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Dokta Dambel

David Mbela Mwakaba, stage name Dokta Dambel is the pioneer and originator of Taita dialect comedies, commonly known for his brand tagline "kifado chingi!" He has formulated several funny broken Taita words such as "mko cha kivipi", "umenilagharia", "umenikaba kimengo cha meso", "mbeu ya mdokodoko", "kilambo soft" among other funny words commonly used by the people of Taita origin and now other communities in Kenya adopting them slowly. A majority of The people of Taita origin have argued that he has made Taita become "swaggarific" and removed that sense of not being identified as a Taita by those who live in urban areas hence sense of pride and belonging. He is probably the most beloved among the talents from the County.

Early life

Dokta Dambel was born in Mandera town when his late Father, Pastor Kepha Mbela Mwakaba was ministering in the area. He has lived in several Counties around Coast region as a child including Wundanyi in Taita Taveta County, Mtito Andei in Makueni County, Lukore and Kikoneni in Kwale County, Changamwe in Mombasa County, Mpeketoni in Lamu County for ten years as an adolescent and Watamu in Kilifi County. He has also lived in the up-country counties like Kapsabet in Nandi County where he is a very common figure to date stretching to Eldoret in Uasin-Gishu County.

Family

Being the first-born in the family, Dokta Dambel has three brothers after him in the following order; John, Benson and Tenson. He has no sisters, but has several cousins, both male and female. He is married to Mercy.

Education

Dokta Dambel attended several primary schools due the nature of his Father's work which frequently forced his father to shift from place to place around the Coast region of Kenya after every two years. Dokta Dambel eventually finished his primary school level at Changamwe Adventist Primary School and went to Mutitu Adventist Secondary school in Kikima, Makueni County. He later cleared his O level at Changamwe Adventist Secondary School in Mombasa County in 2007. After high school, he joined the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton main campus in Kapsabet in Nandi County. He studies Bachelor of Science in Biological sciences. He engages in co-curriculum activities such as soccer and entertainment. He also worked as a radio presentor in the common morning show he co-founded with his campus friend, Lekishon Laban Baigwa, Baraton FM Leo(find it on Facebook page). He together his friend Lekishon have served in the Student government SABU(students association of baraton university) between 2014-2016 as minister for sports and entertainment and vice president respectively as well as acting vice president and president respectively.

Entertainment career

Dokta Dambel has a very rich and vast experience in the Entertainment industry. He may not be a regular artist on your screens but he has existed for over ten years in the industry. He began practicing his talents both in sports and entertainment from childhood. His late father being a pastor and his late mother being a shepherdess, was a major factor for his music talent. Singing in churches they went as a family choir had a great impact in building his confidence and self-esteem. After attempting to become a professional soccer player with several Coastal clubs including Tiger FC, Coast Warriors FC(a club he played for several years as a pioneer player alongside the current Lamu Senator Hon. Anwar Loitiptip) and Greenbase FC all in Mpeketoni in Lamu County,De Flames of Watamu in Kilifi County and University Team in Nandi County, he officially quit in 2011 to focus more in his careers in the Film industry, Gospel Music and Comedy industry. In music, he has managed so far to record four gospel worship songs such as "Nyota njema", "It is well", "Mungu nakuomba", and "Unataka kumjua Yesu?". The link to his music is mdundo.com/a/9263 and YouTube is Dokta Dambel. In the Film industry, he has fearured in a TV series known as "Nyanya Rukia" as Fundi wa Mjengo as his biggesr stride so far on TV series, and several movies with different groups such as "Susana", "No way out"as the director and villain cast with Enzi acting group from Malindi, "Family Distress" as the director and villain cast with his group Talents Youth Group, Watamu which he founded(it no longer exists), "Life in town", "Because of love" as the Main character(lead role) and director in the practices sessions with Dreams and Ambitions youth group, Watamu in Kilifi County. He then shifted to settle in his current place of residence Voi, in Taita Taveta County where he joined Wafuasi Theatre Group and immediately impacted the group to award nominations and winnings with "Mbalamwezi Part 2" as assistant director and supporting character, "Hidaya" as director and extra cast of which the movie won the best feature film in East Africa 2016 in Riverwood Academy Awards in Nairobi. Other movies which got nomination slots in different categories in RAA were "Wicked", and "Mwisho wa Siri" all directed and casted by him. Another double-award winning movie is "Kisu cha ngariba" which he directed and won Coast Film Festivals in Mombasa and Taita Taveta Red Carpet Awards 2016(TATARECA his idea as the brainchild which he shared with the first county government of Taita Taveta). In the comedy industry, it may not be something of common to many people since he never got a chance to be on screen, but he has been at Churchill Show for five years. At the same time he also featured severally in Kiptabut Comedy show in Eldoret which was aired on KASS TV in 2015 alongside the now flourishing comedian Duncan a.k.a Wambilianga who eventually made it to Churchill Show. After several attempts without consistently making it to the stage on Churchill Show, he tentatively gave up and quit the show in June 2017. During his stay there, he had opted to begin his brand Kifado Family Show, after his comedies in Taita dialect going viral each time he released them online. After quitting churchill show, he embarked on holding his Kifado Family Show in his hometown Voi. But due to limited resources, he hasn't been able to make the show a consistent one as he expected.

Media presence

He has been to several media interviews both local and national level such as Mwanedu FM, Anguo FM, Radio Tumaini all in Taita Taveta County, Sifa FM, Sheki FM, Bahari FM in Coast Region, Baraton FM in Nandi County, Radio Kisima in Nyamira County and Milele FM during Friday Milele Concert by Alex Mwakideu and Mzee Jalang'o. On TV interviews, he has been on Times TV based in Malindi, Pwani TV based in Mombasa County, KBC TV during GMK morning show and K24 during Friday milele FM with Alex Mwakideu and Mzee Jalang'o. He, however, is the most sought after artist in the Coast region as MC for several county government events, wedding ceremonies, kids fun days, birthday ceremonies among other social events. He is also a consultant in events as well as planning. He srill releases his online comedies to date as well as gospel music.