The launch of Studio Mashinani last week by ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru is a major step towards unlocking the creative potential of the youthful Kenyan populace.
Many a youth had to travel long distances from the countryside to seek recording and production facilities in Nairobi. This, of course, not only made it expensive but also had the struggling unemployed youth giving up altogether in the absence of a benefactor to sponsor the long sojourn to the city.