Switching earrings for headphones

We have female MPs, senior public servants, CEOs and world conquering athletes. But we have a painfully short list of female disc jockeys in Kenyan showbiz scene. Outside of martial arts, no other institutional discrimination comes close. However, there still is, the determined lot, write Matilda Nzioki and David Odongo

A story is told of a female DJ who was pulling her crate of records into the DJ booth when security personnel stopped her. She was told to get out of the booth because she was getting into the DJ’s way. She tried to explain that she did indeed belonged behind the turntables. The response she got… "No you’re not; you’re a girl."