 All right, welcome back to SPM bars. My good name is Selva Kidoa. As well you know I'm sitting next to a living legend. A father, a mentor, a radio personality. One of the top leading... leading presenters we have in Africa. I'm talking about Shafiwero. You know him, the bad boy. Shafiwa na kutanganani badewe, kuna jinaflani wana kumana The reverend Himu salvu Bro, have you been? Isi bro, santa nashkuru I appreciate Every new day is a day to give blessing Na suma alhamdula Alhamdula You know Shafiwa, people will see you every single day But that time they'll have to sit down Look at your legacy Look at your journey Look at your transition From the streets of Madari To the world I'm talking about Kibera Kibera Kiberas Nambu nani bebe Nambu nani baze Okto anizalita Bif salu kiskiwa nani Mimitaka Madari Baba biksha uti Madari But I'm from Kibera A place called Katukera Yoni pasti railway line Nuna kunda olimu Ukshenda olimpik primary Kuna unafuka Raili Apu tu shiniya raili Apu Sendo asetu na jil kanula So a flying toilet Atu kwa gaya those days Most of us didn't have places to You know Do the number 2 So lu kone kwa pewa baga lafuna Flimed toilet But anyway Here we are man Here we are Oh my God is great No Shafi Taking you back to those days Flying toilets How was the humbling experience? Well the thing is this Imagine Not knowing the houses with toilets Where people can sit on it and flash it And then one day you grow up to You know Live in that particular space You just know that You know skies the limit There's so much that you You know You don't know Or you don't know you'll achieve So that keeps you humble It keeps you chill Yeah it's as simple as that As in kwa humble ni Kwa understand You know Past Na present And then focusing on the future Yes and then you become humble Because you know Akunam tum deadly There's always somebody Who's having it rougher than you There's always somebody Who's having it better than you Konam saya kuna dem subu kuliko Konam saya kuna do mingiku kuliko Konam saya kuna mambo takali kuliko Konam asa kuna via tum mingiku kuliko So I just appreciate Because niko place poa Like it's Africa Bado Yes because there's always other people who I admire The same with the young people who admire me Konam saya kumaya maze Konam many people bro out there Admire Very many people So your mentors Like there's a boy of mine called designer by J That's the guy who does all these quick mats You see the way it has transformed And then they built You know It's a very good friend of mine It's called designer by J Designer by J ok na kwa pejakesa Is your Instagram And maybe like I'm Tewake Skeen He was in Aspen This guy is 24-7 on travel Whether it's winter, summer, spring Autumn, ajali It's always on the move Plus it's done big things Una tiki yukeni naivasha Ile nini bigime jengwe kuna All the restaurants Ile kapas It's like a bus park Where u nasimamo na pakun As a take a shower You can be able to eat That is his idea It's built all that This guy who does barbecues You know and invites people like me We go to chill at his house And as it is crazy So that's a Kenyan I don't say na se matuni Da baby yama It's not Kendrick It's not somebody Who's like outside our border Uunum saya kwa pa apa Yes There's my big brother Juma Maulidi Bro Ukinge on the pakinyakitu Ukinge on zile mgo Hey bro We appreciate So there's always someone who's like Ahead of you And you need to appreciate them You don't need to hate You don't need to like Hope that they You know one day They are Shit crumbles And kukikrambles Da oingge yama It's not you can appreciate them No people need to appreciate everybody And everything Every day In the same way Because that's the only way You'll be blessed yourself Kama me katu kwa kona maze On takia tum se ma baya Shida kwa kona How do you handle all this Because you being humble You know having good friends Rich friends maze Millionaires friends In that class maze Millionaires friends bro Millionaires friends How many billionaires friends A couple A couple Kenyanya na doa maze Kenyanya na doa Across the border my boys In Tanzania Kenyanya na doa na pese Kenyanya na Rashdown Kenyanya pape king Eh bina nubi ula mani Guys are loaded Even here in this town Eh I'm so out of bed Andrew That's my boy That's a rich boy People have money man But it's good to You know Associate