{"id":916771,"date":"2022-01-16T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/16\/the-untold-story-of-annrita-daughter-of-reformed-bank-robber-john-kiriamiti\/"},"modified":"2022-01-16T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T14:08:00","slug":"the-untold-story-of-annrita-daughter-of-reformed-bank-robber-john-kiriamiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/16\/the-untold-story-of-annrita-daughter-of-reformed-bank-robber-john-kiriamiti\/","title":{"rendered":"The untold story of Annrita, daughter of reformed bank robber John Kiriamiti"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Annrita Kiriamiti (left), daughter of reformed bank robber and renowned author, John Kiriamiti.<\/strong> [Courtesy] <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two questions I have had to answer all my life, two questions as inevitable as the break of dawn; I have had to get accustomed to my answers. \u201cYes, that Kiriamiti,\u201d is almost always followed by, \u201cNo, Milly is not my mother.\u201d <\/p>\n

I am Annrita Kiriamiti, daughter of reformed bank robber and renowned author, John Kiriamiti! I wasn\u2019t always aware I had a famous dad. I grew up in a house full of books and was familiar to the fact that my father was an author. <\/p>\n

Names such as Ngugi Wa Thiong\u2019o and Mwangi Gicheru were common in our household and I knew to speak of them with lots of respect and admiration. What wasn\u2019t quite clear to a younger me was the position my father played in all of this. I did not understand for instance, why white men regularly visited our home from all parts of the world to see this very simple man. <\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until I was ten that I began to understand I wasn\u2019t born into a regular family. I was in lower primary school at this time and I was starting to get a lot of attention from the older kids. They were pointing at me and the name \u2018Kiriamiti\u2019 kept coming up. Needless to say, curiosity got the better of me. I needed to understand the man the rest of the world saw, I needed to read what was actually in those books that had his name on them. <\/p>\n

My father at this time thought I was too young to read any of his books and so I resorted to the old Kiriamiti way and stole the book My Life in Crime. Over the next few days I came to understand the name Kiriamiti and its place in my country. Having a famous father can be rather inconvenient. For one, you can never be quite as big a deal as he is, no matter the situation. <\/p>\n

 Secondly, he steals all the attention right out of whichever room he walks into. I however cannot imagine being born anywhere else in the world. The biggest influence in my life has been my father and this becomes more apparent the older I got. While I have spent a large part of my adulthood trying to create an identity away from him, I often find myself circling back to the very thing that he is, a writer. <\/p>\n

Growing up, my parents made sure that I knew I could be whatever I wanted to be. When I mentioned that I wanted to be an actor, I was surprised by how seriously both took it. I have a very supportive family that I do not take for granted. Had they not believed in me, I might never have followed this through. <\/p>\n

While I have not been in the film industry for long, I have had the opportunity to work on quite a number of local productions. My very first project was a short film I did in remembrance of the Westgate terror attack victims. It is titled The Lucky One and it ran in one of the <\/p>\n

The highlight of my career so far has been getting to work with Raymond Ofula on a short film titled Toba that showcases the troubles that face modern-day relationships among young people. I am very passionate about the local film industry and believe it holds massive potential. I feel privileged that I am in a position to affect the industry and the type of productions we bring to the screens <\/p>\n

When I am not in front of the camera, I am writing down scripts and film ideas. I like to mention to dad that while I may not have any published book as of yet, I am still a working writer. I have a very active mind to the extent that my mother, Juliana Kiriamiti, can barely keep up with what I am working on. I don\u2019t believe in tying myself down to one thing. As a creative I feel you should go wherever your mind takes you. It is the only way to discover the greatness within. <\/p>\n

It may seem like I have my life all mapped out but I have come to appreciate the unpredictability that comes with life. <\/p>\n

As a young person in my 20s, I feel there is pressure to have your life all figured out and to always know the next step. I have found out the hard way that until you make peace with yourself and discover all that you are, you risk losing out on opportunities meant just for you. <\/p>\n

Lastly, did I forget to say that I attended Moi Girls\u2019, Eldoret before moving to State House Girls\u2019 where I wrote my Form Four exams? And well, I was a Communications student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). <\/p>\n

Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Annrita Kiriamiti (left), daughter of reformed bank robber and renowned author, John Kiriamiti. [Courtesy] Two questions I have had to answer all my life, two questions as inevitable as the break of dawn; I have had to get accustomed to my answers. \u201cYes, that Kiriamiti,\u201d is almost always followed by, \u201cNo, Milly is not my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}