'I went limp' Comedian KJ on the trauma of his campaign for an MP seat

John Kiarie alias KJ, has been known as one of the legends in the comedy industry but he is also a politician.

Politics is a dirty game you’ve heard and KJ can attest to this with the scars in his body. He narrated his near-death experience during his campaign for the MP seat.

When I was on the campaign trail, I was attacked by a gang of goons. Some opponents didn’t want me on the ballot paper and they sent some goons because they wanted me dead.

The ex Redykyulass star says the goons that were sent by political opponents that left his left hand badly injured.

I was really beaten to a pulp. And before I passed out, these guys who had been surrounding me with these crude weapons, one of them attempted to hit my head, so I lifted my arm and the Jembe stick hit my hand and it went limp.

He spoke this during an Engage Talk titled The Scars I carry,

My story is about tattoos that you carry in life, it doesn’t matter what you aspire to be, I can tell you that life will leave you with scars

KJ also talked about the other scar he has on his left hand, the same hand that the goons hit. He fell down when he was just being a boy. He recalls a fracture and dislocation that saw him land in the theater.

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It took a year plus to gain back movement on that hand but right after, he presented his drawings to Sunday Nation Newspaper. That is how he got the job as the creator of ‘Head on Corrition’.

He is now the MP of Dagoratti South.

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