Francis Munyao Alias MCA Tricky is a Kenyan comedian and an engineer by profession. He performs on Kenya’s most popular comedy show, Churchill show. He rose to fame when he first performed on Churchill’s show using the character of a street boy hustling in the streets of Nairobi city. His comedy was received well by his fans and this led to the fast development of his career.
This article looks into the life of MCA tricky, highlighting his career and educational background as well as personal life.
MCA Tricky age and Place of Birth.
MCA was born in Makueni County to his parents MR Peter and Ann Ndavi in 1993. He is the last born in a family of three, with two elder brothers. Talking about his tribe, he hails from the Akamba community and is proud of it. He is 29 years old as of 2022.
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MCA Tricky Education Background.
Tricky enrolled at Ikungu primary school in Makindu for his primary education and completed it in 2004. He reminisced that at that time his family was in financial crisis and he would always sympathize with his parents due to the situation.
Later after living in the streets for over 3 years, he luckily got an opportunity to join Light International Academy for his secondary school studies. The school is an international learning institution that offers scholarships to underprivileged bright students. He undertook and successfully completed his high school education, excelling with grades to join a university.
He later enrolled for a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Kenyatta University and graduated in 2019 December. He has since hinted that he will be pursuing his master’s degree at JKUAT University.
MCA Tricky Streetlife
Due to the unbearable situation at home, tricky dropped out of school at age 12 and accompanied a group of friends to Nairobi. He then started hustling in the city where he could hardly raise money for food, leave alone clothing and shelter. Tricky was basically homeless and would usually spend the nights at good samaritan’s houses. However, with time the good samaritans also got fed up, which sent him living in the streets at Saika Estate along Kangundo road.
While residing in the street, he got used to normal street life which involved smoking cigarettes and bhang as well as sniffing glue. He also participated in bad street activities such as pickpocketing and selling scrap metal to earn a living. He eventually got a Mkokoteni with which he would ferry vegetables and other commodities from the Gikomba market to different places around the CBD. He lived in the streets for over 3 years before he found greener pastures.
Tricky Career.
His career kickstarted when he abandoned the streets and joined a theatre performing group known as Barikiwa Set Book Group, which aided in nurturing his comedy career. He performed with the group for a few years and later decided to toss the coin on the other side of comedy, Stand up comedy.