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Welcome to the show. Thank you so much for hosting. Any time, you are very welcome. Please say hello to the people and tell them who you are. Hello Y254 friends and viewers. My name is Ole Honest. Thank you for watching. So Ole Honest, you are, okay, but he's not a guest. Technically, he's not really a first-time guest here, right? I've seen a couple of interviews, one, in fact, having been done by Brian Sakwa, one-on-one hi, Brian. And I think a couple of more on different shows. So if you don't know him, he is an actor, a Yembo actor. He's an activist, my bad. He is an activist. He is an artist and he is an entrepreneur. Now, since it's entrepreneurship Tuesday, maybe tell me a little bit about yourself in the entrepreneurship field. Well, in entrepreneurship, I do more of a community, I do more of an investing community project. I also have a junior company that stores and travel company, it is called Honest Africa and it was on travel. But from that, I also do have an entertainment group. Yes. All right. So tell me about this entertainment group. Entertainment group, we do photography, we do videography, we do video shoots, films. Also in photography, it is out on the indoors. I do photography now with some different companies to do this. Yes. Did this start off as a necessity because you find that maybe once upon a time as an artist when you started out, you were maybe frustrated in one way or the other, trying to find people who could source you for direction, production, so you decided, you know what, let's start our own. Is that how it began? Well, as a United Soul, I came up with a plan on how I can engage people in networking. So by then I used of course to work with so many different muscly video directors and photographers. So I came with an idea of collecting some of my closest people that I used to work with to come up and have this one group that I'll be, at least in case of any deal, in case of any opportunity and chance, I just, they are right there. I have their contacts, I have the numbers, I call them and they are raised on board. So in that we do some kind of partnership, direct partnership and also do temporary partnership in that. Yes. What are the dynamics of that? Because we imagine an artist just, you know, goes to the studio and a tall, like, logo maybe whatever, X amount of money and then suddenly they're on TV, photo shoot, boom, they're famous. But what is the money making end of this? Well, the money making end, it is not just that much. If you're expecting to make a lot but of course it depends on how you network and market yourself, it depends on how you prepare yourself, the package that you have, that comes logistics. If let's say you have enough logistics to make clients needs, that means you will be able to get money that fits your logistics and also it depends on how you prepare yourself as a person. Yes. That's very, very interesting. All right, tell me about yourself as an activist. Well, this came after when actually I was very young to start doing this activism. And due to of course what happens around, it powers you also to do something with passion, guided by passion and love. I came to, I happen to be this person who is the voice of the voiceless. Yeah. You said something about based on what's going around or what's happening around you. Yes. What is, that's what I want to hear. What is, what did you see that made you, you know, want to actually stand up? For example, we have an employment pandemic in this country, in East Africa, not in Kenya alone, but also in East Africa we have an employment pandemic. And now currently we have a high cost of living. We have less opportunities being given to women. We have a lack of education, mostly for girls, girls, child. So when you look at those things and you find yourself in a position where you can contribute as a person and you find yourself where you can be, you can be of use as a person, of course. With that small platform that you have and people that you can talk to, of course, you ring the bell. Yes. I would have assumed you would want to speak for the boy child as well. The boy child. Yes. Yes. Actually that doesn't stop from girl child also, to boy child. But now you see with boys, they already say that we are lions. We know how to deal with it. Yes. Of course, I would also ring. I do normally ring bells to, ring a bell to boy child audience also, so that they can be also looked after or looking to, because they also have less opportunities. Right. I'm really glad you said that. Something about being a lion and being a man. Let's say Kulea. Manome, manome panguza tiagas. I'm choosing a tiagas. I don't know. There's always something. Manome, there was a time last week where we were just money on business, you know, setting up for the show. A lafun kaskia. Manome moja kase, ma venya, meskia baridi. Pigo na baridi lehadi mejikun ja kashindwa yani. Enough. Mungin a kuja ha munguza. Un meskia jibaridi. Kwani wani dem? Oh, my gosh. As in, is that not toxic masculinity? So that now kind of taps into mental health. Yes. Talk to me about that. Where do you think that the difference is when we talk about mental health? When we talk about, and I have one last story before I finish, but when we talk about the girl child and the boy child, do we put emphasis on the benefits of, you know, receiving mental health, training, for lack of a better term, for girls or boys, or can we do it just for both? Well, you see nowadays, actually, what is hurting a girl and also it is hurting a boy. Yes. So there is no that big difference when it comes to to life experiences and also mental health. For example, with high cost of living, there is, now it doesn't, it doesn't matter whether you're a girl or boy, you have to go out there and hustle. So it doesn't, so there is no difference between that. When you put a girl and a boy nowadays, they are both facing the same consequences of lifestyle. Yes. Talking of social media engagement, talking of lifestyle engagement, money making, talking of decision making, talking of relationship, talking of sexual reproductive health and rights, talking of their voices in the community. It is almost equal. Yes. Do you think that mental health is a very prominent issue with entertainers? And this is coming from the fact that I saw a story recently, I don't know what was happening there, but Adige and his wife, and his wife consumed something that eventually led her to successfully commit suicide. And