 What's up guys and welcome to get another episode of bars with stars right here on SPM bars. In case you're new here please make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel. We are on the road to 100k subscribers and the moment you hit that subscribe button you're getting us close to 100k. Now guys, ah ah, subscribe. Thank you for subscribing. Now my guest for today is an award-winning writer. She is an entertainment and lifestyle journalist, very talented. And we are here to talk about her growth because it is very conspicuaz palekwam tandao. This is the one and only Kalondo Musini. Yes. What's up mama? What's up son? How are you doing? How are you? I don't know if it's hard to come out to Japachana. So now we have to do it for the camera. We have to do it for the camera. How are you? I'm good. Guys, let me tell you. Me, guys are always telling me on ground, hey, you look like Kalondo. Atatabia, Sidwinini, mimi na takam niyambi. Nivi lo jakuja na short hair? I came with short hair. I think people piawa na niyambi. Hey, you look like Muskidinji. I'm like, okay, I think it's the hair. Because to kwa na short hair, at the same time, we kinda look alike. Probably. Maybe that's the reason. I think that's the reason. I think that's the reason. Bainu, how are you doing? I'm fantastic. Aki Kalondo, siu me grow? Kiki, ni me grow? Ume grow zote kikariawai. Thank you so much. Thank you. Sintio. Menzaku kwa brand. Sintio. How do you feel? I feel so amazing. I feel like, as in like prayers have been answered. Nafanya seizi vituzenye. Nimi kwa ni kiyomba. Vituzenye ni kwa Lomba 2015. Zina hapen sayi. Vituzenye ni Lomba 2016. Zina hapen sayi. Kuna visions piya nili kwa naziyona. At the time, kwa 2016 mahali. Seizi zina hapen. I'm like, God, that's you. Kabisa. Ia ni lemi ask you. Kwa zina you started this thing a long time ago, Kalondo? Yes. People might think wu me anza Jews. Wili anza lini? Mili anza 2016. That's a long ago. That's a long time ago for sure. Lemi ask you. So you started at Radio Africa. Doing the same thing you're doing today? Well, I started at Radio Africa as an intern. Nili kwa ni mengia. I was just writing for websites, entertainment too. And then I told my boss her name is Grace Kerongo. Adi kwa na ni pelika to events. So now na ma celeb ni kwa excited. Now na ma sayi ni kwa over the top. Tuna pigepecha na everybody. And then ni kwa laik. I told my boss we go to these events. Tuna fanyama audio interviews. We come, we write. We interact with them. We take photos for the gram. Everything. I get start struck. But what I want is to be the face of everything. She was like try. Are you serious? That was your idea? Yes, it was my idea. It was my idea at the time where I'm working at. They didn't really have that particular idea at the time. Because it was all writing. If something is up, call the celebrity. Ask them what's up for a right of reply with rights. And right now we are like, No, why don't we go there and do a video of them. And then that's when Ndoni Kanzawa toa Kanzakuni Tambua. She's a star, she's doing great things. So you got internship, how long? Internship li kwa 3 months. No, internship li kwa 2 months. And then I was added one more month. And then I remember at the time, internship yungwe maisha. And then at the time the company was laying people down. Imagine, and then God came through. Imagine the company laying people down. And then you were there. You were there, they were giving you a contract. I was like, Jesus Christ, another miracle. And that's when I really got serious with digital and doing videos for the digital space. Oh wow. Now, did you always have the passion to do journalism? I just found yourself in a media house. I actually had the passion to do journalism but I thought I'd be on radio. I don't have the best, I was out here, you know, kuna sauti zingina wana taftanga. But I knew I was going to be on radio. But then digital happened, I fell in love with digital and I didn't fall out of love with radio. It's just that akunai na opportunity bando eja fika. Iko ina kuja, ina toka, ina kuja, ina toka. But my love right now is on digital kabisa kabisa. And you see, you also have a segment on KISS 100. Yes. That's a big deal. KISS is a big deal. Yes. How was the first time when you got on KISS and you were to do that segment? How was it? The first time was with Adele Onyango and Shafi Wehrung. It was in the morning. Yes. And they'll be like, girl, come here at 6am. Mimi at 5.30am. I was in Westlands. So you got on radio the first time with Shafi and Adele. Yes. And it was so amazing. And at the time, unongiakitu na freeze and then Adele is like ana e kakawada kwa like, yes, you're doing good. Mimi, they are really encouraging you. And that was the beginning of me having an entertainment segment on radio. Yes. And after that came Kamene and Jalas. Yes. And then later, I didn't do, I have never, I have not done it with Kamene. Yes. But it was moved to the evening. Right. So that the driver or to a driver get kina chito. Entertainment, chito and seed right now. Yes. And I'm like, I am loving every, every, I'm loving it. Yes. Clearly. And you know you seem to love it for sure. You love what you do kabisa, kabisa, kabisa. Now let me ask, when you guys now started bringing artists in studio to interview. Yes. How was it? Did you start by calling them? Amai lukwaji now to the transition from calling them and writing