Why I Quit Nursing to Make People Laugh - Churchill Comedian [VIDEO]

File image of comedian David Oyando (Mukamwah) in nursing paraphernalia
File image of comedian David Oyando (Mukamwah) in nursing paraphernalia
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Churchill show comedian and online artist David Oyando (Mulamwah) has revealed reasons why he took a break from nursing, his professional career.

While speaking with Kenyans.co.ke on Thursday, May 7, the Moi University alumnus detailed that he was focusing on comedy for a while, before deciding on what he would specialise in nursing, in the coming years.

Mulamwah studied Bachelor of Nursing at the College of Health Sciences, based in Eldoret Town and graduated in 2018.

Comedian David Oyando popularly known as Mulamwah.
Comedian David Oyando popularly known as Mulamwah.
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"Nursing is a passion and a calling which I will live up to at a later time. When I became a comedian, I paused nursing for a while to focus on comedy and that's what I love doing at the moment.

"I have not yet specialised as that requires one to do study masters, which I haven't done at the moment," Mulamwah disclosed.

The endeared comedian, while speaking with Felix Odiwour (Jalang'o) on his YouTube channel, Bonga na Jalas on Wednesday, May 6, further added that he discovered his comical skills while in the university, as he made people laugh during Christian Union (CU) services.

"I repeated classes a few years but at last, I made it. While in school, I used to crack jokes before the preaching commences. I am an emcee and a stand-up comedian who had just lacked a platform to share my art. However, one day someone loved my art and asked me to join a few comedians in Eldoret Town and from there, I started doing auditions, even in Nairobi," he added.

His rise to fame was not so rosy as he had to sacrifice a lot of time and money before his breakthrough. 

"I auditioned for one full year at Churchill Show. By that time, I was still interning at Kenyatta National Hospital. I used to ask my friends to cover me as I ran to Carnivore Grounds to audition. Before that, when I was still in Eldoret, I used to travel to Nairobi every Tuesday to audition after I received my Helb stipend. That's a total of four years spent in auditioning.

"If I lacked fare, I resorted to even selling my phone at Ksh 3,000 to travel to Nairobi. Sometimes I could find auditions aren't being conducted, yet I have spent money on travelling. Later on, one day while I was in the backstage, I was lucky to perform and everyone was proud of my work," Mulamwah recalled. 

Video: YouTube/Jalang'o

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