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Celebrating David Mulwa, a theatre giant

David Mulwa as Olum (right) with Alex Owiti as Labong'o in Zippy Okoth's musical Tigo at Phoenix Players Theatre. [George Orido, Standard]

David Muchungu was acting in a theatrical production at Kenyatta University when he accidentally hit his head on a metal door frame and lost consciousness.

When he came to, David Mulwa, his director and lecturer, was beside his hospital bed, with a message… “There is this girl who was crying uncontrollably when you fainted; is she your girlfriend,” Mulwa whispered conspiratorially to his student. “Is she your girlfriend?”

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