and now having them come in for an interview. How was it, especially the first interview na alikuwa nani? The first interview alikuwa gilad. Gilad. Gilad. The pronunciation. Depends on the sku you went. Yay. But what I did was first go to ground. Kamakuna evento wacha niende. I interview people there. They get to know me. I exchange contacts so that when I call them, I tell them, hey, this is Kalondu, we met this and this blah blah blah. They already know me. If I'm asking them to come to where I am, they are comfortable. So by the time I'm doing gilad, nili kwa ni menda event. Nili, nili itangwa aji. Ili kutamak. Ii taku tamili kwa ni menda eventi kwa ni menda event. I had created a lot of contacts there and people through kwa interview wa to in events, people had already seen my work. So ni kukupingia hi beti, hi miskivinji, come to to this office. I'd like to do an interview with you. Come to our studios. I'd like to do an interview with you. They are like, oh, why not? I actually have a project and that's actually how it started and my first person was gilad and it was just amazing. He made it so flawless. And guess what, after gilad, then I met, I met Wasafis, Diamond. After gilad. Yes. But what year was that, 2017? Ima 2017. Yes, it was 2017. Okay, I had, it was 2017. 2017 after. Yes, it was 2017. He was a big deal but not as big as it is right now, for sure. Diamond. And then I met Diamond Platnams, no, I met Harmonize and then Mboso as well. That's when I met them out at one space and then that's when I did an interview with Harmonize and it went viral because everybody was laughing at Harmonizes English and I was like, no, I didn't mean it like that because the question was when I asked him how he met his girlfriend Sarah and it went viral and I think people saw me a lot on status things. Okay, okay. So is that the point, you felt like there's a breakthrough and there's a time when now you started feeling now, you know, I feel like I'm getting it. I'm now people are starting to acknowledge my work what point do you consider it was your breakthrough? I think the point that I used to meet, that would be 2018 when I used to meet when I'm just seated somewhere at an event and I'm like, oh, Kalondo, you're calling me by my name. Ha, Kalondo. And then somebody comes in and says I like your work. You're like, you're like, it's not really necessarily that it should be a celebrity recognizing you but just ordinary people just recognizing your work and they are like, oh, Kalondo, I see you, I watch you, you're doing such an amazing work. And that is in 2018. At the end of 2018. At the end. It came out 2019 for sure. And that you started working, you know, 2016. Yes, yes. That was effort. It just didn't me like that. Did you ever think it would get to the point where you are today? Well, I didn't really think it was going to get to the point I was, I am today but at this very moment I feel like it is getting even better and better. Because you know online media is coming in and it's making now the digital space bigger. People are recognizing it more. So has it actually given you more platform, especially digital media? So is it more? Yes. That as in size in a field is a lot of recognition because when you want to embrace digital media everybody is like digital media and when people are speaking about digital media and when it comes to entertainment at the top maybe maybe top three or top five I don't know. But I'm getting the recognition and I feel it's amazing. It's progress. Do you feel pressure to do better, to be more? Do you feel pressure? I know. I feel pressure to do better, to do more and I feel pressure to do my own. Okay. Not to mention you not only do now radio. You're on TV, Y254. Are you still there? I'm still there. How do you have to do all these things? It is. I want to do it. I want to do it. So I do radio on KISS FM. I do digital media like my main hustle and then I do Mondays, I'm on TV, Y254. It's a musical show entertainment show. So I just get to balance. This is for this, this is for this. So I just get to do everything at once and balance it because I better get some money. I mean, at the end of the day waza zi wana se maje nyumbani? Wana juanga zi mambuza online vile ukueni celeb? Wame skia-skia kwa sababu tule to young stars kwa shago-shago nyumbani nyumbani. Wana wambia tunamu ananga. So they are like, oh, muna muna anga tunamu nili muna ebu niyeke hii because of my grandmother. She's like, ebu niyeke hii nili onyeshwa, niyeke. And then like gani nikona nyingisana videos online. She has to tell you how I was wearing so that I know that was the specific video. Yes. Let me ask you, is there a point especially when you are starting or you know when you are starting that you messed up in an interview especially in a question and you felt like now looking back you think kaniwe apu wuli mess up and it got you into trouble. I was hosting this fashion mister if I could say fashion designer and then I would ask questions and then he, it's a he, he came with his PA and the PA was just like what question is that? No, don't ask that you're not going to answer that. It was just fashion questions but what really got him was when I asked him about Kenyan politicians who don't wear well and what he'd advise and how he'd dress these particular people. So I gave him names, I would give him a name and ask him so what do you think of this style? I would