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COMMENTARY/COMMENT

OPENING FILM

Time Code captions/subtitles, nb not frame accurate

Starts @10:00:00:00 ie 00

OPENING SHOT

Establishing story… Redyx and Co dancing at Nairobi Concert, Nairobi skyline, streets, Walter backstage w TV cameras.

INTRO COMMENTARY 1

Thousands of young Kenyans have turned out for a concert aimed at getting them out to vote. The country’s biggest music acts are there – and it’s all fronted by a comedy group called Redykyulass.

Politics here is dominated by the old men: men whose power has been based on patronage, tribal loyalty and, for decades, graft.

With an election looming, these comedians are determined to bring a fresh generation into Kenyan politics, using something you don’t hear much in the offices of the political class – laughter.

They first made their names in political satire under the one-party regime of President Moi – but they continue to lampoon the current President Kibaki and his controversial wife – Lucy.

CAPTION: NAIROBI, KENYA

TC IN @ 00:00 Out 00:03

MUSIC: Sweetie Bannana – Walter’s band.

CAPTION: REDYKYULASS THE COMEDY GROUP

TC IN @ 00:30 OUT 00:34

CAPTION: PRESIDENT KIBAKI AND LUCY, the FIRST LADY. (Italics)

TC IN 1:18 TC OUT 1:20

REDYX as POLITICAL SATIRISTS

ARCHIVE footage of Pres KIBAKI

Tony SYNC

he’s a guy who… nothing worries him...there’s no rush.. we might be seated here and a bomb explodes, he’ll go what is the hurry … that’s just a bomb... don’t worry, what’s the rush, they don’t know where they are going, we will go on…

Caption : Tony Njuguna as President Kibaki TC IN 1:34 TC OUT 1:38

KJ SYNC

KJ: I landed the unenviable role of playing the First Lady of Kenya….

KJ: And I’ll go into character (Lucy impro)… who gave you permission to film that here?

CAPTION : KJ as LUCY KIBAKI

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KJ SYNC

Into footage of them making up

Into RUGBY 7’s TOURNAMENT SKETCH

KJ What we get to do is make believe…make believe comedy where we get into character, we’ll get the right costumes, get the right props take an eg at the Safari Rugby 7’s when the helicopter came down people were actually fooled it was the president himself whose come here..

COMM 2: This is the spoof they staged that helped make Redykyulass household names in Kenya – momentarily fooling the crowd and the press into thinking they were the real thing.

Tony VO: .. she said I can play Rugby, who is your mother? and tried to tell the team how to play… she took a ball from Walter and went to score a try, which the crowd like, the TV guys liked, but she didn’t like it.. …

CAPTION : REDYKYULASS TV FOOTAGE

TC IN 2:48 TC OUT 2:50

VT CAMPAIGN - INTRO

TRANSITION SHOTS – CAR JAM

COMM 3: President Kibaki faces an Election in December. He was elected on a tide of hope in 2002… and he’s still popular.

But there is also disillusionment with the pace of change, the state of democracy and continuing corruption.. Young Kenyans speak of feeling “stuck”

MUSIC: Ukoo Flani Mau Mau song ‘Angalia Saa’

PROMO VAN

KJ SYNC

VT PROMO VAN – decorating van, following into the surrounding areas of Nairobi

Phillipe CU SYNC through roof

INTER CUT van

.. tracking along road, and stop in Eastlands, people around, Kericho w posters.

KJ We’ve been out there talking to young Kenyans just asking them realise you have to vote because you are putting in power the person who is making decisions about your life today and tomorrow

KJ: we’re re defining politics to you, you’ve known politics to be, you go out there heckle, carry the man with the biggest tummy and make sure he’s voted in, and in the process we can fight and beat up each other because we believe anyone not in our camp is an enemy and what we’re saying is politics is a game of interests, go out there and push your interests, your agenda as a young Kenyan.

SUBTITLE: even you, you can be an MP, your vote is your power, your vote is your power..

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Inter cuts with Camera 2

MATATUS IN CITY STREETS

COMM 4: The men who work Nairobi’s ever present mini buses are the kind of people Redykyulass have to reach..

Music: Mr Lenny song ‘Pesa’

MATATU GARAGE ESTAB shots. … Jan and Karis spray painting 14 seater bus (Matatu)

Yang SYNC

INTER CUT with pix of them both spray painting and garage workers sanding, banging body work etc

They reveal the design they’ve been working on – shield and spear

Karis SYNC

Yang SYNC

Yang VO: I work here as a graffiti artist, the guy comes with the Matatu, we do some decorations for him, he pays us, that’s what we do. ….I have a voters card, but I had a problem last election, I had a card but my name wasn’t registered, I don’t know why. This time I have to vote, even though it’s one vote, one vote can make a difference, I’ll have to vote.