with people who Give you a challenge Una nda kwa mo nukta nae Una tekutulia na ka Una nae oni challenge Yeah that's the way to like you know Bro every day Is it true wa sewa dosi ma billionaires Awa fungi tai ovoi koti As no no no no no no no no no no no no no no Wa sewa dosi na Na tai Ama lukia oma fashion It's a myth Just because Max Zuckerberger Eh Bill Gates Ava Hagi Kenyanya Richard Branson Ava Hagi Ayo no no no There's just a few But kuna wali maze Uana piga luku kabisa Especially black people who are rich Awa ta piga luku Gluku kua Yes simple as that But see For a white man It's not all about Eh to be They're not extravagant when it comes to fashion But they're extravagant in other things Na paramze maze ame bai dogia Mita Mita mili Dogi na nyumba kubokulikotan Apartmentiangu See So kila mtu akuna dragi ake Una ila Akuna ka lika fixi ake lasma Anapanya Shita zaki dosi Shita zaki dosi Yeah Owa siya umbu na nyumba Boas umbu na nagaboding I swear There's a hotel in this Nairobi For dogs only Like na umi My baby mama Mamaniya Then they went to Atamu Niko umbu iku api Akuna na umbu niko bodi Niko bodi na lodging There's a place to take your dog to be groomed Ina lalago ko ina chill Eh mkiru di mna ichukua Mna nipakama 5,000, 4,000 daily Oh bana Awae ni ni ni bana I'm lying Mili sukaivo bro Mili zahe Na dogi iku api Ika mwa dogi tu mepe like a body and lodging My daughter told me that What are you talking about Nika one neshwa bill Because I'm a what Na lipa wakirudi na naku lipa Te liko Dogi iku ho ni ne Iku kwa hotelia ma dogi Maka ina pata ni ne Ina toba ni ne Full boat Ina kula Ina grumiwa Ina kata The story is a jaba Shafi Uwa lie be like I'm telling you Bro You better have money or you're callous Nia dogi kwa tangi dogi ina gani What is the breed? I don't even know what the dog is bro Nihili zahe tu hawa itu na gata kupanya Na nyule It's not a chihuahua It's a spitz It's a Japanese spitz Yes You know all of us think it's a chihuahua But it's not a chihuahua It's a Japanese spitz Those dogs cost about Ina takimi namu se na kuzia Uki nda ukuba yuko ba rohuko Neza pana 50 100 Uki ba ele Na papers ni ni Ya because you know papers I'm talking about Iku imiund Imitri niwa ni ni ni Eh Uzi kwa izu doini na tiyokawa tui Iona pana wanchuwa ni kwa na ju Yes So if you're taking it back now You have good friends, rich friends, billionaire friends How do you value these friends? How do you maintain this friendship? Loyalty bro Loyalty Let me tell you it's all about loyalty You don't have to be You know to be with people every day You don't have to see them every day But anyone who checks on you sends you a text And or who just you know Finds out wagwan Ukusawa ni ni You know That's the culture of You know real friendship Ubeste yaku ni ita kwa kujepombe Ubeste yafom Ubeste yatwende naivasha Ubeste You just have to have a friend who You know very well Ukuwa na pressure kumpigia Ata shikasimu Na haneza kutatoyo shida Muna nileo Simza utapigia A lafa da skeza A lafa ta isikasimu yaku tene So it's all about loyalty And also just I uplift in each other And watching out for each other It's as simple as that A kuna kitu nginekwa ubeste Fak trust, fak love Fak all these other things Loyalty too Eh Me kut I'm true to you And you're true to me And we understand each other I know your weaknesses And I know your You know Your strengths It's as simple as that To kenda ku ele club Buwanguwa kidisei Ah, shafi leo Meme fukoni angu Aras uo chalisu gila dapata Waksana niti anebe Shafi wei kamu When mene aku Mene onaku treat That's what friendship is all about But if ubeste ya kuna na Every evening Pale maskani Amakui tana Every Friday evening Pale maskani Iwa kuna ubeste apu You're just drinking friends Me ni associates Okay Because that one It brings you together Na hanezo ina tei pressure yote Kina rikichi wata kutfungi yama raha Because now guys have abused that privilege You get my point When something is done And it's done As what we overdo It becomes a waste Na chiki ma shisha desu na fungu Do you know how many people are losing jobs? What's the same people in India? Ni na na jua I know the law Ima piti shopale lo-kot Shanzu lo-kot But I can tell you in Soryajaba A kuna vile a lo-kot in Shanzu Can come and tell the government anything Uo na jua in Soryajaba Uo magistrate Natakumona Uo na zimo magistrate