Dennitah Ghati Biography

Dennitah Ghati is a Kenyan Politician who belongs to Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and she is the Women Representative for Migori County.

Dennitah Ghati

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Mary Keraa-Otara Biography

Mary Keraa-Otara was born in 1964 is married with children. She is a Kenyan Politician who belongs to Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and she is the Women Representative for Kisii County.

Hon. Otara is pursuing her degree in social work and community development with Daystar University. She has a diploma in social work and community development from Neema Lutheran College and a certificate on women leadership from St. Pauls United College-Limuru.
Hon. Otara has been a community worker since 1996 serving in various community committees within the Lutheran Church as a social worker, treasurer with Child Care Project; she worked with the Habitat for Humanity-Kisii regional office and Chaired Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO) Kisii South Branch. She has also served in the Kisii South District Education and Land Control Boards.
She was elected first Women Representative for Kisii County on 4th March 2013. In the parliament she serves in the Public Investments Committee, Committee on Implementation and a member of Kenya Women Parliamentarian Association (KEWOPA) where she is a member of the social and culture committee.
As an MP for Kisii County Hon. Otara focuses on championing women and youth empowerment within the county and advancing causes of benefit to women and youth generally.

1. Advancing women economic empowerment through women fund
2. Working with leaders to address drug abuse
3. Working with Latin American leaders to combat drug trafficking and international crime
4. Building relationships with key leaders for promotion of women inclusion and rights promotion

   Mary Keraa-Otara

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Alice Chae Biography

Alice Chae is a Kenyan Politician who belongs to Orange Democratic Movement and she is the Women Representative for Nyamira County.

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James Maina Ng’ang’a Biography

James Maina Ng’ang’a  who heads Neno Evangelism Centre is not your regular kind of pastor. He is a rock star kind of evangelist with a wide following and reputed for performing ‘miracles.’

James Maina Ng’ang’a  story is one of rags to riches. His lavish lifestyle as reported by Sunday Nation of January 21, 2007, belies a poverty-stricken childhood and several jail terms for theft and other misdemeanors. It is not clear, however, when he was in jail. He formed Neno Evangelism in 1992. In 2007, his manager, William Mburu, estimated that the church was worth Sh100 million. The church is sandwiched between two petrol stations along Haile Selassie Avenue. In 2012, a local radio station reported that a drunk Ng’ang’a got into a fight with his wife and security guard. His wife alleges in the court papers that he lives in Karen and owns a fleet of cars.

James Maina Ng’ang’a Family, Wife and Children

Ng’ang’a married Murugi after his first wife, with whom he had four children, passed on. The two tied the knot in a colourful ceremony at the Windsor Golf Club in 2012.The ceremony featured a full police escort, complete with outriders as part of his convoy. He had booked several kikuyu artists and Vitimbi crew. The wedding was attended by among others, the then Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka.

But things were not well in his marital paradise. His estranged wife has decided to wash the family’s dirty linen in court, dismissing the man of cloth as an abusive and adulterous drunk.In a child support case filed on September 2 last year at the Milimani Children’s Court in Nairobi, Loise Murugi Maina accuses the flamboyant pastor of assaulting her physically and not providing for their child.

Murugi, who was seeking Sh535,000 monthly in child upkeep for their one-year-old daughter, claims she has no job to support herself and their daughter. She describes James Maina Ng’ang’a  as a man of means renowned for his lavish lifestyle and who would not have any problem coming up with the amount she is seeking.Nga’ng’a on the other hand accuses Murugi of deserting their matrimonial home without notice and denying him access to his daughter whom he fears will not be brought up “with proper moral values.”

The two were married on June 30, 2012. Murugi describes how life changed from paradise to hell:“In church, She took the position of an apostle’s wife, helping him with the service and managing church affairs. It is at this time that she started to experience a change in his attitude towards her.She claims that she was surprised when she found out who the real James Maina Ng’ang’a was.

James Maina Ng’ang’a was a drunkard and very abusive towards her, to the extent of insulting my parents. She also later learnt that he was adulterous, sleeping with staff and even bringing married women to our matrimonial bed,” Murugi claims in the court documents.

She took issue with the pastor’s alleged behaviour of texting and calling other women while in the house, which she claims caused her emotional pain. In addition, she alleges that whenever she confronted Ng’ang’a with her concerns, he would become very hostile and occasionally threaten her. She claims that the pastor would later try to calm her by apologising and blaming his behaviour and attitude on alcohol and the devil.

According to Murugi, the marriage nosedived when they were traveling to China for her sister’s graduation .James Maina Ng’ang’a allegedly started insulting her on the plane, and later on abandoned her and her mother at the airport.She alleges that Ng’ang’a later sent her a message bragging he had done shopping worth Sh3 million and that he did not care about the graduation. Five days after the graduation, Ng’ang’a reportedly called her to apologise for the ill treatment towards.
Murugi claims that one day, she found him drinking and they disagreed, resulting in a brawl.