the whole time it was being recorded, what in the world was going on there? Well, that was quite unfortunate. And I condemn that such kind of an act. As an entertainer, of course, I always actually remind my colleagues to check in with the doctors. The state of their mind, the state of their emotions, the state of their feelings, you never know. Due to what surround us, for example, in money making some people, there is some who have failure in decision making. When it comes to home, best decisions. So you find that some people who are in relationship, they spend a lot of money on parties, they work hard to build a house, they spend a lot of money. So you find that through that, arguments, everyday arguments, through everyday disappointments, because, let's say, I'm a mother of God, and I spend a lot of money. So some of those things, they lead most of the entertainers, have this mental illness. And due to failure, to seek for guidance, they get that lead to commit such kind of crimes. So I do condemn that, and it was very quite unfortunate to see that incident happening, and I felt very bad. I don't know what was worse. The fact that it was being recorded. And I really remind DJs. I know they are watching me. If you're a DJ, please make sure that you check in even after here. Check in with your doctor to remind you that you are state of mind, because they go through a lot. There is a video I saw when a DJ actually went to a club to demonstrate that he has not been paid. Now remind me that DJ has a management team. That DJ has a wife and kids at home and the club has not paid. All the person who has hired him has not paid him. So with full of that, still you go back home and you either grab a drink or grab a cigarette and start smoking and all that argument. Your wife doesn't want to see you doing that and she starts to engage you in a conversation. You don't want to listen to that. So through that, you find that some, they get that lead of committing such acts. Okay. I'd like to say that we kept this very short and sweet and we exaggerated the information but before we do go, again, you said you're an activist and you mentioned a couple of societal issues that have made you want to step up and say something. When do you recommend me to say what's up? Do you recommend me to say that you are going to go to the police station due to an employment pandemic, it is your responsibility, most especially as a youth to stand out and say something. If you are in a WhatsApp group with, let's say, your local leader, if you're in a WhatsApp group with any elder whom you know that that person is at least connected to a certain person, who is at least having a connection somewhere. So it starts with us to end this employment pandemic that is in the country. Whatever happened to maybe creating our own job? Creating our own job, it starts with us also by making right decisions. One, knowing where and who. Knowing when. Because when, where and who. Who? It's about passion and love. Where, that is area of success. When, when am I ready to begin this, to embark on this journey? Even if with one challenge, you can say, okay, let me save this one. Because waiting on government, government will not come for you today. Even if it is government to intervene in community projects, investing in community projects, it won't come today. After five years, it won't come. So when will you continue waiting for that? So it starts with us creating our own jobs or so it starts with us. Because a certain leader to come and set up a business in our community, it will take years and years because most of them, they don't. Yes, they actually rather go and invest in other communities than coming to their own communities to set up projects that benefits people, their own people. Yes. So it is us to carry on and understand that yes, it's high cost of living. Yes, we have an employment pandemic, to do about it. Are we going to go on street and demonstrate? No. So later sit down and find simple structures that can lead us at least be engaged in something that will benefit from. Yes. All right. I'll just finish out with one of my favorite, I want to say supervisors. He's not very immediate to me, but he's one of my supervisors. He likes to remind us not to ask what the corporation can do for us, but we should try also what we can do for the corporation. Not always to know about the government. Yes. By the time you wait for the government, trust me, you will rot. So many people, for example, Well, I'm not saying that. I am not saying that. Yes, I know that. I respectfully disagree with you. But I am saying that I believe that we have a part to play. We can do something. Yes. Yes, that is true. As an individual, it is your responsibility and you have a role to play in activities that benefit the economy that you are in, you have a role to play. A very big one. Yes, government will come and do something. But the biggest, it is you who will do it. It is time that we accept that government, our government most especially, yes, they do take long to respond. That is true. They do take long to respond. But are we going to die? No. So it is to engage in ourselves on things, simple structures that can at least create these opportunities. We should share opportunities and chances that we have contacts and networking. We engage ourselves in networking and marketing. You never know who is selling this and who is selling this until you ask. Yes. My social media handles Holly Honest on Instagram they come follow me. My tours and travel company Honest Africa tours and travel. I actually also do volunteering. I want to take this opportunity to thank my team of volunteers since we talked about community best projects, investing community best projects and also supporting people. I want to take this opportunity to thank Holly Honest Foundation. It's my old years volunteers. They are doing well in the community. I also advise people to have humanity and look after each other. Alright. Thank you, Holly Honest. You're welcome. Make sure you stay connected with him on his social media accounts. Now it is about that time. Unfortunately, we got to leave. We got to go. But if you have been with us the whole entire time thank you, thank you, thank you. So, if you want to support us in Midway or towards the tail end again, don't panic at Y-Five 4 channel on YouTubers where you can get any particular interview that you would like to revisit or it did miss entirely. 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