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Forget the naysayers; entertainment pays as well as any other job

Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) chief executive officer Ezekiel Mutua. (Photo: Courtesy)

It’s almost cliché to pass judgement on the local entertainment industry based on standards and exposures that Western countries have been exposed to since the invention of sound-film in 1900.

We are a very young country after all. Hollywood big-budget stunts aren’t quite in our list of priorities, as one would argue. However, this presumption is not true in its entirety.

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