 Yahama haja kuvalina uto hainu na upe mkuputama 지원u wa higia kajita nila hiru haigia mkuputama hufu hustia janyu. K把u na kutukutama因為ki ya kama mortaru ni Kintiri kujen bata, wa kajita kubuto Kajita kujen bata, wa kajita kutukutama hilpe kukutua yehia wadu wadu wadu kukubutama. Ndere 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 19, I think 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. We have Pondashige, we have Boroke Mani who used to play Maneno. And these are people we have grown up together. According to the CEO of F4, Entertainment Film and Welfare Ensemble, Dery 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. Dery Film Village is part of the pioneers. 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. 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 their 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 boast of talent growth, but also additional value to the country's economy. Through film there has been a lot of community change. 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 Derry, 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 Derry has really grown. We have been through a lot of things, we knew what was going on, we had been shooting, we had been doing business, we were doing business at the time. At that time we were going to pick up the food, we were going to fly to our hotel, we went to the hotel, we had been cooking, and then we worked on our own. We've been working on our own for many years. kini sisi yubashini na nga kwa ya chiasu, wana na kama ni matatu nga mifa. Kajama nga mifa ka mwa kconfisha. Kendi na nga kumaita, m Cute问题. Nga k pentru mafanda ki na mifa, wana na kama doma, mifaka na mifakumia mifuka. Mifuka kukafisha, zemba nga mifuka mifuka. Kura mifaka mifaka na mifaka, Karanja yu Nik geremi nga kwa were ministerikia. Mifaka nga mifaka hiya febukia kur고. We did form a company sometimes back I think in the 1990s which was called Hidden Talent Communications and that is what was right after finishing secondary school when we were trying how to get into the film industry and we used to meet under a tree, remember we used to meet under a tree and craft our way forward in terms of if we were to act movies because we have come from a background whereby we used to enjoy our total kainichi in the movies kata say of Faktia films and one day we were always saying one day when we become people who can make this kind of productions we would like to make our village which is called Dery famous so now here we are and we can talk about the whole Dery village having about a minimum of about a thousand people who we can say they are veterans in terms of film and television Karanja for many years all the way from the 90s and we've done a lot together we started off in a group we used to call ourselves Hidden Talent Communication where we we to get a futana all I want to film what it will happen Dery to kaja, to kakachini, to kawana, to zuri, to hanzo kampuni and buy to talk what kendeleza kazi zetu says name anayo so that's 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 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 film making 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 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 his his 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 there being 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 placed 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's a like currently when we are shooting kina we are at his back and call here he's a he's a he's a teacher great teacher back on 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 become and to even develop and grow in the film industry and with him we have seen their growth what it is now these are favorite locations for many production houses we've mentored a lot of students they have passed through our hands and they're doing good many villages colleagues friends have such praises and yes many owe it to karanja for their personal growth karanja he's a great man he's a producer and actually he's the one who has mentored me he's been of help because he he's been helping us in in Morari and he supports us by equipment 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 back then but kusasa this is our egg that's this where we come for rehearsals sometimes then we take our scene somewhere else so much has been achieved through karanjas efforts yet i am interested to know what is in future for this incredible for moving forward actually we've been talking even with the government whereby is there a possibility of putting a film up here because right now if you talk from the time i started most of the children uh those who are born then young adults we are talking about uh 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 filmmaking the substance of 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 um how do we continue cultivating that culture of filmmaking 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 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 it's it's important actually to understand being humble remaining humble always committing to the purpose of who you want that is the actually what is very important