Exclusive: Why I quit my banking and lecturing jobs for music – Dr Mbuvi
Gospel singer Victor Mbuvi’s passion for music started when he was young and though he did not quite get the hang of it, he felt music was inscribed in his heart.
In an exclusive interview with Nairobi News, he says that when he was in lower primary, he would replicate his classmates’ tunes but ended up embarrassing himself while they laughed at him.
However, his late mother loved music and always wanted him to join the industry.
“We used to go to Salvation Army and sing in the choir but I still did not see it happening for me so I accepted that I loved music but it was not for me,” Dr Mbuvi said.
In 1999, after Mbuvi’s mother passed away, he felt compelled to honor her memory by pursuing a career in music, as she had always believed in his talent and potential.
He approached his pastor, who told him that he had something they could work with.
“I said Amen. But in my heart I was like ‘Yeah right!’. I joined a music group and ever since it is been from one glory to another,” he noted.
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Further, Dr Mbuvi shares that he knows his mother is proud of him for joining the music industry but also she could be not pleased with him quitting his job for music.
Although Mbuvi had pursued and excelled in a career in banking during both his undergraduate and master’s studies, even going on to become a lecturer, he believes that music represents a greater calling for him, even though he had made a positive impact on his students and colleagues in his previous profession.
“Music changes and transforms lives. With banking and lecturing, it probably blessed me and the intellectuals but with music it touches every heart and soul,” he admits.
On the flip side, Mbuvi reveals that though his dad is proud of him, he initially did not welcome music as a career idea.
“I understood where he came from because, in his generation, anyone who did music was a failure, dropout, and drug abuser so he insisted I must finish school first. When I finished college and did my masters deegree, then ventured into music, I would get publicity and my dad saw what my dream was about and he was very proud. At times, he would buy the newspaper see me and show everyone in the village.”
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