 beautiful people and today we are welcoming you with beautiful sounds from the beautiful gorgeous Beatrice Gattone and I know Ms. Okwona, the handsome round a Google but you know what he is not here today I'm standing in for him I go by the name Eve Nyaga and welcome to Power Talk and today Miskia Mishambia we are getting introduction by you know music beautiful sounds so today we are talking matters music and lifestyle and we'll be getting to hear from the lovely Beatrice Gattone she is a news anchor reporter on KBC channel and she is slowly transitioning into the music scene we'll be getting to hear more about that how life has changed for her and what her goals are are in the music scene. Beatrice so welcome. Thank you, what an introduction. You deserve it. We are happy to have you as well I know I have introduced you but please give yourself another proper introduction and tell people for those who do not know you and I know my Kiswahili is usually equal in Jebibahasa so I expect to learn a few words and I'm just wondering what other introduction you're really looking for after such a wonderful introduction from Eve. Thank you very much and so honored to be here my name is Beatrice Gattone I am a news anchor at KBC channel one as well as a reporter and also an upcoming gospel musician and I'm a mother, I'm a wife. I did not introduce that part so yes and I'm so happy to be here. We are happy to have you and I'm looking forward to the amazing conversation we will be having today. Thank you. Okay so let's just start off by taking a look at your career in the journalism industry where did you start and how did you get to be here as a news anchor reporter on KBC channel one of the biggest TV stations in the country. Thank you, thank you so much. It has not been the easiest of the journeys I can tell you especially when we are talking about career growth. I started way back in Eldoritz as a news anchor at a Christian gospel station, I worked there as a radio presenter and also as a TV news anchor. Then in 2004-2005 I used to do volunteer work because I had just started school and then just before I finished school. Still at Sayari then volunteering. Then just before I finished my my diploma 2007-2008 post election violence I was one of the people who affected and I called him to be able to continue with school and so I had to break away from school trying to get some life of myself also. So I stayed away from school from work from that career for quite a while. I found myself in a very different kind kind of a profession. Which one? I found myself in Meru because of post election violence you would seek refuge. Then I moved into a past friend of mine, a family friend. So then they got me a job. I used to do I don't know if you know Kitambo before the VAT receipts. We used to have those ones. You know those receipts? So I used to work in a place where they were manufactured and to have those receipts or those booklets they used to have numbers. Each and every receipt would have a number and what I would do from morning to evening. I remember I used to work from Kinaru Stadium for those who know Meru to downtown to go and that was my work. Like Kukupige is the number for morning to evening. Then get to the area of 4000 at the end of the month. It was quite something for me because then I didn't have any other experience. And that is what I got hold of to just do. So then after some time then I got a call from Sayare and they were looking for a girl who used to volunteer there. I remember had not even finished school. Then I go back to Eldoret and they tell me they are going to give me a job because I think they really are the best of them. A salary job. Yeah a salary job now and I had no papers but I think they believed so much in the talent that I had. So then they gave me the job and then they gave me a scholarship to go to Tanzania now to finish my diploma. So I thank God really. So I went to Tanzania. I graduated with a diploma then came back to Kenya and while I was just trying to settle in from Tanzania then I applied here at KBC. Then that's how I came to KBC and I was absorbed as a news anchor and reporter. And here the journey continues. So yes my career journey has not been the most smooth one. And immediately I joined KBC. I continued with my education and is now I managed to get my degree at Mount Kenya University. Congratulations. I think sometimes we appreciate you know that struggle when you look back and see all that all the things that you went through to being here right now. It was all for Apapas. It was all for Apapas I can see because when I look back I think if it was the other way around if it was all smooth maybe I wouldn't be here today. So I understand the struggles of becoming a journalist and a super journalist and the price you have to pay for that. Yeah and I really appreciate the journey that I have worked. Please remind all the people back at home watching that sometimes you need to start by volunteering. You don't have to necessarily start off your career by you know getting a paid job. Sometimes you have to work without that pay. You see for you volunteering is what made them give you that call. Oh yeah yes. I remember because I was in school but I knew within me that I had this passion and this great of being a presenter of being a news anchor and I used to go there. Actually I used to go during the day I would go to class and then in the evening I would get that chance to do the evening drives especially on radio and then now they started and then after a while they absorbed me to be their news anchor then the siren news I don't know today but then during our days we used to record news so we would rush there more record news then go back to class and it's paid off really. It was it is a price that I paid and I really appreciate that I did that because I don't think I would have gotten the experience that I had gotten. I don't think I would have gotten the exposure that I had I got