Strut it Afrika Modeling Agency accused of conning models by a blog hottcrunch.blog spot/2014/01/exposed-how-strut-it- africa-cons.html?m=1 Here is what the M.D Moses Mukiibi posted about the accusations; A STATEMENT FROM THE STRUT IT AFRIKA MANAGING DIRECTOR Dear All, It has come to our attention that a blog that goes by the name hottcrunch.blogspot, has posted a negative article about Strut It Afrika and some of its members. We would like to urge all readers to please scrutinize this blog properly. What is their source? What is their angle? Is this information reliable? What about other topics posted by the blog? It seems the only thing they could get right was the logo and images from our facebook page. Even their grammar is questionable. Even after posting our logo, they still get our company name wrong, “Strut It Africa” is not “Strut It Afrika”. Quoting from their blog, “Whenever Auditions are conducted, all the selected Models have to pay $. 100 (Ksh. 8,000) for a professional photo-shoot which apparently is not professional as it’s conducted by themselves under the guide of Rnaze, Joe and Malaika. So basically No pro Photographer is called in to do the Photos. They then edit these photos on Photoshop and post them online to attract more admirers” Firstly, Jo Kisila is a model at Strut it Afrika. He is not part of management and has never directed a shoot by Strut It Afirka as insinuated by this blog. Secondly, they go ahead to post images which were shot by Thomson Ncube, a photographer based in Kenya who has been working closely with Strut It Afirka since 2012. They however argue that the images were shot by Jo or Rnaze or Malaika. Quoting from their blog, “For Starters, in the modelling world photos are the major selling point and Serious Talent Agencies do not charge for this” This was part of the response from Lyndsey of Surazuri Modeling Agency on their blog site: “I dont want to comment on the integrity of a rival agency, but I do wish to point out that agencies worldwide do not generally do portfolio photo shoots for free. Sometimes the bigger international agency outlay for this, but they deduct the cost from the model’s future earnings- Lyndsey of Surazuri”. Clearly the person/people writing this blog have no information whatsoever regarding how agencies are run but are out to mislead others. Quoting from the blog, “One of the Models James Kariago said, I have been with Strut It since its inception but I have never done any job!!! expressing his dismay.” Please pause and run through all the models that Strut It Afrika has ever signed on since its inception. Do you see any model named James Kariago? No? That is because this model does not exist! Unless Strut It Afrika has ghost models that it does not know of, this is absolutely rubbish. Quoting from the blog, “Last year, Rnaze declared his love for a Toyota Marl X a car Model whose Market Value is $. 3,000 (Ksh. 2.5M)!! Where can a refugee get this kind of Money when he doesnt have a job and depends on his parents top take care of him?” In that statement, they proceed to call the Managing Director of Strut It Afrika a refugee in Kenya. We would like to kindly inform them that Moses Mukiibi, aka Rnaze is a legal East African Citizen who has a work permit and is a former student at the United States International University - Africa. Moses also comes from a very respectable family in Uganda. His father is a former Minister and current Ambassador. Moses’ interest in the Mark X or as they call it, the “Marl X” is his own. We believe a man can have desires, can he not? Quoting from the blog, “We made a follow up on Rnaze who we realized is a Model with Versatile Models Kenya which is one of the Leading Agencies in the Country. The Managing Director Ray says. I know Rnaze very well, were the people who introduced him to Modelling world. He Has done with us All his adverts Yes, Moses Rnaze Mukiibi is a former model of Versatile. They scouted him off the runway of the MR & MISS USIU Pageant, 2009. However, Moses terminated his contract with Versatile in 2012. He cited not being able to model anymore since he managed his own agency. Quoting from the blog, “Well, Yeah I have heard about them Rnaze being the President but am not sure if they are fully Fledged because Rnaze still calls us for Jobs and also comes for our Photo shoots which are free Am told he even uses the photo adverts he did with us to present to his clients as STRUT IT Jobs We at Strut It Afrika met with Raymond of Versatile on January 29th, at 4pm. He was surprised to hear this and did not even know about the blog. You can confirm this by visiting his office which is located at Phoenix House, Kenyatta Avenue, 1st floor. The last time Moses went for a versatile shoot was 2010. Who is this person from USIU Moses Mukiibi supposedly owes 70,000 KES? Let them kindly state his name. (Another ghost) Quoting from the blog, “Some of the Leaders of Strut include 1. Joe (Malaikas Boyfriend) also Maina Kagenis house mate 2. Rishard Rashid. 3. Nick Mwaniki All these cronies eat together.” Please note all the people mentioned above are either former models or current models at Strut It Afrika. They are not involved in the management of the company. The company is solely run by Moses Rnaze Mukiibi and Malaika Nnyanzi. Jo Kisila is also not dating Malaika as foolishly stated here. Jo Kisila is currently dating Knicco Hodge and his former girlfriend is Lois Hannigan. Kindly visit his Facebook profile to confirm. He lives in Loresho with his family. We would like to conclude by saying we hope you can now tell truth from false. This blog was written by a person/people who clearly have ill intentions towards Strut It Afrika and have all their facts wrong. Yes, Strut It Afrika charges all the models that make it to the last round 8,000KES. This money caters to the test shoots & training which take place over a period of 4 weeks before final selection of the best. All these models are well informed that they will not all be selected. However, those who do not make it go home with a wealth of experience, advice and great images to pursue their careers, even without being part of Strut It Afrika. This process was created to help models with potential to gain confidence and get great portfolios at a bargain. Only the best Make Up Artists, Hair Stylists and Photographers are hired during Strut It Afrika shoots. This would otherwise cost models a whopping 30,000KES each. We wish you all a pleasant new year and many blessings! Do not focus on people who do not wish you well. Just keep moving forward. Yours Sincerely, Moses Mukiibi Managing Director Strut It Afrika Keep it kenyana for more updates.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:13:25 +0000
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