Jointly-produced satiric programme to expose corru...

Jointly-produced satiric programme to expose corruption

Zim Now Writer

Zimbabwe’s leading creative organisation Magamba Network in collaboration with Transparency International Kenya, have joined hands to produce a brand-new political satire web series titled, “Let Me Show You.”

The series is set to be released in February and features some of Kenya and Zimbabwe’s celebrated actors including Tinaye Wayne, Munya Guramatunhu, Richard Maina Munene and Susan Justine Opwanda.

The series will be launched on Magamba TV YouTube channel and will also be posted on TIK digital media platforms.

Magamba Africa Project Officer Nyasha Ngonidzashe Mukapiko said the web series is meant to shine a light on corruption issues on the African continent.

“We focused on corruption and public finance management in Africa because we have noticed these issues are a cancer which have left many young people impoverished across the continent.

“The web series is packed with humour and seeks to interrogate corruption and public finance management as well as raise awareness on illicit financial flows that exist in both Zimbabwe and Kenya,” he said.

The project is said to target Africa’s youthful demographic which has often been disadvantaged and remain at the receiving end of such issues.

TIK Deputy Programmes Coordinator Caroline Giathi said using satire was meant to make the information appealing and exciting to the target audience.

“We decided to use satire and content creation to promote freedom of expression online, advocate for social justice and increase young people’s access to alternative information.

“We thought we needed to use satire because the normal investigative stories that are being done in the form of articles or videos do not appeal to the youths in particular,” she said.

The web series is produced by Magamba’s production house Magamba TV, one of Zimbabwe’s most well-known satire brands which is behind the hits Gazaland Police Station and The Week with Comrade Fatso.