at that time and even for them to see what was inside me I think volunteering is the best thing that I ever did. That you ever did. Yes which is amazing. Okay let's take a shift since you're talking about music and lifestyle. So where did from the news anchor reporting you know superjournalist where does the music come in and why is it coming in so late? One I don't think it's late because life is a journey and like we're talking about like you see in my career as I tell you where I started and how I'm growing and still growing I mean it it is a journey that you have to walk and yeah I also believe that in music whatever time you you jump in as a as a time to begin it is not late and I also believe in God's timing in everything because I started singing when I was a small girl like me to go to Sunday school yeah those days when I was young I was always the kagal in front singing and doing all that and then as I was growing depending on on where I I have been to many towns in this country in the journey of my life and wherever I would be I would find myself in the choir in the choir and way way back before I joined the Pentecostal churches I used to be a Catholic and I remember in Catholic I used to sing alto and we used to have a lot of competitions I don't know whether they still happen today they still do they do yeah we used to meet in different churches and we would compete and compete and compete I know I'm Catholic too so I'm happy yes I understand I've been there also used to I don't have a good voice but you know when you're in the youth you have to participate yes I used to also do and that's participating always I always found myself in the choir in the present worship team and so growing and growing up again also as of where I come from in our family we have many I have many sisters and I think all of us really had a passion on singing and we find ourselves gathering together singing in weddings we would be invited in different kind of parties and they used to call us the Gatornes so we would go we would travel and remember some of the people sponsored us to get uniforms it was such a good moment of me growing up and I would say that music I wouldn't explain exactly why it is happening right now but I can say it is God's timing because I have sung all through my life but now as a recording artist just started last year yes so you getting into the into music is because of the passion and you knew you had it in you yes so it was only a matter of time before you started getting in the studio and recording yes okay so we have a video of your lunch and we just want to play it and see how it went down it's not it's not there right now but we will still get it so yes um you said that you knew that you had this talent from my young age you know participating in the choirs from Kywam Dogo and up to now so what made you decide at this point that okay I need to get into the studio maybe not last year not last year but one but at this particular time when you get into the studio let me say again also it's just not about the the talent because I believe there's so many people who are talented out here but they are still yet to get to the studios to produce music and share their talent with us I also believe for me I think it goes much deeper because I have a calling I feel that God has been pushing me so much to share these gifts that he has given to me with the world not just singing in the choir but now spreading the wings farther yeah and being able to share his wide through music to bless people to touch people's lives through music for me it's more of a calling as much as I have a deep passion for this yeah so it is more about spreading the gospel through through music I don't say that um sometime last year I think it is something that I've been feeling inside me that you really need to go you really need to go to the studio record music you know that voice keep telling you inside you that's what I kept hearing for many years yeah um and I think for me it was like uh you know just listen you keep you keep postponing oh bad time oh bad time and then you feel like you're not ready you're not even sure how you're going to juggle between your so many responsibilities that are surrounding you um but I think sometimes you really have to beat that fear because it is fear because you do not know whether you'll be able to balance you really do not know whether you'll be able to do it and but unless you walk into that studio and sing those songs and bring them out here you can never know what you can bring on the table you can really not know what you can present to the world so for me it was time to beat the fear and last year I really thank god that uh November of last year I just felt that it was enough it was enough and uh I'm done they're just sitting with whatever so much passion that is burning within me and just walk into that studio yeah and for sure I just woke up and I told my husband me to read news going to a music studio and my husband by the way we met long time ago sometime in 2011 and he knew because he found me in the church my husband used to wait for me so that he could take me home he waited for me so many days when I would go for for choir practice so he knew I had this passion and he told me I will support your first song I will be the one who will recognize him and actually he's so passionate about what I am doing right now and he's very supportive and I can only thank god yeah okay so um you know you have been in the media scene did you feel like um with all that fear that you had to take this step to go to the studio to the studio did you take calculated moves or um did you have people in mind that I know that when I do my first song I will have this person I have this person who will help me with this I have this you know unlike um young people when they are starting out because you you you you also have I wouldn't say that everything financially is okay but it's unlike come to Kayang when you talk