Eko Dydda Shares His Horrific Post-Election Violence Experience

Together with Octopizzo, Frasha and Lady Bee, Eko Dydda appeared on Willy M. Tuva’s Mambo Mseto radio show to explain why they have decided to put their mics down and come together as artistes for a peace initiative.

Eko Dydda was in Mathare North during the violence and he xplained what he experienced, “Ukiangalia hizi clip za violence za YouTube, utaona 99.9% of it ilikuwa inafanyika Mathare. Ilikuwa bad news (If you look at the YouTube clips, 99.9% of the violence took place in Mathare. It was horrible).”

“Na wewe pia ulikuwa hapo ndani? (Were you also affected?)” Tuva asked. “Hakuna kitu hatukuona (There is nothing I didn’t see),” he continued. “Kila mtu alikuwa anaiba, ilikuwa normal. Watu wanachukua tu. Kitu ungefanya ya maana ni kuuza chakula, kwa sababu hiyo ndiyo kitu kila mtu alikuwa anataka. Kukula. Mnaamka asubuhi mnasikia, wanaume. Mnaamka asubuhi, mnapata mwili zimetapakaa (Every one was stealing, it was normal. The only legit thing you could do was sell food since everyone needed to eat. You wake up in the morning, you hear chanting. Outside you find bodies all over.”

Read about Octopizzo’s experience here. The peace initiative by artistes will start off in Mathare this weekend before moving to other parts of the country.