on our Facebook page or our website. So our website is www.talentkana.co.ke. Okay. Very operational. So that was a very fruitful discussion. And I hope anyone who was watching got the information and they will actually show up for the audition. Yes. The good job you're doing and we hope to see more groups and more people who are coming through so that you can see what the talent that you're bringing up. Yes. If someone has a talent, don't be afraid. Just sure. When you call for auditions, just submit. Maybe we might have a favor again, we might give you a free registration or something like that. True. You'll never know. Yes. So just apply. So thank you so much guys for coming through and we wish you the best in your music, in your DJing career and we hope to see you at the top. Yeah. So up next.