to your parents at school at campus there is resistance from parents he has school you part of you was ready did you feel like you had people that you had identified or you took calculated moves for you to take that step let me tell you if when I woke up one morning one of those days in November when I was walking into that studio I didn't know so many people in the music industry I yes I have mentors I have people that I talk to Seraka is one of my biggest biggest mentors Ruben Kigame is also another great great uh uh inspiration in my mentor that I have but I had not discussed music with them I had not discussed with them that uh I want to start now how would you help me get a good producer get a I I would just woke up one morning and I thank God like you say yes probably I'm at an advantaged position because I had people I could call and ask how can I get a good producer do you have someone you can refer to me yeah and I can tell you the first recording was not didn't go very well because uh when I walked into that studio to record I wasn't like I tell you it was about beating the fear yeah and I'm walking into this studio yes I've been to studios reading news and what have not but not a recording studio yes recording music so I walk in there I'm not very sure what is expected of me and I have a song here yes we have done arrangement we have done all these then I walk into that studio then I'm told ah there you go I answer uh oh then you're like oh fine but it wasn't I didn't feel like I had delivered so after the song came you feel like it was too easy because like for me I was like I didn't expect it to be like that and I actually had felt in my heart and in my my I felt my whole being told me I had not delivered as much as I had expected and when actually the song came up and it to me and I said ah there you've done well I just thought can I really sing you know even I you're still having the fear like there's something inside me just telling me I'm sure I'm sure you're going to to add these things yeah but I could feel that the song was not right so then I dropped that song or whatever I had spent on that I was like what's it really but I didn't need someone who would hold my hand and guide me because this is a new venture thank god from that I also met someone else um treatment entertainment and uh until today I'm still working with them yeah very very encouraging he's guiding me he knows now my vocal ranges like my vocal range he knows how far I can go and how low I can I can hit those notes and he's being able now to help me and I can tell you the song that will be coming in the next few weeks it's not like even the worst idea that you're watching today better even better we are growing yes of course so we have the video of the launch so we just want to take a look at it and see how everything went down okay just a bit all right whatever went down on that day so there you go so yeah um in my life in my heart for a very long time and I would say that I thank god that today I have launched my three singles and I believe this is the beginning of many many many beautiful songs that will be coming your way in terms of praising god her prime objective is to use her god given talent to touch the lives of believers and unbelievers and show us blessings upon them I'm not the kind of a person who will pick a microphone and stand in the pulpit and preach word after word but I can do this in a very beautiful way by bringing my songs to you and depending on how god speaks to me these I will do by making sure that I bring the gospel to you Beatrice is adamant that they don't think task of balancing between her newly launched gospel ministry and the already sparkling journalism career will not be a problem this is a different venture these I will always be doing it when I have my free time because number one I have to work and then another thing I have to serve god because I have a talent that I need the world to feel they want I want to share with the world when I'm on my free time when I'm on all of my my off days I'll go and record my music and then again when you want to write these songs sometimes you wake up at night and write you don't need to be at work to do that to wish her the best of luck were friends and colleagues led by Riviera yes that is just a bit of what I know there's a lot that went down and you spoke about Ruben Kigame who also spoke at the launch and told you that he'd hold your hand you know and having such people with you and maybe people like Sarah K is very powerful because these are big they are big shots in the industry and especially with the kind of gospel music you're doing because then they are into that deep worship see the types of so was that intentional for you or are you planning to do are you are you staying on the mellow side of the gospel the prison worship or you're still gonna do songs that people can dance along to actually let me say I'm gonna be diverse yeah I'm gonna be diverse because there's so much in the kingdom of god in terms of music but I know they are there there's music that I will not do yes I know probably sit with a crap unless unless I get that gift going for a while I don't think I'm a good rapper yeah yeah but I I think for now I'm at where prison worship is actually my next song that will be coming is not as as worship and as slow as Wastahili and Hakuna and I know but Hakuna the one that will be coming up in the next few weeks is a praise song it is a praise song is this uh you know telling god I couldn't come away with yeah and we'll be dancing to the song yeah yeah but I know they are they are music that I will not do I will not be able to do the rapping part but we will have songs with a higher tempo that people can dance to yes awesome yeah yeah yeah and also collaborations right yeah and I think the very first one will be with Ruben Kigame yes it is awesome yeah he during the lounge uh as much as he said he's gonna hold my hand because by the time I