After staring at a dark screen in her living room for more than a month, Nancy Mudecha, 35, a green grocer from Musasa village in Chavakali, decided to borrow Ksh500 to top-up and buy a set top box. “I had only five hundred shillings and so I borrowed another five hundred from a friend as it was getting boring in the house without a television. I was only listening to radio but missed TV news and programmes,” she says.
On 24th March 2015, the mother of five went into a friend’s shop and asked for the decoder on credit as she didn’t have the Ksh1, 399 needed for the purchase. “I talked to the shopkeeper and he allowed me to take the decoder and pay the balance later,” Mrs Mudecha explained. “I had overheard on radio a discussion that was promoting GOtv saying it was the best for local and international channels,” she said.
She registered and entered the ongoing promotion. It was the call from GOtv that surprised Mrs Mudecha who explains that her husband could not help her pay up the debt due to other family commitment. “I was called on Tuesday by GOtv staff and informed I was the lucky winner of Ksh1 million. I was shocked and couldn’t believe it,” she said excitedly. “They explained to me that it was true and helped me book a bus to Nairobi to receive the cheque.”
When asked what the money will be used for, Mrs Mudecha said, “God comes in various ways. I will first buy a bigger flat screen TV. Then I will buy a bigger shamba, build a house and educate my five children.”
Mrs Mudecha, who’s already fond of her GOtv programming, likes it all but identifies local news and comedy programmes as her favourite shows.
She becomes the fourth Kenyan to win a million shillings in the eight-week competition of GOtv’s ‘Dunga Milli’ competition which launched a month ago. The competition is rewarding Kenyans for going digital with GOtv, while enjoying the instant benefits of increased choice in local and international content.
In addition to the one million prize money, there are also daily draws where every GOtv buyer stands a chance to win prizes of Ksh15,000, airtime plus a chance to win annual GOtv subscriptions. “As we near the worldwide June digital migration deadline, GOtv has been consistently making set top boxes affordable in order to give more Kenyans access to experience the digital revolution. We are helping Kenya to GO digital with GOtv to enjoy the best quality programming,” said GOtv Kenya General Manager, Felix Kyengo.
“As a true migration partner and a leader in the digital arena it is important that we play a pivotal role towards accelerating Kenya’s digital migration process. For a special price offer of only Sh1,399, including two months GOtv Plus subscription, Kenyan’s can enjoy the best international and local programming”, added Mr Kyengo.
GOtv subscribers are spoiled for choice with a selection of channels including news, children’s programming, documentaries, series and movies. GOtv channels are carefully selected to cater for a variety of different tastes and family viewing needs.
Channels include; Africa Magic World, Africa Magic Swahili, SuperSport Select 1 and 2, One Gospel, E! Entertainment, eTV Africa, ZEE World, Disney Junior in addition to local channels such as KBC, NTV, KTN, Citizen TV to mention but a few.
GOtv now covers over 30 cities in its pursuit to enable the government to achieve a speedy migration from analogue to digital broadcasting.
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