Comedians Eric Omondi, Loyiso Gola and Rwanda’s Admin Seka, Muhinde, and the dynamic duo Mavide and Pazo cracked jokes during the monthly comedy show, Seka Live that is known for bringing together people from different parts of the world. Organised by Arthur Nation, the annual comedy event has successfully established a big name in the comedy scene. This month’s Seka Live was highly anticipated by comedy lovers who were looking forward to performances of these four big names on the same stage. In outstanding performances the comedians managed to put on a show for the fans who couldn’t hide the excitement with laughter and applause. The duo of Mavide and Pazo, who act as the police of Rwanda and Uganda joked that “Rwandan traffic police are very different from those of Uganda in everything. A Rwandan would stop you to check if you are drunk-driving and if he finds your breath stinks he would ask you many questions as if it is illegal. “If you go to Uganda, it is a whole different case. You quarrel for fifteen minutes and even more until you bribe him and then he starts smiling and calling you a brother.” Fast rising comedian Muhinde, like many of his jokes, talked about being short and other short people. He joked about taking a photo for his Identification Card and his legs showed up in the photo because of how short he is. He added that being short however, has its advantages such as never having blood pressure because the body is so small. “The funniest thing is that I am the tallest in our family. When electricians were setting up a light switch in our house, the rule was to put it somewhere we could all reach. It was the funniest thing ever because we have different heights so they ended up setting it on the foundation, joked Muhinde. Rwandan singer Alyn Sano graced the stage with an outstanding musical performance, entertaining the audience with her sensational voice while singing some of her hit songs ‘Radiyo’ , ‘Fake Gee’ and ‘Bohoka.’ After her performance, host Arthur welcomed South African comedian, Loyiso Gola, on stage who joked about how tall he is and how the two look like a father taking a child to school. The comedian’s jokes were about his first experience in Rwanda since arriving in Kigali. “It is so crazy how Kigali is so clean everywhere. Coming from the airport to the hotel a policeman stopped us and I couldn’t believe how he asked me why I was not clean. I simply told him that I don’t live here and that I am not Rwandan,” he joked. “In an airplane,” Loyiso further joked, “there is always that person who checks your ticket at the entrance, looks at you and then says go to your seat on section c and that pisses me off because where else did you think I was going? To the pilot’s room? You could have done that when I was wandering around on terminal five.” The comedian talking to a person in the audience asked why she has not been laughing since he came on stage. “Are you here for revenge or what?” he joked as the crowd burst out in laughter. Comedian Eric Omondi later came on stage with great energy as the crowd cheered. He joked about Rwandan music and Uganda’s, beautiful Rwandan girls and the beauty of Rwanda. “African countries are so wild except Rwanda. You can hear it even in your love songs. They are so smooth, slow and sweet but have you heard of Ugandan love songs, it’s like they are shouting absolutely nothing romantic about it. Trying comparing a Meddy song and Bebe Cool, you wouldn’t even believe they are both singing about romance,” he joked. To compare the two he performed Meddy’s song ‘Slowly’ on the stage and when he came to Bebe Cool, he got wild and stepped on one table dancing. He then apologized to the people on the table and asked a waiter to bring more of what they are having and make sure they pay for it. He added that Rwandans take putting on a helmet on a motorcycle for their safety seriously while in Kenya they only put it on to avoid conversations with the riders and spitting on them when they speak The show ended at 11pm and Arthur announced that Ugandan Anne Kansiime will be among September’s headliners.
