The Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Sports, Youth and Arts Hon Ababu Namwamba today February 27th 2023, flanked by the Principal Secretary of state department of Youths and Arts Hon Ismail Maalim and Dennis Itumbi who is the Digital strategist in President William Ruto’s government this morning met the Thunder bird Regional Centre of Excellence Representative and a section of Hollywood Film practitioners led by Dr. Sanjeev Khagram, where they engaged in fruitful discussions aimed at building collaborations and partnerships in the promotion of the film industry in Kenya.
Dennis Itumbi is also the Talanta Hela Initiative Council member. Among the issues discussed included capacity building, knowledge sharing and skilling of Kenyan film practitioners towards bridging the gap in film production between Kenyan and Hollywood Filmmakers.
CS AbabuNamwamba assured the team of the key role the creative economy plays in the government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), as well as the Ministry’s quest to commercialize the creative arts industry through #TalantaHela project.
Present during the meeting was the Kenya Film Classification Board Ag. Chief Executive Officer Chris Wambua, Timothy Owase among other officials from the ministry.
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