was launching I had three songs one video out by then I'm telling you came in with a bang yanny an upcoming artist with three songs out we need to work hard yeah yeah so um he realized that uh to feel that album I needed like four more songs which he Kigame himself said he was going to monitor production of those songs and even give me a collab in one of the songs so so yeah okay so um how do you strike a balance between you know being a mom being a journalist and just doing your music yeah yeah because those are things that need a lot of time all of them all of them yes you are very right when I was starting I knew this is something that I was going that was going to be a challenge to me and actually now that I'm already in it I can already feel the challenge the challenge of time time is my biggest challenge I can tell you I need to work when I'm at work I need to concentrate I need to deliver to my level best or from work my husband is waiting for me my children are waiting for me at home I need to concentrate and be the best mother that I can be to my children be the best wife I can be to my husband yeah and then also I also need my own time yes and then also I need time for my music and I can tell you right now the biggest challenge I'm having is time constraint but I'm trying my best to make sure uh that I'm not I'm like today when I'm off duty um I'm able to get interviews like these I'm able to to concentrate on my music from here I have to go to the studio there's a song I'm recording I'm able to I'm just scheduling my my time well sometimes I'm in the studio recording songs very early in the morning at six before I come to work at nine sometimes I leave work here at around seven o'clock I'll be in the studio until 10 a.m 10 p.m then I go home so it's just trying to strike that balance it is not easy uh because uh if you miss that balance you're going to strain and um I thank god because now I think I'm finding it um easier because yeah okay um what maybe what is some what is um one of the hardest thing that you have encountered in terms of you doing music you know I have spoken to so many artists so many artists because I do an entertainment show so I have spoken and um finances is always a problem marketing is always a problem and you know just getting people to accept you is a problem yes so what is your challenge what is your biggest challenge so far if my biggest challenge has been bringing this branch to the market yes convincing um uh eve that uh this is a new sound and it means well and it is a good sound please accept it because again people uh are not very easy to accept especially new before I buy your new soap you should have to convince me why I should you know so marketing is one of the biggest challenges also uh trying to make sure that the songs are on circulation on all these media stations but uh uh so far so good uh and also the finances yeah I would want to do all the videos for the songs that are really sound yes but where is the money and my daughter wants to go to school my son wants to go back to school bills needs to be paid bills needs to be paid yeah so I also have to budget my money very well and ensure that uh at least I'm able to do things in the house I'm able to meet my bills and at the same time I spare some for my music so I'm not able to like have these videos every now and then so I won't say that I habitually is comfortable here having a lot of money producing so you're still struggling with that as well yes I'm still struggling with finances I would say and also the bit of marketing also is not yes it's not building this brand as much as I understand it is a process and it is a journey I can only hope and pray that I even as I go on uh I will be able to to grow the brand are much bigger yes yes so um we have a few of our fans on our social media we have um Papa Godot they are asking is she a daughter to Loya Gatoni and they say I love her voice so are you a daughter to Loya Gatoni I believe Loya Gatoni Loya Gatoni is family ah okay this family but he's not my dad oh he's not your dad yeah he's not my dad okay Papa Godot there you have your answer he is family but he's not the dad and then we have um Hemstone um he's saying he's saying he's representing Eldorette massive music yes so I think that is Eldorette your home Eldorette and you're inspiring people out here and which is what you talked about during your lunch like you want to you don't have to maybe stand on the pulpit but you want to impact people's lives through through your music and here here you are impacting someone I can't go yeah really my biggest prayer is uh that my music is not just the danceable kind of music that I want to bring to you or the just the usual worship but I wish that my music and minister to you as a person you're going through hard time you listen to my song you sing along to my song and you just get motivated yeah you get encouraged you seek you get healed yeah so it's just not about entertainment but more of the message that I bring to you that is going to touch your life in a way yeah okay so um you have a new song out so tell us a bit about that maybe the inspiration behind it and who you worked with it um who worked on you with that song and so and then after that we'll get a chance to listen to it a bit all right um I would say so far I have not talked with so many people like my producer I've worked now with him since I have been working with Ritmo Entertainment as my producer he's called Malakai and Malakai has been very very resourceful in terms of getting me back up and then ensuring that my music is arranged well so entirely he's been doing most of that work yeah yeah and then also training me on vocals so I don't know what the future has but as of now I'm working with Ritmo Entertainment but I'm open to to working with other people because there's so much so much coming yes yes um what is the inspiration behind Nkwinua Nkwinua Ju Baba is most of my songs and I would say the