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At 32, Alex Kirui has made a name for himself as one of the most celebrated animators in Kenya. The self-taught artist who is the brains behind the Makarao animation series will be launching a new season of the show at an invite-only event scheduled to take place at Karen Village in Nairobi between December 10 and 12.
“My team and I have been working on Makarao for close to five years now,” says Kirui. “It’s not easy to produce 30 episodes of an animation series so we are very proud to achieve this feat.” Makarao, sheng for police, is a hilarious short animated comedy series based on two police characters. It humorously captures interactions between the police and the public and has become an online sensation with a growing fan base in Kenya and across East Africa with 50,000-odd subscribers on YouTube and over four million channel views.
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