TRAINWRECK: Kajairo’s comeback marred by negative reviews

Kajairo, the Kenyan comedian famous for his musical parodies, today launched his new show: “The Kajairo Show.” He was given the unenviable task of filling into the same time slot that had previously been taken up by The Churchill Show, which is one of Kenya’s top rated shows on TV. Hopefully, Kajairo would show the same charm that had made him one of the bright spots during his last stint on TV. 

Unfortunately, lady luck did not shine on Kajairo, as a number of things went wrong, as you would expect from such a young show. According to viewers, the lighting was poor, and the sound was unclear, which gave a bad first impression. When it came to the jokes, at a point, Kajairo made the mistake of rehashing the #ujingani Twitter joke. This drew a backlash from the Twitter community, as their comments were almost unanimously negative. Here are some samples:

 

Philip Mwaniki, (@mwanikih) a prominent Kenyan media personality, said: “Kajairo just set comedy back 15 years.”

Aaron Rimbui, (@rimbui), a renowned music producer, remarked as to how Kenyans on Twitter were “destroying the show“

Safaricom “King of Facebook” Stephen Musyoka quipped that Kajairo going outside of music was a mistake.

Stand up comedy is an incredibly ruthless career, where you either sink or swim in front of the audience, with hardly any middle ground in judgement. Hopefully Kajairo will be able to bounce back from this early setback and win back the many fans he has built up over the years.