MAKING OF A NATION VERSUS RICHEST PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE EAST DOCUMENTARY by kamau mbote

The writer of a nation making was able to reveal new and important information about female freedom fighters. The author seemed to focus on Wambui Otieno’s rebellious character most against social practices such as inheritance of women marriage and burial rites. In the documentary the rich people of the Middle East the producer Philip Armstrong succeeded in showing the luxurious glamorous lives these Middle East barons have. The producer seems to focus on the theme of unusual properties and other possessions that make these individuals unique.
Philip Armstrong has achieved better his intended message mostly because he has done a lot of research on whatever topic he is dealing with. In the case of Sheikh Hamad he explains of the rare limited edition of certain models such as Porche. The producer explains of a collection worth over 10 million dollars with the H1 Hummer limited edition Alpha with a total production of 300 cars ever built and only two outside the United States military. On the other hand Wambui Otieno’s story has a lot of new revelation such as the disclosure that two women were arrested with Kenyatta and the Kapenguria six. The report however fails to dig deep into the life of a freedom fighter who is one of the few still alive.
On the comparison the producers differed in way of presentation in that the Wambui case the presentation is through story form with very minimal interviews while Armstrong prefers interviews. The two producers also seem to have a difference in material available as in making of a nation lacked pictures of Waiyaki wa Hinga or Wambui’s pictures in jail at Lamu.
In the two documentaries the producers failed to establish the background of their stories for example there is a vacuum for over eight years in Wambui’s life. In Sheikh Al Jaber they failed to establish the origin of his large fortune of over 3 billion dollars or to why they mostly concentrated in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates while Egypt an African country is also a member of the Middle East countries. Were they focusing on Asia?
We must however recognize that both were human interest stories of which the public needed to know. The producers also focused their stories on the informational part largely blind to the public and turned the stories round to end up very interesting as well as largely satisfying.