Actors in Kenya have always complained how the are paid peanuts to Media Guild and Kenya Film that is headed by Ezekiel Mutua.
Popular actor Joseph Kinuthia popularly known as ‘Omosh’ from his role in Citizen TV’s program Tahidi High has opened up about how he landed the role and how much he was being paid per episode.
Before joining the program, Omosh was a garbage collector but in 2005, his elder sister Naomi Kamau told him to try out for the Tahidi Auditions.
Omosh said that he worked as a garbage truck driver for about 5 years until 2000.His Sister Naomi Kamau who is a producer in Top Programmes in Royal Media saw that he had something special as an actor.She had seen him since childhood and through the jobs he had done in hte earlier years he was ready for TV.
It is known that many actors in Kenya have always started with a low amount.Omosh was lucky to be paid a considerable amount of money after enlisting.
he says that he started withKsh.3000 per episode but he was giving the part he played the very best he could.