… Kenya has to change, but it’s hard to come by, the same guys want to get back in, when they get back they’ll go back to their old ways. They have to bribe young guys to vote for them. Corruption starts with them, and then translates to the other guys. If change has to come, we have to change everything, from high office until down. We should not be re cycling politicians or ministers we should be getting some new young guys, at least we can give them a shot.

Kenya damu !

Proud to be Kenyan!

VOTER STORY 1

CAPTION : YANG OTIENO

TC IN 5:58 TC OUT 6:05

NB Yang translates for Kharis here

MATATUS

MUSIC

Nameless song – ‘Senzia’

KJ in office

KJ SYNC

INTER CUT TV NATION sketch

Footage of Kenyans in streets, market etc

KJ: Redykyulass is heavily inspired by the politics of the day..,

COMM 5: When the First Lady raided the offices of Kenya’s National Newspaper - this was the Redykyulass response..

…we were having a good time satirising some grumpy ‘old men’ but there is a serious side to it because the moment you satirise it, the society can step back and say Hey! we thought we were getting change out of the 2002 elections but wait, what kind of change did we get? Is it fundamental, beneficial to I as a citizen?

So here we are as young Kenyan’s, are we going to sit back and let that happen, or go out there ..? … only then will change happen.

CAPTION: REDYKYULASS TV FOOTAGE

TC IN 7:28 TC OUT 7.31

Estab shots of Nairobi

George SYNC

VO; George W: ‘ the chances of a youthful person winning an election, particularly a presidential one is remote… …the general public tend to trust more elderly the grey haired , big bellied type of people more than they trust the youth. We probably like any other society, worship wealth, material… so so much, the people tend to support the well endowed financially. We have had in the past the culture of handouts.. for votes, all kinds of favours.. so because of that the people think wow, let me support the elderly person with more resources and even go to him with a problem, a hospital bill, I’m likely to get help, as opposed to a young person who is not well resourced, and the most he or she would give, is ideas.

CAPTION: GEORGE WAITITU, POLLSTER

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Karis putting ‘stick on’ pix of concert artists onto matatu windows. Karis SYNC

Yang SYNC

This is Nameless, one of the artists appearing, basically, the youth love him.

We’re going to the concert, we have to vote, we have to support our people, Kabisa!

Nameless song - Senzia

J and K thumbs up Yellow matatu with Jan& Co on the road on the way

AL JAZ PART 2

PROMO VAN travelling pics

Phillipe VO:

REPRISE ….. SUBTITLE: Seize your time, Saturday .,…Vijana Tukuke……. you, even you can be an MP … Your vote is your power… your vote is your power…

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KJ SYNC

People pics around the market, human traffic shots etc

KJ You can not be in this election process if you don’t have a voters card, lets start there… your voters card is the instrument to put someone in power…

So basically you’re employing people going into you’re civic council or parliament, even the president, so first understand what it is he has to do for you, then you can demand that of him before you give your vote.

KJ: Thirdly, make sure you go and cast your vote on the day and make sure it’s for the person who is pushing your agenda.

KENYATTA MARKET ESTAB shots –

Anne SYNC with group of hair braiders in vision.

Yang and Karis in voter card registration queue. Inter cut

Anne walking into Concert VO and Anne SYNC

…. Pic with the official in voter registration tent

Walter and band on stage

COMM 7: Anne Njeri makes the equivalent of £37 a month braiding hair in a local market. The last time she tried to vote, there was a problem.. you need ID in order to get a voters card..

I went to look for an ID, I just got harassed so I left it, they asked for a birth, or school certificate.. the thing is, my dad died and we had a fallout with his family, there’s too much bad blood to go back there to get those documents.

VO KJ: Out of 33 million Kenyans, only 6 mill voted in the last general election. Statistics are telling us 17 million young Kenyans are eligible to register as a voter, but you need an ID card. but not all the 17 million have an ID card, their voice can make a big difference.

COMM cont: Anne has come to the concert looking for answers – and the story she has to tell is of the typical Kenyan problems

Anne sync….. they told me to give them a bribe when I wanted an ID, but I have rent to pay, and a child to look after, so I left it. Where are the ones we voted for who were to fight for us – the helpless?

So you guys can’t help me? I want to vote! I can’t vote empty handed!

The man helped me in there and told me all the steps to take to get one, but if I’m not successful he won’t be here to ask again, will he?

VOTER STORY 2

CAPTION: ANNE NJERI

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MOI DANCE SEQUENCE

Cont … Walter shots on stage with rest of Redyx in front of his band intercut w

Big Kev SYNC

Big Kev: what makes Redyx special is they have been at the forefront of increasing the democratic space for a lot of Kenyans... they have smashed all the taboos, and beliefs, and the mystique that surrounds politics… I remember the former President saying I know what’s best for you, as your President. They rubbished all that.