give the bad, bad dress one the ones who are not well dressed so how would you dress this person? and those particular questions really didn't stand well with this particular designer because maybe I had a potential customer so we didn't even air that video because after the video it just went like this I don't know how you it went like this I don't know So you told me there's no point of airing the video Oh wow and is there a story you've written a controversial one that probably your calls were made why did you guys put up that story maybe some few threats over here That is normal in the industry I wrote a story about a producer and he took to Twitter he rented he tagged me and tagged everybody and then he made a whole vlog my name on it Are you serious? So the lawyers called him and my bosses called him but at the end of the day it was true there was video evidence so he had to pull everything down and apologize to Mwa Yes Have you ever come across that particular producer? No, I don't want to Amjawai Patana I don't know that was a long time ago just a few months before corona So I don't know In 2019 In 2019 I went to London Amjawai Patana Amjawai Patana We had peace Peace We emailed each other and peace was through the email so we maintained the peace Yes Okay It requires a lot of courage What is that one thing you've learned over the years you say you can take home this or rather you can just tell someone we started in off where you started off What is it that you've learnt? Celebrities are not your friends Oh okay Celebrities are celebrities It's like normal work Like when you are at the office and you have a customer and they are waiting for you So you go I go I go home Okay It's not like nothing past that There is nothing past that Keshu tapata storyu le beste akote na So imagine this particular person this particular celebrity is my friend friend friend and then we are hanging out and everything Keshu I have to report about this particular person because I am a fanyakitu Because this particular person is my friend I shall not report I become biased and that's not journalism It's not ethical It's not media ethic Let me ask Is there a celebrity who is blocked Is there a celebrity who is blocked in social media because you have written about them? On my personal account No On my personal account no celebrity has blocked me I don't even think there is anyone who has blocked me on my personal account But maybe my account is a job Maybe I have blocked I have blocked I have a celebrity who says Let me block this particular account But on my personal account I don't get those blocking Unless they want to block them To block a particular person Because they have done something to me We just sometimes in a kwa kwa personal Kwa e li? Sometimes I say to myself I say to myself Yes, celebrities are not your friends But we don't have permanent enemies in the industry I mean Plus sometimes you are just reporting Yes But you have a hard feeling I have blocked I have a hard feeling I have blocked Let me ask you Let's talk about the entertainment industry as a woman You know sexual advances I'm sure it's not just the entertainment industry I hear it is in every other industry Have you ever come across such a scenario whereby for someone to grant you something they are asking for sexual advances? Well, yeah And mostly I think for me it doesn't come from Mostly what I want to say is the celebrities One of the celebrities who has blocked me not just blocked me Maybe when you are in a tabi you are like you are exposed But mostly those that are behind the scenes maybe the PR the producers the what Those are probably the people that have gotten these sexual advances from Mostly my friend It really cannot Because when you say that I thought you would do this you would have been there because of there but I know there was sexual harassment there That's why I am not there Do you feel like it derails Sometimes it derails the process Do you feel like it makes your work hard Do you feel that? Sometimes maybe this particular person who has blocked me has blocked me even a bigger brand in a way But since you are not into this person you are stagnant for a minute mahali So I think that derails How do you feel about such people? Disgusted Ya I feel disgusted Because I mean what's that Let me not even give my opinion on that Because where Imagine because by the way what I know is that I am not just because they have been spoken about but it is true What you do like to tell such a person or rather just to address the issue of these people they actually women who ask for sexual advances from men to give them jobs So it is nothing to do with the gender What you do like to say about that issue especially to someone who would feel they need to ask someone for an advance for them to give them a job Whether you are male or female I think you just need to look at kama ni talentu nangalia kama ni job kama ni professionalism unangalia level of education kuna tu ile kitu nangalia na ni kitu kitu based on professionalism Please just look at that particular thing and just give somebody what they deserve in terms of kama ni job because at the end of the day you all don't even want environmenti enye umeandika tu mitu they know nothing about what they are doing just because they gave you something some of their body in the ring imagine hey guys moa cei zotabiam baya kalundo i have a few pictures