Machachari actress Wanjiku Mburu, aka Mama Baha is working on a film titled Mipaka to share the story of her brother George who was abducted in Somalia in 2013.
George had gone to the country to work as an engineer.
Speaking to Mpasho.co.ke, the mum to be said the movie involves Kenya and Somalia.
“For the past four years, I have been working on a movie that will go into a series and it’s the story of my brother,” she said.
“It is called Mipaka the feature film and Mipaka the series.”
Other than producing, Wanjiku is playing the role of her brother George.
“We are still in pre-production trying to sum up the script getting actors onboard and other actors, locations and all.”
Wanjiku said she hopes to encourage other families going through the same.
“Since 2013, we don’t know where he is. We just know he was taken in Mogadishu,” emotionally said.
“After the first years trying to follow up with the government, just going through the phases, I thought, why not write his story even if I don’t know from that side what is going on, there is what we as his immediate family have been going through and other families as well.”
She said other people have shared their stories plus survivors.
“Having to know if he is alive then what is needed from us so he can be able to come back to us. I have been able to speak to those who stayed there and were rescued after two to three years and they say, there are a lot of Kenyans there.”
She said the first year was horrible without even knowing where to go and find help.
“This is the only way I know how to communicate to even other families to form hope or draw something from the film.”
Asked if the government has done enough, Wanjiku said the only way to say it’s working is by them finding her brother.
“Even if he was jailed, he would be out by now, it’s been nine years already,” she said.
“I only hope they are silent workers. I have hope that he is alive since we have not seen his body. I hope he could have hope and know that we are always thinking about him.”
To keep his memory alive, Wanjiku got tattoos of him.
She has three crosses, the short form of George’s name (Jijo), a heartbeat and the words faith, hope and love inked on her wrist, at the back of her neck and left shoulder.
“I grew up with boys two of my brothers passed on when I was in class six and form four and I was left with my brother George, we were close and every other day, I would be with him doing something together.”
BY MPASHO NEWS
