“You didn’t have to apologize, you did nothing wrong” Njoki Chege tells Eric Omondi

Njoki Chege says those criticizing Eric Omondi over his video are people whose minds are in the gutter. She states that critics chose to sexualize the comedian’s video.

Video of Eric Omondi swimming naked with children in Turkana sparked condemnation from all quarters. However a few have stood firm to defend the comedian.

Njoki Chege says Eric ought not to have apologized to anyone. She explains that the comedian was just exploring his creativity.

“Eric, I have news for you. You did not have to apologise. I am going to be one of the people who will say this, the comedian did nothing wrong. Let us first get a few facts right before I can make my argument. Eric is a great young man, with a fine, creative head on his shoulders. He is, by any standards, a successful man, one of the few Kenyan comedians who are actually funny. He is creative, ever churning well-thought out and brilliantly executed comedy videos,” wrote Njoki Chege.

Negative criticism

Njoki further says that those throwing shades at Eric are only doing so blindly. She explains that Eric’s video was an effort to parody a scene from ‘The God’s Must Be Crazy’ movie.

“Those criticising him are mostly people whose minds are in the gutter, whose hearts are so carnal, that they sexualise everything and anything without considering the context. Omondi’s video was an effort to parody a scene from the film The God’s Must Be Crazy. His video is also reminiscent of the good old days when naughty boys would toss their clothes in the bush and jump in the river for a quick dip and their cheeky friends would hide their clothes. Omondi just wanted to recreate the village life and a movie scene with an underlying theme of celebrating our African culture. He wanted to tickle us, because that is what comedians do. They strive to make us laugh, and that is perhaps one of the toughest jobs on earth.”