Echoes of War: Njugush Taunts Government Amid Butere Girls’ Mistreatment Over Play

• Njugush shared a video amidst the Butere Girls' drama controversy to portray what the girls were going through
• The comedian created a scene at a police station where he was the officer and his wife was one of the girls from the school
• Kenyans were impressed by the skit, but even more by the reaction to the story, and even the fake police station

Comedian Njugush has reacted to the harassment faced by Butere Girls High School students in Nakuru during the National Drama and Film Festival.

This came after the students protested in the most civil way by refusing to perform after accusing the organisers of mismanaging their moment.

Njugush reacts with skit of students being 'arrested'

Reacting to the story in a video on his Instagram and X accounts, Njugush created a scene where the 'students' had been arrested as he, as an officer, came to check on them.

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He hilariously renamed the school Terere Girls, which is a clever way of using other words to share his message, saying they are the students who think they know it all.

"Nyinyi ni hao mnajua sana, darasa moja A, Katika darasa la... Hiyo play yenu haina mahafi kuna makofi? Na uambie huyo simba marara (to mean the scriptwriter Cleophas Malala) wewe! Hakuna mahali mnapiga makofi?" he said.

Njugush asked his wife, Celestine Ndinda, who played a student, if they had no mention of the mtemi (ruler's) good deeds and sections where they clap for him, to show what the leader could have been happy with.

Njugush also inquired from the 'students' the main purpose of going to school, either to study or entertain, to portray the difficult situation that the girls had been put through.

The skit was perfectly executed by the use of irony, metaphors and satire to put the message across as the comedian did his bit on activism.

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Kenyans reacted to the video, noting they were impressed by Njugush's fake police station and asked if it was at his home.

Others praised him for the use of comedy to protest against bad governance.

Here are some of the reactions:

joewmuchiri said:

"Njugush Yaani Unakuanga na police station kwa keja yako?"

marya_okoth said:

"Aki leave my school alone."

bushcollo said:

"Mtemi akifanya kazi vizuri makofi itakuja kwa wingi lakini sasa yeye amevaa games kit, kiwanja nayo imejaa kokoto hakuna nyasi."

justdes97 said:

"Mtemi ametenga sana hata pesa za makofi nikama alipeana usiku."

i_.amgabby said:

"Na bibi ya mtemi alisema alisomea huko ama ilikuwa jaba pia."

sol_njoroge said:

"We should have Butere girls perform that play in our streets! Like Sarafina! #TheyareJustGirls #EchoesOfWar."

Butere Girls students missing after protest

Earlier, TUKO.co.ke reported that Malala claimed that 15 girls from the school could not be traced following their refusal to perform their play.

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In a telephone interview with Citizen TV, Malala claimed that the 15 students could not be found after they had walked off the stage.

The former senator urged security officers and the teachers to trace them and ensure that they were safe.

Malala also accused the president of being behind the frustrations that caused the Butere Girls drama team to abandon their play despite getting on stage.

Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.

Source: TUKO.co.ke