 What's up guys? Welcome to SQM Baz. I am speaking to a very special person who has contributed great things to my career, especially when I was 13 years old. She's going to be introducing herself. Hi ma'am, how are you? How are you? Good to see you. Good to see you too. Please introduce yourself. Ya, my name is Meru Avinyamusa, but I like calling myself Avinyamusa. I work in KBC. I'm in the sports department. I've been there since I don't even know when I joined KBC. I'm still there. I'm still going strong and I really appreciate you all. I appreciate her. I was high in town. No, I'm really happy when I see you doing what you're doing. I always say, why don't we make this world a better place to live in? So when I see you doing what I'm doing, for me that gladdens my heart because that is what I'm here for. Just to mentor others because I was mentored when I was very young. I joined KBC when I was very young. And what I like, there were people who pulled me, who pushed me, who made sure that I give it an extra effort. And up to today, I'm still doing it. So I appreciate, like, if you're given a chance in this industry, whichever industry, please make sure you tag others alone. Don't shine on your own because you can never shine alone. So I appreciate it. When I see you, I'm so happy. I really appreciate it. Oh God, please tell them how long you've been at KBC. You know Joe, na kwa nga letru iwi, you never end. I think nili kunyoma jyomziwa somewhere in Budapest, the host of the World Athletics Championship. I've been in KBC for more than 20 years. And when I joined KBC, I joined sports teams straight from college. I've never left. It's been an amazing journey. I've managed to network with so many people, met so many champions who are so humble. I like that. I think I've done duty to my country because whatever stories we do, it's promoting this country. It's patriotism. For me, that matters a lot. So what I do, I actually value it. I don't think I want to leave the sports field because for me, it has been an incredible journey and rewarding at the same time. I always say, whatever stories we do through broadcast, we touch people's lives. I've seen young people grow from us, small, small, young, tender edge to become the champions they are. For me, I'm glad. I see the likes of Yego, whom nobody ever bothered to cover. And I told them, it'll make a difference in the country. And I'm happy that it finally did. I've seen others who passed on Nikola's bet. I've seen the likes of Mary Mora, so many others. We started so young and they become champions and they're still humble. For me, that's rewarding. So when I look at them for me, I'm humbled. Now you're not talking about rewarding. Today you've gone home with an award. How many awards have you received in your career, wavina, and how do you feel about this particular one? Let me talk about this one. This one is special because ever since we started this journey, getting recognized like our heroes are recognized. We normally sit in panels, recognize heroes. We sit in a panel like Sawyer Awards. We recognize heroes. We've never been recognized as journalists. For me, this one is special. I'll say, out of everything that I've had, this one is special because it comes from the government. It comes from the ministry. It comes from the CS in charge of sports, Ababuna Mwamba, who is so passionate about sports and who is also passionate about talent because for me, sports and talent go together. And the creatives, yeah. So for me, it's so rewarding. For the first time we've been recognized. We've never been in a state combination. But for me, this is a start. This is something better for the work we do because we work behind the scenes but people think we don't do anything. We end up misquoting people, making a lot of noise, showbiz. But for me, it's rewarding that finally we have been recognized and all the sports journalists. And I hope the others as well because we are a large team from the other units as well. So for me, as Santesana Bonaoziri, as Santesana Serikali, tuna appreciate. Is there something going to change after this award? For me, I'll remain humble. I'm always a humble girl. But for me, it also challenges me to strive even higher and to tell our stories much, much more and much, much better. So for me, this is just the beginning because I have a lot to share. I have a lot of stories and told stories and I keep talking about our champions. There are so many stories that we have to share, especially our sportsmen and women. They have done this nation proud. When you hear where they have come from and sometimes you walk the journey with them, you'll be amazed how do they even manage to achieve what they do because they come from humble backgrounds. They have earned so much fame, so much money, but they still remain humble. You meet faith, you don't even know she. That's faith. You meet Elio, they don't gloss over it. So for me, they make me humble. Actually, I always say the sports family has made me who I am. They have worked with me during my sorrows, during my joys and for me, that's family. I wouldn't ask for more. I belong to the sporting family. I wouldn't ask for more. So for me, we appreciate them all. We appreciate my colleagues, even you. We appreciate everybody because we cannot tell our stories without each other. It is teamwork. It's not about me, but Vina. It's about everybody else. So for me, it's a blessing. And for me, it's just touching lives and doing what God intended for us to do is to make this world a better place. Have I? I believe I have, but I don't want to. I don't want the glory to come to me, but I think I'm doing what my papa says or not. So for me, it's much more. So this does not stop with the awards. For me, I have much more to do, much more to give. I'm actually now doing psychology and because there's a lot of mental problems in the country. And for me, I just want to help the sportsmen and women. Nobody goes behind and looks at their stories and what they go through. Sometimes they are in a lot of pain. Sometimes they are in a lot of, they have stress. And nobody under pressure to perform, especially now as we head to Budapest and Olympics next year. Nobody thinks about them like what pressure are they under. They are also family people. They are also human beings. They go what we go through at home. So sometimes they think, oh, they cannot behave like this. They should not behave like this or what is happening to them. Oh, ah, ah, they're humans. And for me, if I can do something to turn around that, apart from what I do, for me it's a plus. Yeah, because I feel them. I feel their pain. The Agnes Tiropp tragedy pain me because she was my friend. So let's do much more for our sportsmen and women. Let's appreciate them more and let's work with them. Not just rewarding them and then it's over. Work with them, find out what is going on around them. Like be there for them because me they have been there for me countless times when I lost my husband and I really appreciate. Even today they work with me, ask how my kids are. So for me the media fraternity, the sporting fraternity family. And I love y'all. Alright, Avinya, thank you so much for talking to us. In case you thought I was high in town 2 years ago, I was high in town 10 years ago, guys. And she really contributed to my career. I'm so thankful. I'm humble. I'm humble. I'm humble. Yes, I'm humble. Yes, I'm humble. Yes, I'm humble. I'm humble. I'm humble.