Jun 16, 2023 2 Min Read
Kenyan actor, comedian, emcee, dancer, and commercial influencer Useful Idioty has several different talents. The star is one of Kenya's most charismatic young people who is steadily ascending the halls of fame. His title as a professional says it all about what he has to say.
Around 1997 saw the birth of Useful Idioty. He will therefore be roughly 25 years old in 2022. The comedian is a native of Kitale in Kenya's Trans Nzoia County. Stephen Otieno is the man's real name. Idioty enjoyed playing video games, acting, music, and footballN UP: Don't miss the latest Kenyan news. Twitter users, Stephen Otieno received his primary education at a Deliverance Church-run school in Kitale. Purpose Driven Primary School is the name of the institution. He enrolled in St. Joseph's Boys High School in Kitale after taking the Kenya Certificate for Primary Education (KCPE).
career start-up
Useful once had a dream of becoming a priest. The religious calling, however, was overshadowed by his passion of comedy and performance. The comic had a reputation for rib-cracking his classmates. His career, however, really took off after he enrolled in the institution. He began imitating DJ Shiti from the television show House Helps of Kawangware. Muthomi Solomon was a close buddy of Otieno's. The well-known Jasper Morome was being imitated by Solomon. Eddie Butita visited the JKUAT campus in 2018.
Otieno said that he chose to launch his solo career, adding that there was no bad blood between him and the group’s lead Kennar.
He noted that building an audience from the ground up was hard but he had managed to get nearly 20,000 subscribers on YouTube, 57,000 followers on Instagram and almost 40,000 on TikTok.
Stephen Otieno aka Useful Idioty explains why he left the Tales of Crazy Kennar
“I have not fallen out with anybody, I have started afresh,” he said, adding that he had taken a back seat to focus on his education and solo projects.
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