She said that after the incident, she received a text message threatening her not to go back home.He  changed the door locks to deny me access into the house. She was forced to go back with their child to her mother’s house. Murugi adds that when they later met over the incident, Ng’ang’a reportedly got drunk and beat her. She claims that she left the house on August 3 and drove off with her then six months old daughter’s clothes in the family car. She then  surrendered the car to police officers who had been sent by Ng’ang’a to collect it.

But Murugi in her papers is of the view that James Maina Ng’ang’a is not competent to be granted custody.He is an abusive man, a drunkard and a man who lacks good moral grounding as he has no respect for any one, not even my own mother. He mistreats his children and even brings women to his house. This has resulted in his children being stressed and adopting a ‘don’t-care’ attitude that she would not wish for my child.

James Maina Ng’ang’a Scandal

James Maina Ng’ang’a was on, July 26, involved in an accident on Nairobi-Nakuru highway that killed one and left another person in critical condition.

The pastor of the Neno Evangelism Centre in Nairobi’s Haile Selassie Avenue was said to have been driving his Range Rover on the wrong side of the road when the vehicle collided with another that had two passengers, a couple.

The pastor was recently in court after his wife filed a case claiming that she had “been physically abused, the man took alcohol and that he did not take care of his child.”

James Maina Ng’ang’a

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Kajairo (real name Peter Kaimenyi) is known for his shenanigan in form of music and will be greatly by missed by his fans. Announcing the news, Kajairo revealed that he had fun as a radio host and is now moving ‘to pursue a different challenge in his career and life.”

Career

Kajairo started off on the iconic TV show, Redyukulass, doing humorous remixes to famous songs. He later went to start his TV show, which received mixed reviews.

Peter Kaimenyi, who plays Kajairo, came across as a soft-spoken and thoughtful young man who was dressed casually in gray slacks and matching top when we met.He bears no resemblance at all to his enigmatic alter ego.In fact, although Peter is a graduate of Kenyatta University who only did a short stint in the classroom a few years ago, insists, “This is Peter Kaimenyi with the degree not Kajairo, who has very little basic education and is just an easy going jamaa of mtaani”.

Peter says, “I like to keep my own life completely separate from Kajairo’s.

Kaimenyi is also set to take his act a notch higher and says, “Kajairo is not just a performing artist, but also a recording artist.He is currently working on his next project, which is an album in which he will sing some original songs but true to his character, will throw in a corrupted few.”
He’s definitely come a long way in perfecting his art, having started early at Bidii Primary School in Nairobi and later Machakos High School, where he became chairman of the drama club.
At university he joined a group known as the Mystical Ghetto Corez.He later joined Redykyulass in some of their acts.

He first shot to fame when he took part in the comedy programme In Truu Kalass.He has always wanted to be a serious musician but did not quite know how to get into this competitive market because to enter, you have to have your own unique style.

Kajairo

He says that he always wanted to form an act combining his musical talent with comedy.Therefore, after doing a short teaching stint he worked briefly with Phoenix Theatre before joining a local television station as a scriptwriter.This is were he started to experiment with what would become his niche in the market -taking songs and turning the lyrics upside down to come up with a corrupted version.

Kajairo Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

•  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kajairo/110116806560

• https://twitter.com/mrkajairo
• websta.me › Posts of @kajairo

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Pastor Muriithi Biography

Pastor Muriithi grew up the second born in a Christian family but only gave his life to Christ after his form four exams. He knew God existed and he planned to give Him my life when he was much older, after he had sampled all that life had to offer! So what made him make the critical decision? Muriithi wasn’t supposed to end up as a pastor, given his past (studied Biochemistry in university) but here he is about to celebrate the church’s 10th year since its doors opened under his able hands.
So from playing rugby in “Patch” (Nairobi School), to Mean Machine (UoN rugby team) to the pulpit.In Form 3, he was already playing for my “Patch” rugby team, a major feat but he was also doing very well in class, then university with the rugby lifestyle – he was basically living a celebrity life.

There was this time his dad was driving him back to school and he asked him what subjects he should do and he said sciences because some of his richest pals were pharmacists so I studied pharmacy hoping to be a millionaire by the time I was clocking 30.But while in university, he met a pastor from Nairobi Chapel who roped him into the church. His girlfriend was going in for some one-year internship at the same church and somehow, he found himself going as well and the rest is history.

Pastor Muriithi “founded” Mavuno Church and over time, it has gained notoriety as the unconventional new-age church that doesn’t exactly subscribe to the model.

