Kenyans and the Mentality of NO JOBS...

News & Politics
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I have always wondered why we, Kenyans, like yapping “Serikali Saidia, ooh! hakuna jobs”. Then I realised that there are a lot of jobs out there and thousands of opportunities to help out one individual step out of the poverty margin, at least the first step towards self employed.

My major concern is on the advertising agents who could or maybe create opportunities and help talented people out there achieve their goals. Nina sema nini hapa?

Let’s begin with Ng’ang’alito, he was the first runup on TPF sometime back, that means he scooped what number two was entitled to. That was good enough to start him off in climbing the ladder to “mbirionaires” club.

Then here comes the problem; the advertising agents put him on a TUSKYS advert that for sure really flopped. Who said that a celeb or a renowned actor should be on an advert? However much we want to sell or pass the message? There are talented people out there who missed a chance in TPF but could have done better in TUSKY’s advert. The trend has been going on and on.

Sabuni ya Aerial, we all know about that advert done by that lady from Machachari, Selina and her toilet cleaning whatever, Papa Shirandula and GO Nayo, that naughty kid of Junior on KTN (I like him though), he is also on an advert. Now the most and major advert that has made write this fwerkin article is the latest LIFEBUOY featuring Janet Mbugua, the b!tch is pocketing hundreds of thousands in News Casting, why NOT give someone else who’s been tarmacking looking for an opportunity in advertising. The advert is good and well presented, no pan intended.

Some of the adverts flop while others drive the message home. But if the advertising agents can heed to my views then there is an opening in fighting poverty and youth unemployment even if its takes 0.01% its far better than nothing. We don’t need celebs advertise.

If I was asked I would say that if that person already has an opportunity, let’s say acting in local programmes, then let’s give a chance to another talented guy out there who couldn’t make it in Papa Shirandula, coz probably its already crowded.

@introvert, your osungu.dll is welcomed.

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Unasema nini sasa?summary haitakuwa mbaya sana.

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…and sufurias neither

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Its hardly to see a celeb or a renowned actor in a Safaricom Advert, coz their aim is to build opportunities to the less fortunate even though the rob from them.

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Unasema nini sasa

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Well you forgot the purpose of adverts, to increase sales not create jobs. And they achieve that by using celebs, you have confessed yourself that you can easily remember adverts done by celebs, and that is their objective

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we are in a market…and everyone wants more…

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If someone is already in acting and has already secured a job in one of the TV programmes then that doesn’t automatically qualify him/her in advertising. Let’s give an opportunity to those who couldn’t make it in acting but try them in advertising.

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I got you now,but remember its a capitalist world the same way you don’t expect Hollywood to enlist our actors for big screen.
There is nothing you can do about it.

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Atì kîî

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Your argument presents an ideal situation but on a marketing point of view you are very wrong. Why? Because those celebs are brands and have got a massive following. Thus his/her point will sink deeper to the target audience.Their influence is more powerful.

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A celebrity is a brand on its own both want to make money out of each other.

Hii reasoning yako ni kama kuambia Dangote akae nyumbani kwa vile ako na pesa mingi awachie wengine waunde pesa ata hao maceleb didn’t drop from heaven walipitia auditions and over the years ni bidii yao imewafikisha hapo hakuna shortcuts.

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Other countries are very good at minting ‘celebrities’ and ‘national figures’ out of thin air. In Kenya it is really hard to get acceptance widely. We scrutinize too much and pigeonhole too much. Also super-fragmented market (regionalism, tribalism and social class divisions) means notoriety does not travel far. These TV anchors are probably the only people with a national social following other than politicians.

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So, the GOtv advert aka “GO nayo” made sense to you or it flopped? The TUSKYS advert featuring Ng’ang’alito made sense to you or it flopped?

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Those are special cases but majority of adverts are done by Celebs.

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And those celebs are brand ambassadors not just advertising on the media unlike an actor who will only be paid to do that ad a brand ambassador will sell the stuff physically.

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Where is LeoKim when we need most?

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False
They only do specific brands the company is trying to sell to a wider market which mostly is a new product,new packaging event e.t.c

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:D:D

No we are a market and everyone wants us more

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what about comedian’s?..all flooded in radio shows…wakiongozwa na baba yao Churchill…wewe shida hapo Uni ukifanya vitu hazieleweki…