CAPTION: BIG KEV, EVENT MANAGER

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Walter in garden SYNC and going into his impersonation of Moi

INTER CUT with Archive Footage of Moi

My first job given by Redykyulass as a team was to play the character of our president.. former president…

We would break the character down, agree angles, the points to be made and .. (goes into joke impersonation) … ‘and that would definitely make…what you call… my… the president has difficulty thinking ahead…

CAPTION: FORMER PRESIDENT DANIEL ARAP MOI (in Italics)

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CAPTION: WALTER MONGA’RE as MOI

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3 shot in garden…. KJ SYNC

MOI, BODYGUARDS DANCING SKETCH

KJ : Walter played the character of the former president so well, it was amazing.. whatever we did, as Redykyulass… there was satire in there, we were doing social comedy… but the political comedy was our claim to fame.

KJ he played it so well, today there are small kids in Kenya who can’t draw the line between the former president and Walter –who is imitating who.. there is a question running on Radio now where a kid says his favourite politician is Moi because he dances Mdumbolo but he has never danced, to him, Walter was the president.

(NB Walter translation ‘Give the DJ the CD so we can dance Mdumbelo! Don’t translate – spoils the joke /impact when he dances…)

CAPTION :REDYKYULASS TV FOOTAGE

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Big Kev SYNC

… first time they did it everyone shocked.. how can they do that…? for the life of me, I can’t believe they did that unchallenged for as long as they did..

Redyx 3 shot in Garden

KJ SYNC

KJ But there were people out there watching critically and it was at a time where you could not be caught in public talking openly, or criticising the president

Big Kev SYNC

INTER CUT with

Moi archive

Big K: … you had to be careful if someone heard you mentioning the presidents name adversely, you could get into all sorts of trouble… that was the general fear amongst everybody …and that was the biggest pull for Redyx on TV, they helped us as a Nation to confront our fears.

Redyx in garden WALTER SYNC

TONY SYNC

Archive of Moi

KJ SYNC

Walter: ‘I guess the biggest learning we have as a team is to stay focused to your objective which is to entertain

Tony : …we never perform for a political function, it’s all about entertainment, our own lawyers have said there is no way you can take a comedian seriously, the guys are registered comedians… how can they go to court and say seriously that guy did that…that would be the best skit. Legally we are fine, and still fine.

KJ … people thought if Redykyulass can get Moi dancing Mdumbelo, this is a new era, we can actually talk about the president.

Big kev sync

… They made Kenyans laugh about these things, and after laughing actually sit back and think, what the hell, I can do something about this..

KJ SYNC

ARCHIVE Footage of President KIBAKI with LUCY the First Lady in a pink suit.

KJ …as much as it’s comedy or skits on leaders, it’s also a reflection of Kenyan society today, because these leaders did not elect themselves... so you’re throwing it back at Kenyans and telling them, Hey, look at the leaders you are electing into office

CONCERT SEQUENCE

KJ SYNC INTRO for. CONCERT

The one and only, Juacali!

CAPTION: UHURU PARK, NAIROBI

TC IN 18:33 TC OUT 18:36

Concert - Juacali perf

COMM 9: This concert is the highpoint of an 18 month campaign which has covered all parts of the country.

But there’s an edge to this, it’s more than entertainment.

The banner says Wake Up – it’s your time!

What Redykyulass did to Moi, they could do to the present crop of Kenya’s leaders ….

Tony on stage SYNC

Points to (imaginary) little child on stage

SUBTITLE: I’m here confused, I was told I am a future leader of tomorrow, / I studied, was given school milk and was told you are a healthy leader of tomorrow /, at university I was told I am a bright future leader of tomorrow.. / I married, got a wife… and told I’m a mature future leader of tomorrow, / I got kids …was pushed aside and told , now they are the future leaders of tomorrow.. (NB or split final one beg ..’now….. to make 6 sections)

TIME CODES (each split)

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Kenyana striding around, t shirts off holding up voters card

COMM 10: The Comedians, the DJ’s and the rappers speak for a generation that want to see change happen fast, and this is the thing they are going to use to make it happen: a voting card.

Walter band1,2, 3, 4….

SUB TITLE: What happened to those 5 million jobs they promised, maybe we have to wait till tomorrow once again.

TC IN @ 19:49 OUT @ 19:53

Kenyana song: ‘Sikunjema

SUB TITLE: You see this, we’re tired of these old men….. Your vote is your weapon..

TC IN @ 20:23 OUT @ 20:28

Walter dance stuff

END IMAGE Road to Freedom!

Music – Sweetie Bannana

COMM 11: The Concerts have been a massive success, youth voter registration is up in the areas where the campaign has been, but it’s not over yet. Their next challenge is to encourage the young people of Kenya to put themselves forward for leadership