nimto ma shisha mbae Hei nimto mbae Let me tell you, he's been compromised Ania mbae mboe isinda wa shkili Ngoja mwone But you know what, he's a magistrate And he has all the rights to his opinion And to make to pass judgment But remember That's just one small court Tuktoka is lo-kot ine na haikot Tuktoka is lo-kot ine na haikot Tuktoka kotova pilvenda suprimkot Bro It's a long week to go Plus also The fact that even the president has entered in this fight Against drug abuse and alcohol Tukona shida kubosana Tukona shida We know we have to show them that It's not as in People have to now maintain To give maintain Their pull away But Shadding it down all together I'm not in that support of that I'm in support of People not selling poisonous alcohol Because that's another big issue Ma keruru fake Keruru elicit Isn't the pressure Isn't the madawase Isn't the My kwa sua kuya addicted Yes, because there are people out there In the alcohol business Who are doing a good job Who are providing a good service But it's just been In me kwa kitu moja In me kwa pressure Yes Talking about alcohol Elicit alcohol Yes Shafi, have you ever find yourself May be consuming A fake alcohol? Yes, I have Let me tell you something Half of the terminus Kiwa Kenyawana Do you hangover? Do you only pump a fake? If you look out to do it Especially the brandies Especially the whiskies Especially the cognacs Even those now who are fake mbaia It is in majority of these clubs In this city of Nairobi Wasi wanata kwa tashotkat nini Sawa na leta pombe As yeto kwa distributors legit All these big companies PRK, EBL, Viva Wens of the world They are suffering Wasi they are doing their job Legitly Na hiruguna asuwa nakata shotkat Anu kwa tamsia me waka Friday An mela lama kamaande Jua liku na pombe mbaia Ani if that's happening to you Trust me it's not age Kwa you know people just like having All sorts of sodizajaba No You drank bad alcohol Don't go back to that establishment Or Call out that establishment So that's a trust in guineota Me seya Because you know Fake alcohol Can lead to death Yes It's crazy The high rise of drug abuse in the country You know you know very well So many youth Are indulging in you know The drug abuse Means of a drug abuse Wana even na kama cool thing You seya that's the problem You see that's the biggest issue We have a generation out there Who thinks that doing all these things It's cool First I wanna do So ata ikiri kukuduru Weji pela kawusi So what's cool in it The moment you drink free alcohol The moment where would you ata be Ya chupa ya pombe The moment you're taking drugs That you don't know where they come from And how they are made And what You know how much they cause When they pela I'm not saying that we don't have money Go do it I'm just saying From somewhere You need to just You know we need to fight for our generation Because tukendi laivi All these young people Water kuatu useless Water kama blood fucking because you know We will just be raising A whole generation of jankies And that dream and the vision that people have Ya you know Come 2050 This and this has to happen The youth want to take over power It never happen No we take it seriously Because we are stuck in alcohol And I don't know whether it's propaganda I'm not sure if it's a systematic But young people need to be woke He hype too Ya kama liyo nchikib bario liya chira And I didn't get a chance to You know associate with him But I did not appreciate what I saw at the bario Barios are very sacred And you know This is a family in Moni Waluwa suwa linda uko Yes you can say they were mourning in their own style But listen You can't come and mourning in your own style In someone's home Go do it in your own home Or wait for yourself to die and call your friend Right on the knee A wheel where you tell your friends They come and do that But I'm sure Shira did not Wish for that Now naskia says you are saying But what's one in Yongelea Everybody who's coming on SPM bars Or any other video Or any other blog Or any other channel Kilam se maze ako jia Filtambaya It shows you one thing First Ni filter kwanza Do chira story badai Kuna mse kila sa na pata na pate na update Di om se Om se upiga filter Baka na yule om se nan I really wanted to know who he is But you know He has information Like today he was talking about The autopsy He