Mohammed Kartarchand, popularly known as Moha Graffix is a known graffiti artist who cut a niche in the matatu art industry and built it into a business.
Being a Muslim, his craft comes with a lot of sacrifices that has seen him lost deals worth millions.
In a recent interview on Horizon TV, Moha explained that he cannot do graffiti involving alcohol no matter how much he is offered.
He noted that he cannot take specific offers due to his religious beliefs and the respect he is accorded by the society.
“Someone came with Ksh 200,000 on the table and gave me a design. The design was all about half naked girls with wine and beers
“For me I couldn’t do it, I told him with my religion and the respect that I get from people in the society, there’s things that I cannot do,” Moha stated.
Moha insisted that he is not interested in money, noting that he is content with what he gets without the offers.
“For me, money is not important I’m not a rich person l, I’m a content person and I’m satisfied with what Allah has given me, provided I pay my bills and settle my debts,” he noted.
The graffiti artist also recalled turning down a Ksh 670,000 deal to work on a graffiti for an alcohol brand.
“Two weeks ago I got a call from an agent who wanted me to do some graffiti on the walls; I did calculations and everything came to Ksh 670,000
“They told me it’s a new brand of alcohol targeting the youth between 18-24; I stood up and told them I can’t do it if it’s alcohol,” Moha added.
Before starting his own garage, Moha was working from different garages as a freelancers, he moved to working from his house before setting up the garage.
“As a freelancer I used to go to different garages and it started becoming a bit tiresome because, thanks to my professionalism and personality, everyone wanted me to do their cars
“In a single day, I’d have like three cars that I needed to attend to but I cannot divide myself, that’s when I started working from home,” he stated.
Moha also boasted about his uniqueness in his craft which mostly revolved around creativity.
“I like creating, I like doing new things everyday, I don’t like sticking on one things. There are some things I have to do on every car but I like doing something new everyday,” he explained.
