Struggling singer Majirani back in Kenya after quitting mjengo job abroad

Majirani landed back in Kenya last night

Piece by: Maureen Waruinge
Entertainment

•He says he is not ashamed of having worked as a mjengo guys as the job moved his account from zero to a six figured account.

• He hopes his story will inspire other people.

The rapper has moved to Poland is now working as a mjengo man
Majirani in a file photo The rapper has moved to Poland is now working as a mjengo man
Image: Instagram

Kenyan rapper Majirani is back in Kenya.

The musician got  a rousing welcome at the airport upon landing, and granted media an interview where he cried about his fate in Poland as a mjengo guy.

He compared his previous life in Kenya to that in Poland

"life imekuwa crazy. sijakuwa poa . A lot of [people don't know my story, "

He opened up that in 2020, he was struggling financially being signed to a music label. He told that he didn't benefit from being signed to that label ";apparently ni kama walikuwa wananitumia. Nilipatiwa contract fake nika sign"

Majirani did several musical projects 

His most notable  song was 'Chebukati" featuring Sailors.

Unfortunately the song was pulled down from youtube.

This led to problems with the unamed music label.

"waliniacha kwa hotel nikwa na unpaid bills and I really felt bad because waliniacha " Majirani was homeless and a friend hosted him for two weeks.

His tribulations did not end there.

"I always feel bad talking about that story and I was in a bedsitter. I used to work as a fundi before and got a job at a quarry "

He was mocked for working this kind of a job yet he was a musician.

"sikuwa najua wananijua but they finally agreed to give me a job "

He used to earn 600bob. A video of  him recorded by construction went viral online, and he was mocked.

He was not online to know he was being cyber bullied.

Brokenness and homelessness led him to call a friend living in Poland to find out if there were jobs in Poland.  He borrowed sh200k to get documents and leave Kenya. 

He got a job as a messenger but another opportunity as a construction worker arose and paid more money. He comforted himself and took the mjengo job. 

Speaking to Vincent Mboya, a tearful musician told that "I had made up my mind to do the job and life had got to a point where I didn't give a f* about what people will say coz even music was not helping me financially, "

He has now opened up about living abroad.

Sadly again he lost his mjengo job in Poland over the Ukraine crisis. He went to Saudi Arabia doing other jobs and one day in Doha, he recorded himself telling Kenyans about the same mjengo job in Doha.

Conditions in the country didn't work out,. He decided to pack and come back to Kenya.

Months back, Mpasho got hold of a video of Majirani in Poland, working in a construction site.

The singer explained in that video that kazi ni kazi, as Kenyans hailed him for working any job to earn a living.

In the video in the airport, Majirani appeared happy and eager to see Kenya afresh.

He was determined to work "so nikaambia boss nitafanya job juu iko na doh poa and he said why not, you do it. I was very thankful then from there nikaanza ku realize actually sikuenda Poland kufanya job nikarealize I was depressed "

How did his video leak "maboys walikuwa wanarecord leaked the video nikfanya hiyo video ya kware so wakatag watu wa Mpasho and thent hat video went viral. "

"nimemiss mtaa," He has added weight and happily spoke about it "nimekula kuku za aarabu zamapolish hukpo, so niko sawa"

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