was talking about gansho nini Mi na jia om se Kwa ni nipalwa bradake Kwa ni nipalwa bradake But he's talking with authority Baka na ambiwa se vengine O cheni kwa nge sui ni nini I'm like Where kwanza Ya ni uni kachini Uka eka camera Uka eka filter Doni am making it a serious issue Is like me doing this interview with you Did you start by putting filter Nani si to me kata kanda kubonga Things need to be organic Given the love that people give you should be organic I appreciate the generation they love tick tock It's the frontier But less You know Less have some boundaries Especially when it comes to You know Matters, death, matter's family Ima mwangine nisaawa Ya But otherwise It's young people just need to take care of themselves So many young people have graduated their jobless, so many youth are jobless, you know? I know you are very close with the government, you work with the government of Nairobi County. What do you suggest, what do you propose to be done to help the youth of this country? Well, let me tell you something, I don't mean jobless, but when I was jobless, I didn't go and start over drinking or becoming an alcoholic, I started using drugs. So first of all, you need to focus, you need to love themselves, and then you can start crying, give us ideas. Jobs, they are so few, and they are far apart. Sikilam tu hatapata job na sikilam tu gabaita pati ya kazi. Lama kilam tu aji pati ya shuguli ya jizu kuji sa idea. You decided to come and work to be interviewing all the stars and people of the spotlight or prominent people. Ungo kutume kam tani. Ungo jiseza gavanasa kaja. I'm a president, you know, somewhere to come and bring you manafrua, as you throw your manafrua from heaven or come and feed you directly. It's very hard, people just need to go out there and find real hustles, real hustles that are paying. I'm very appreciative of the people who have bought cameras, people who have umbrellas. Nge tawu oni wa save lua na shoot tawu. Yes. Yizu kama raseza pesakidogo. Badi anu wa tawu meji toleya. Atu anu hiya. And now in tawu it's a business and Kenyans are reciprocating. Tumiru dili e reyama studio. We used to go to studio na piga picha. Kwa zahote ita, wukumu anu piga ma picha. Wa siwa kitokatu job nini, mourning na jiyoni. So where we have reached is that it's tough for everybody. Wa lua ako job, wengi na wa lipu. So ureaga job, bala wengi job kusugulipu wasapiyami. Lemi tell you, kuna wa tuwako kazi na wa lipui. Umusia na muka kakili usubianda kazi ni. Because no one is making money. The country is still bleeding, the country is still struggling, we are crawling. And I don't know when we'll get there. But as we stand right now, at our boss moneye, the president, na strago naizu ma job za kufinya computer. Na sii wote atwezi finya computer. Na sii wote atwezi maju kufanyaizu job. How soon is it toki? So in the meantime, wengi na muka kakili usubianda kusugulipu wasapiyami. Find yourself and find something for yourself. That is the first step. I love God that I was blessed. Wengi wote atwezi na wa lipu. There's a time you were broke. There's a time you were jobless, sorry. Shafi, have you ever been jobless? Yes, I was fired from Radio Africa, remember, after 17 years. I was fired by KOT, now XOT. I'm an exo. What it means, I have KUX. I was fired, yeah. When I lost my job, I think in 2022. All through. I started working again. I've now worked for Sikaja for one year. Before I was there, but I didn't have a job. I didn't have a contract. And I also complained for the president, but it was out of just me pushing myself. I want to do it, I want to name it. So that's what I'm doing here. Kupiya, lamu uji utenge maze. Iona tzekama awasi wa matri. Ua muka unanda, kwa stage. Unanda na unanda kwa stage ua hope to get skodhi. Uka tum tani, skodhi tapata api. Tapata api skodhi. So even me. And mine was crazy because I used to earn a lot of money. I had, you know, a big beautiful career. Which I was hoping to retire gracefully. Nika pwaza pension, niya hongu kila kitu. But it's okay. Sinime jivuta unana niwa nankwa pasahi. Man go, but asenu? Asenu, asenu, paa dye n kelto hapi. Tpaa na presha, bansili chooo choa. Aquibutwa, lemi t suddenly, yaang piwa di su land. When you're employed, a permanent contract, you have to see the contract through. Otherwise, uu umsia me kwan di ka, egida ulipe