over here they are good pictures yeah i would want to they are nice pictures they are pictures of you i would like to show you and then when i show you please just tell me what does it remind you of rights nipichatu ata ni nipichatu sule man ata waike ata waike oh my goodness this picture we were doing it was a catholic music festival how old were you here here i was i was already in the industry i can't even remember how old i was probably 22 because i was in 21 we were doing the catholic music festival and this was the year that we actually went to the nationals for for everything that we did kazo chachi na wangana festival we were serious like that for the youth these are my fellow youth members i was wondering i think nijutumeba uniform who were singing next this one what does this remind you of mr ebu this guy is mr ebu from Nigeria and he came to the country and i was interviewing him here is just before we finished our interview and everybody wanted to get a glance of this funny man do you ever feel pressure when interviewing an artist because i always see it an open office and now you have an edge and i can see people looking at you doing the interview does it feel any pressure imagine nisha zoya who don't i know there so whether akuja chungulia i already know them and i feel like it's a live environment and i kinda like it but already nisha zoya you knew you knew i remember i was watching you this one i won the extreme i actually won the showbiz writer of the year in 2019 yes for extreme awards and this year i was also i was honored by radio africa as the most the best lifestyle and entertainment writer that particular year and in 2020 and 2021 damn girl look at yourself alright i told you guys she's an award winner and this one i was with jefko in nange at east africa got talent so i met him there i had never met him my very first time so here this phone my red phone i was just showing him something i think you guys are taking pictures selfies oh we were taking selfies and so i met him when he was a judge it was the launch of that particular reality show how was it interacting with jefko nange he's amazing he was just cool come collected and he was giving me everything and he was answering where i just wanted i was like yes that was the time i also met Vanessa okay Vanessa what is it that you are most grateful about guys i am most grateful about my family my family really does take care of me especially my grandmother i have grown up with my uncles and my aunts i lost my mum in 2008 okay now you are pretty young yeah i was and so i lost my grandfather in 2020 last year okay poly that was 2021 right and then so i have lived with my uncles my aunts as my brothers and my sisters and i am the only child my mum born me alone and so i think those are the people that i really am grateful for yeah i mean it has too oh wow now let's talk about i would like to know how was it now growing up with your guardians how was it when you lost your mum how was it i really appreciate my uncles and my aunts but i felt like at some point it was a downgrade of some sort because you know my mum she was an independent woman she had money so after now we are like now what because my uncles were her juniors it sounded like a dog because she was the first the first born so they have to struggle so we have to move to a lesser house we have to plus they have their own responsibility so you can't continue living the same way so we have to as in we were living the life so we have to live i don't know like below below average and i was not used to but i caught up with everything you did and look at yourself now your mum must be so proud of you that one is true that is so nice now let's talk about uko namtu by the way uko namtu namtu no sinamtu sinamtu sinamtu kukiwa na hapa pete kutakuwa namtu for now hamna is the DM open or are you waiting the DM is full it is full it is overflowing with a lot of things with a lot of girls so sasa you don't want them to continue DMing no continue DMing if you continue DMing you are just doing auditions let's continue with the we have more to select from it's true let's continue with the audition process so that we specifically get the right one but the right one i will be miata nikweno lewa kesho na hapa kunaata engagement but i will be single mshaskia kanundo amese maaa maaa eko tawa kalundo please you know now you have fans you have a lot of them tell them something guys please can you just follow me on all my social media account i am verified on twitter imagine and on instagram i am so active but imagine to see my life you just have to go to my instagram and follow me at kalundo dame kwaak fanya photoshoots sidi yo for my fans on social media and i think this is my year of plenty man girl it's my year to blow it's a manifestation for me i'm going to blow amen may god bring the plentiness may he bring all those blessings may he fulfill that manifestation because i mean why not you worked towards it you deserve it congratulations kalundo i really do appreciate thank you for having me sinjio kabisa kabisa alright guys that was kalundo musimi the entertainment and lifestyle journalist she's an award winning writer keep supporting her keep looking at her work thank you so much for watching buzz with stars make sure you subscribe if you didn't hit the subscribe button it is the time sendio usha fanya ibo thank you so much until next time goodbye