first three songs that I sang including the second video um most of my songs need just to praise god to exalt god to lift him up yes because um I can tell you for sure I looked back at my life I have worked quite a serious journey quite a challenging journey yeah when you hear someone talking about post-election violence and especially now that we are looking forward to our our elections I don't know I and I wish Kenyans and especially the youth would understand the importance of peace in a country I have been too very very serious because of the post-election violence in 2007 2008 I really went through a very tough time one day maybe we'll come and talk about that but um when I look back at my life the things that I have been through and the challenges that have been through for me is just to say that if I will not sing a benesla like che balonza I'll just tell him how great he is and my song has been inspired by the by the by the experiences that I have been through and seeing how god has held my hand my husband was sick of covid seriously in bed uh on oxygen for over two weeks I almost lost my husband that was a such a very it was it was not an easy time for me yeah but I saw god heal my husband bring him back to life bring back his his lungs um 86 percent damage was not easy it was it was a tough moment for me and I have seen god bring my family my husband back to life and um I I have I have a child with a hearing impaired it's quite a serious journey if you do not have someone living with disability you might not understand it but I have seen god hold my hand and helping me bring up that boy uh until where he is right now so when I look back at my life when I see when I see god the way god has held my hand the way he's held me the way he has encouraged me uh it is just about lifting him and just exerting him for who he is yes so okay yeah that's what about in la quinoa is all about yes what the hero is all about and hakuna yes so let's um listen to that song just a bit and then we'll be back all right so that was na quinoa jubabab by pittris cat honey it's the newest it's among the three that you released right so um you have joined the gospel industry and there are so many controversies there are so many scandals um from gospel artists what do you think about the industry are people receiving you right put you think what are your thoughts about the general gospel industry and whatever you hear about the scandals and everything that goes on in there the judgment because I mean people pass a lot of judgment for gospel artists because we expect them to be perfect yes um if the gospel industry has been hit by quite a number of challenges like you see it is indeed I think I think yeah so that is expected and then again also I I will not generally say that um the industry is is doing badly as much as we're facing a lot of challenges with the kind of controversies that we are seeing especially uh from some of the top uh top gospel musicians people that some of us looked up to when we were growing up and wanting to become gospel musicians so some of those things are quite discouraging but then again um there are so many the likes of people who are more focused to spreading the right gospel and living the right life I mean to ensure that we have less controversy even as we bring the gospel of Christ out here again also I would say that uh they're still um what about uh about what I mean I would say I would say I have not heard of controversies in these scandals from her there are quite a number of gospel artists whom God is still using at this age and at this time in Kenya to still spread the gospel through music yes we have a few challenges we have a few who have gone to uh to the to the secular uh you know you start as a gospel musician and then again you go to the other side yes people have been called differently and God uh were you even called by God in the first place or was it just about you and just trying to push your own agendas you know as a person uh because I believe we have different kind of reasons why we get into doing things uh so I cannot generally say that gospel music we are doing badly I would say that we are firmly put because again like I have said you know because I still believe that we can still spread the gospel without having a lot of scandals around us and controversies around us because again if we truly we are truly called by God we should work hard to ensure that uh we spread the gospel as it should be spread yes all right again also you want to become someone else yeah why don't you just be your own yes why don't you just be your own brand yeah so for me I would say where I sit and how I see the gospel industry because I think we have a generation of musicians who are coming up and still make sure the gospel of Christ is going on yes yes so um I want us to take a short break yeah so we are taking a short break and um we still want to hear more of the beautiful Beatrice Katonya so we will let you hear another one of her songs I mean she has a beautiful voice why not listen to it some more so yes don't you go anywhere we'll be back Katonya is still here with us listening to this beautiful amazing voice that she has and her telling us about her journey in the industry and her struggles and how she is dealing with everything I mean everything in between if you have any questions for Beatrice you know we still have uh some time so you can send them in via social media handles y254 channel on instagram facebook and twitter yes so um Beatrice yes uh huh um so Domingue and you have come in with such a bang you know we don't have artists releasing three songs that are go you know when you need more joy and then we have to wait for another year because of course of the challenges that um that are there finances you know meeting bad producers that under deliver they promise stuff and then they don't it's it's it's tough so and in your song you you have um choir come a backup is just something that