Popularly known and celebrated rapper CMB Prezzo whose real name is Jackson Makini, has revealed that he was once a Mungiki operative. During an interview at a local show, the rapoer revealed how he was approached by the former Mungiki leader through a phone call at the time of his depression back in 2012.
According to Prezzo, the caller informed Prezzo that Njenga wanted to meet him at his home in Karen, without revealing what was to be discussed. Orezxo honoured the invitation after being urged by his bodyguard he needed to rise up to the occassion which indeed earned him a salary increase
“My bodyguard was like let’s go, how are you going to win if you don’t play. I told him, for that, I was going to add his salary.”
“Maina Njenga had this movement, and he needed me to be the youth leader of the Mungikis. He wanted me to be the youth leader of the Mungikis, and who am I to say no?” Prezzo revealed.
From then on, Prezzo was assigned various responsibilities including organising press conferences at a time when Njenga was opposed to President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto’s run in the 2013 General Elections. Njenga together with his lawyer Paul Muite had then had accused Uhuru of rallying around tribal formations as opposed to national unity. They organised a protest in Limuru against the duo, a protest in which Prezzo was among those teargassed by police and Njenga was arrested. Afterwards. Prezzo was among those who attended a press conference alongside Muite condemning police for the action taken against Njenga.
Despite battling depression, the rapper continued working with Njenga until he one day received a phone call after praying to God to show him direction. The phone call was an invitation for him to be Kenya’s represdntative on Big Brother Reality TV.
Prezzo is bound to test political waters by running for the Kibra parliamentary seat in 2022, having been endorsed by the Kalonzo Musyoka-led Wiper Democratic Movement after the death of former MP Ken Okoth in 2019. He did not take part in the Kibra by-election but is focused on capturing the seat in the 2022 general election.
Prezzo previously revealed that he agreed with Kalonzo not to take part in the by-election that followed but to instead focus on capturing the seat in 2022.
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