weende, hama uu zy ekia. Putu, na kuje gadu ka zi maka meno zi yaang, uge. Nwen kan, tik, do nothing to you. This is the most beautiful thing. But now, we keep a land of vutui, do it in the end. So, we lost 17 years of my pension. How much did you do loss in terms of... Karee can we value? No, guests can value. You know, all pensions are automatic. Yes, so you just do my salary which is between 600 and a million shillings for all those 17 years. Onafanya percentage, onafanya. No, no, no. No, that's 12 mic, 12 mic divided by... No, 12 mic divided by... No, 12 mic. You pension in Nakataguwa. Labda, let's say, by 40 percent. I'm a 30 percent of what you've worked all those years. So, don't move. Now, I'm a 30, 40 meter. What? Yeah? Minge, it's fitting, it will fit. I don't know if someone is calling you. Maybe I don't... Oh, for the rehearsal. No, we wind up Shafi now. Let's talk about Rafest. Let me tell you something. Big shout out to Alex who was believed in the industry. But the industry has been growing gradually. From the day, from last year when we did the biggest shows that were brought by Radio Africa, events, that is Boys to Men, Tukataka Boys to Men, Falipupe Kale Toa, Nasewa Guinness, Kofia Kakuja. Boy, it's been a good year. South Soul did the farewell show. And then the government opened Uhuru Garden. And you can see it's an amazing sport where people can come and do amazing things. So any time an investor or someone who believes in the industry puts money, the kind of money that has been put in this event, you just have to appreciate and hope that Kenyans will show up and I hope that the performances will be great and I hope that people will come and have an experience so that even as the customers buy the tickets, you know, they feel like, you know what, next time, I don't want the issue of, you know some events have been done and after events, after a month in Ibita, online, which is okay. Tickets in Apotea? In Apotea, which is okay, which is okay. But I pray that that culture will end because the past four shows, we've not heard that. We've had customers who are happy. We've had artists who have come to this country and left for their countries happy because the biggest issues is Msaniatoke Apa, Rudi Maju and they could tweet us Kenya this, Kenya that, which has happened. Which is crazy. Yes, it rarely happens but that is the most crazy part. And then the next crazy part is when the fans, the people who have paid money, the clients who have come to enjoy, don't get the experience and start complaining. That's another problem. So I'm hoping that after this Raha festival, this is the inaugural one. It's been planned for two years. Waluwa so na fkehii story lianda two Jews here out of the blues. No. Tumikotuna pangaii shiit maze. Ye umzaia lik jaribuku fanyaiki two years ago and it wasn't happening so we kept on just moving and moving and moving until where we are now. So it's going to happen and it's going to be dope. And I pray that, everything that he has, his dream will come to reality. So I hope guys have bought the tickets, I hope guys will come and everything will be great. Yes. Alright Safi, thank you so much for your time. I've seen Yalevi's Pali. I don't know how I can get him. I don't know if it's not possible. It's fine. No worries. Safi, invite Kenyan fans. Yes, listen. All the guys who have not been able to give my complimentary tickets which were very few all I can say is this. Pull up, pull up, pull up. It's only six G's for two days. That means three G's per day for regular and there's 12 G's for VIP. That is only six G's, six G's to see Davido, to see Umsu Mitenan, Yalevi's, King Promise and some of the biggest Kenyan acts from Otile Brown. Kaulimuna kipafumpale kwa chiravile, kwa chaotic. No, come see him live on stage here at RAF Festival. Hat the band, Ben Soul, Mviri and we have Femi one. We have, I'm telling you, the list is endless. You pull up, come through and let's make a movie tomorrow and Sunday. Big shout out to Alex. Yes. All right. All right. Shafi, thank you so much. Part two of this interview is coming soon. But for now, let me leave Shafi to go and do the rehearsal. Right now, we're still at Huru Gardens for exclusive, you know, rehearsal for RAF Festival that's happening tomorrow till Sunday. Stay tuned for more on the SPM bars. SPM bar