you're planning to carry along or is just for the music that is more on the worship side um yeah this kind of style I I think it's something that I had envisioned to to have going forward I might have them but then again also it depends on how God guides me and the kind of music that I'll be I'll be bringing on the table on the on the stages um and what I can say is that um I I like having them I think they they they give me motivation and uh it's beautiful to have them on my videos and uh also a way of empowering most of those people you see on those videos are musicians there are three of those ladies you see there are my sisters oh yeah my best sister yes so music runs in the family it does it does because like I told you earlier we used to sing when we were young and I know my sisters are passionate about music and this is one way also of empowering them and uh also bringing them along so that they can also try to find their own path as as we grow together so and then also yes most of those people you see there are musicians and close friends of mine there are people whom we are trying to hold each other's hands together so that we grow together but along the way I I don't know what is going to happen I can't speak for the future much uh but I know I am willing and I I have a plan to have these people with me going forward yes all right do you have any plans of um because in your songs um there's someone who does the writing for you are you planning to do any writing or you just want to have someone do the writing for you um because I'm just beginning and I have someone who is very supportive I have a music writer who is very supportive and someone who is capturing really the lyrics and the message that I want to bring out here uh so going forward if I'm able I can write my own music yeah and that is a journey that I would walk yes and I will get there but then again also I'm I'm planning to keep moving on and if I meet some other people I'm open to working with as long as it's someone who captures very well the message that I want that she wants to pass yes yes okay any plans on doing you had said that of course you'll do collaborations with artists and you had talked about having Ruben Kigame on one of the songs that you're working on any other person that you are looking forward to work with yeah yeah yeah of course Sarah K other than Ruben and Sarah K apart from Sarah yes um I have been approached by the way a number of the blessings I've been approached but I think I was just not ready for collaborations at this point because I was I'm trying to build my brand I'm trying to build the brand which is in the music industry the industry and then once once I am able and I am settled all settled then I can think of collaborations but I'm open to having a collaboration with Ruben Kigame at this point and Sarah K and uh these are the people who are approaching me they are my brothers they are my sisters I will definitely do that so going forward yes yes yes so um you had talked about having a son who is has a hearing impairment yes so is that the reason why you have that segment on your bulletin yes by the way viewers if you do watch bulletins a day like today I'll be I'll be on the news at the end of the bulletin I have a segment I called it Lugaishara and the the inspiration behind this segment is because of my son you put it right if I give birth to a son who is not able to hear he's not able to list to hear and speak so over the time and over the years I've had to make sure that I also learn as a mother I want to communicate with my son I want to know and identify and with the with the challenges that he's going through I'm not able to be a good mother to this son if I'm not able to communicate with him so for me I have taken it as a personal initiative to ensure that I'm able to learn I'm able to understand and communicate with my son so and this goes beyond just me and my son because I feel that the society the communities should embrace people with living with hearing impaired because these are normal people and they just we just need to learn how to communicate with them yes yeah today if you're met by someone with hearing impaired and they have a challenge and they need your help how will you be able to help them yeah or they someone with the hearing impaired and they are serving you in a hotel how will you be able to accept their services so I feel that the society need to embrace them more and not just for my son but for every other person who is living with any kind of disability that we as a society need to embrace them and even empower them more because these are people who can do so much you should see my son use it at their drawing you as you sit at there wow yeah he has even drawn our president and it is so much of like a mature perfect is so talented in so many ways yeah so for me this is a message and it is a way of just teaching our community that you learn that one word that to those two words can help you go a long way in interacting people living with the hearing impaired the other day we had uh some news how many people went there to cheer them on how many people who even knew that those races were there we are there we need to embrace this community because they are part of us yeah and they live with us yes all right so for our viewers who have not seen Beatrice you know um on Darubini we have a clip for you that would like you to see as she winds up her segment and introduces the yes Lugaya Isha check it out so relationships relationships you are in marriage. Marriage. A love for marriage is divorce. It is a divorce. Marriage and divorce. There are many people who are single. I am single. I am married. I am divorced. I am single. I am married. I am married. Yes, she said to me that I am a Nendeleza. Of course, I am married. Of course, she will not live here before she teaches us a few words. Yes, so I want you to teach us, you know, the common courtesy words, you know, saying I'm sorry, please, thank you. And of course, I love you. So that she can tell us, we love you. Yes. So first of all, when you meet a person with hearing impairment, how do you say hello to them? Hello. Hello. Hello. Yes, hello. Hello. Yeah. And then if you want to tell them, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Eve. Thank you for having me here. Thank you. Thank you. And then if you want to say sorry, I'm sorry. Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Pole. Pole. Sorry. Sorry. I love you. Yes. So can you tell love you as we love you? We. It's me and you. We love you. Yes. That is perfect. So remember those signs, okay? They're very simple. So it's hello. Yeah, hello. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Yeah. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. And when you're saying thank you, don't say thank you. Thank you. With a smile. With a smile. Thank you. Give him a smile. Come on. So. You know, on that segment that we've listened to, you were talking about relationships that are single. Single. You know, married. Divorced. And married. Yes. Yes. So this is marriage. This is marriage. Are you single? Oh, you're single. Are you in a complicated relationship? Complicated. It's kind of complicated. It's just that. So, Lisa, this is from him. Is that a sign for? Sign for. This is from him. Disclaimer. This is from him. It's not from him. I'm not even going to sign for you. This is my assignment. This is my assignment. I'm not even going to sign for you. Oh yes. If you want to sign for me, we'll get it. I'll put in the link. Why are you interested in marriage? I know why. Why? Mr. Ron, why are you interested in marriage? Oh my God. Anyway, so yes, thank you so much for that. Do you want more? Yes, please. You're a girl, right? You're a girl. And Ron, our producer, is a boy. Yes. Or he's a man. Okay. I am a girl. Yes. You're a girl. Ron, he's a man. He's a man. Hello to my Soma a lot. That's enough for today. Yes, that's enough for today. I wish the lesson would continue. And one last question before we wind up. You know, we don't have so many news anchors transitioning into the music scene. Are you getting any pressure from your bosses when it comes to you doing news and also doing music? Because I don't think I've heard of news. If they are there, they're very few. Especially because they're black. Yes, especially. Thank you especially. I would say that my bosses are very supportive. KBC family is very supportive. They've taken these with a lot of passion and especially supporting me as one of their own and someone who has come out to showcase their talent and even to do what they want to do as a passion because this is God given. And I don't think anybody can really stop and especially when it's God's timing. So my bosses have been very supportive. The only thing that I'm avoiding is to have any meetings any kind of commitments to do with my music when I'm supposed to be at work so that I don't have a problem with my bosses. So it is about me respecting and knowing where the boundaries lie in terms of my work, my music, my family and all that. So which is a balance that I've been able to strike. Yeah. Okay. So what has changed for you, you know, from, you know, Beatrice, the news anchor, to Beatrice, the musician, the gospel artist. Is there anything major that has changed for you in your life? I can say a lot has changed. And a lot is yet to change because music industry, especially gospel requires a lot of commitments and I might not be able to have time to do a lot of other things. So I can say that right now during my free time most of the things that I used to like doing, I'm no longer doing them because when I have the free time right now is running to the studio and thinking how my next song will be coming up and meeting people in the industry because I'm still young and I'm trying to connect and having a lot of connections. So I'm investing most of my off time to that. So most of my lifestyle has changed. Has changed, yeah. I love my dear. My lifestyle has changed. I really hope my friends don't complain so much. So much because you... Yeah, and feel the pressure so much but I can tell you that my life has really changed because the little time I have now I have an extra responsibility that I have to handle and that responsibility which is music is taking most of that time. Yeah. You have kids? Yes, I do. So would you encourage them to get into the music scene? Maybe whether it's gospel, whether it's secular or, you know, back in the days our parents... I'm also sure that maybe when you started out or when you were trying to find your footing in the... trying to get your career right I'm sure maybe your parents would not have been for Nina Maliza Shule I am going to do music. So what will change when it comes to your children? Will you allow them to explore that talent? If you find that there's a child who does not want to do the normal careers that we are used to, the age to find... They want to do the creative kind of jobs. How will you handle that? That's a good question. When I was growing up I don't think I would have finished high school and I didn't have a job. Who is that woman? Kwaniumbe. Come on. Kaji Somesh, Mimi. Kaji what? My friend. I don't think our parents really appreciate that talent as much. But right now I can tell you from where I see it my children are open and not just music whatever kind of talent. Give it to my son who is hearing impaired. He is very good at drawing. Art work is amazing. And I can tell you for sure I'm already supporting him and exposing him to areas where he can be able to explore that more. So for me right now I would tell any parent if your child is open and they are gifted why don't you support them? Support them to go to the highest level of that talent that they can go. So I would say I'm very open to my children. Whoever has a gift I will support them. I will encourage them. Yes. But then again also if whatever passion they have in whatever careers they want to pursue in life music will not stop them. Like I think I'm a living example. I am a career woman. I am a journalist. I am succeeding in that career. And I'm also doubling up as a musician. So it is possible. And most of the musicians some of them that we have seen that doing very well also they have their work. They have businesses that they are running. So don't again be too close to the fact that you are doing music. So that's all that you have to do. There is so much within you that you can be able to do. Okay. Speaking of you succeeding as a career woman, as a musician is there a plan for you to incorporate sign language in your music? Actually my next video has sign language. I don't know whether it will be the first one ever. I don't know. Like really I have my son language interpreter in the music in the video all through to the end. Yeah. This is how passionate I am about this community. And I wish other people can be passionate about that. I cannot be preaching to the world on how great God is and I'm not even telling my son cannot get what I am saying. Or the other person who hasn't hearing impaired doesn't even get what I am saying. So for me this is very passionate. And it will be the norm going forward. If you are watching my videos the next time if I come here you should expect to see a sign language interpreter because I want this message to go as deep as it can. Yes. Speaking of the next song maybe when we expect it to be out and how far are you with it? I've already done the video. I already have the first cut out. So I'm reviewing it. It should be out in the next two weeks. Yeah. The next two weeks. Okay. You are working hard. It's not one week. Yes. But I'm giving it two weeks so that whatever needs to be edited so that we put everything in order and ready to bring it out for the audience to watch and get blessed. Yes. So yes. And the third one will be dropping in two months. In two months. Yes. Wow. That is amazing. You need to go the extra mile. You need to stay consistent actually. It is about consistency. And I also believe that the God who has called me he will keep me consistent. As much as we have the issues of financing and what God is providing. Yeah. God is providing. Yes. And then I have so many people around me who are willing to support and who are holding my hand in all these areas of music industry. I haven't struggled too much. Yeah. God has brought people along my way who have been very, very supportive. Yeah. Yes. All right. I think we have come to the end of the show. Do you have any final remarks where people can find your music? Maybe advice to young people who are watching you out there. Not even young people. People who have so much fear in them to start something, to start music, to kickstart their journeys in their passion. Just give them a word of advice. Yeah. One thing I can tell whoever is watching me right now. If you're there, you wanted to do something. It could be music. It could be art. It could be you're a good news anchor or you think you're a good reporter and you have a passion in whatever area that you have. One thing I can tell you, go ahead and do it. Do not be. Do not. Do not. I don't know what to say. I don't know what to say. But unless you bring whatever you have here, we look at it. We can never know what you have inside of you. So I can tell you right now, just go. Go ahead and do whatever you want to do in these life. There's so much within you. There's so much. Until I recorded the song, the first song is when I realized, Haya. It is achievable. I can be the woman that I want to be. I can be whatever I want to be in these life. So please get out of that. That kind of cocoon, that urine of fear. And go ahead and do it. Go. Go be whatever you want to be. Yes. Do not be scared. Yes. Don't be a surakai today. But I believe in future I will be. So please go ahead and be whatever you want to be in this life. Yes. Okay. Where can people find your music? Yes. Please. Take your phone right now. Go to your YouTube app. Search Beatrice Getonia Music. First thing you do, watch the music that is in there. There are quite a number of articles. There are quite a number of... There is an interview there that I did the very first interview that I launched my music. I did with KBC Channel 1. And there are quite a number of lessons you learned there for sign language. And then apart from that, watch the music that is there. Then subscribe and share and like. And get blessed. Let's continue with the journey. Yes. This is Getonia Music. And then you can follow me on my Facebook page, Beatrice Getonia. Go there, follow. You will be getting updates on what is coming. Follow my journey as we grow together. Yes. So thank you so much for making time to join us. I appreciate this has been amazing. I have learnt a few things from you, especially how to sign those common courtesy words. I hope our viewers have learnt as well. And you can get more of this on KBC Channel Darubini every day. Every Wednesday and Thursday at 7. All the way to 7.30 p.m. Yes. Thank you so much again. I really appreciate it. So as per usual, we always leave you with a quote. And today's quote is, there is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It's a sound of peace. It's a sound of I'm going to make it through all of this. One more time. There's a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a sound of peace. It is a sound of I'm going to make it through all of this. That is the quote we are living with. We are living you today with. So thank you for making time to join us. We love you so much. We appreciate you. And we do this again. Next Thursday, same time, same place. I have been your host Yvniaga and I appreciate your time. And to all our technical crew, thank you so much for making this happen. And to our audience back at home, thank you so much. We love you so much. We love you so much. We love you so much. Bye bye. Have yourselves a good day.