Pastor Muriithi  Wife

While a biochemistry student at the University of Nairobi, Muriithi met his wife Carol. ‘We had been in the same class for over a year and became best friends as we walked to class and studied together. One day, she went on a class trip for a week and I missed her so much that it finally dawned on me that this was the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with!’ They were both interns at the Nairobi Chapel for a year after their studies and were engaged soon after that.

Both Muriithi and Carol studied theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in the US after which Pst. Carol went on to do a second masters degree in Psychology at Azusa Pacific University. ‘Being in school together was a wonderful God-given gift; it was during that time that we developed many of our convictions about the church, ministry, marriage and the family.’ They have three children; Muini, Wairimu and Wanjau. They are passionate about helping couples strengthen their marriages and are regularly invited by different churches to speak at marriage enrichment retreats. ‘As a young couple, God graciously equipped us with knowledge and wisdom that saved our marriage. We made a commitment back then to bless other couples in the same way that we had been blessed’.

Pastor Muriithi Book

Muriithi is the author of a popular book on discipleship titled ‘Mizizi’, which is used as a small group guide & new believer follow-up study by different churches around the city. He is committed to raising leaders that will impact the church in this generation and the next. He believes that the best way to achieve your purpose is to find out what God is doing in your generation and to throw yourself into it. The church in Africa is the fastest growing in the world today. By God’s grace, he wanted to be counted as on of those who shaped its development and enabled it to achieve its God given destiny.’

Pastor Muriithi Twitter

https://twitter.com/muriithiw

Pastor Muriithi

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Habida Moloney born in kenya over three decades ago,is one of the finest artists in East Africa region. Habida was born to educator and administrator father and a loving mother.

Education

She attended Loreto Msongari School where she did her A- levels education. as a young child her parents always inculcated the value of good work ethics and the importance of getting good education. at the age of sixteen years, Habida moved to UK and later moved to USA with the hope and dream of pursuing higher learning in music and its production.

Career

Having realized her passion for singing at just the age of ten, Habida was always encouraged to follow her dreams. The desire to have an acting career saw Habida move at the tender age of sixteen to the UK or two years to get financial balance before heading to the theatre. As fate would have it, her career started out smoothly and soon enough she was working on the scenes of several shows and had the rare opportunity of acting in a soap opera that she wrote. To ensure that she did not bring sub- standard work on the table, Habida furthered her education by majoring in a course in performing arts at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta. As a diversification of her career, she also ventured into modeling were she specifically showcased designs for KikiRomeo. As an international artiste today, Habida has always had demanded a lot from herself that has saw her a successful survival and growth in her career even after moving from the UK to the USA Na finally back to Kenya

Life in Kenya

After her wedding, Habida and her husband Daniel Ebo decided to settle to Kenya. To make herself known to the Kenyan public, Habida released the well known hit song ‘sunshine’ that saw her win various awards at the kisima awards. Having had a difficult pregnancy, Habida decided o change tact in her singing style to signify the birth of her child. Now having collaborated with many artistes in Kenya, she has made for herself a name in the world of Kenyan RnB music. Though not pursuing an acting career, Habida is saddened by the fact that Kenyan acting career hasn’t picked up and that it discourages many from making it a life career. Now having distanced herself from the sweet faced singer, Habida has over tie assured music lovers that because of her passion and talent for acting she is here to stay and entertain with great music videos

Family and Husband

In 2009 Habida married the love of her life and friend, hotelier

Daniel Ebo, a Nigerian who was brought up In Togo and UK, together they are blessed with a daughter.

Songs

• Kipusa
• I Love You
• Superwoman
• Girls Night Out
• My Reason
• Lights Up

Facebook and Twitter

• https://www.facebook.com/habidamoloney1/photos/a.1704776526417059.1073741825.1704776489750396/1704801889747856/
• https://twitter.com/habida/status/636280376504250368

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Pastor Nick Korir Biography

Pastor Nick Korir was born on 30 September 1975.Pastor Nick is currently the Executive Pastor of Nairobi Chapel. He is also the Chairman of Motorcycle Kenya and the Convener of both NAYNET (Nairobi Area Youth Pastors Network) and the East Africa Youth Pastors Network. He has served as a Youth Pastor for the past 16 years. He holds a Bsc. Appropriate Technology Degree from Kenyatta University, and an MA. Leadership Studies Degree from International Leadership University (ILU).

His passion is the Ministry to Young People in the areas of Discipleship, Mentorship and Leadership Development and desires to raise a generation of Righteous and Responsible Youth through healthy Relationships. He also has a passion for Adventure Motorcycling and Ministry to Bikers. He is married to Julia Wangui.

Personal Interests

• Riding Motorcycles
• Watching Soccer
• Travelling
• Climbing Mountains
• Mentoring Youth Leaders

Pastor Nick Korir Email, Twitter and Facebook

korirnick@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/nickkiplangat

https://twitter.com/nickkorir

Pastor Nick Korir

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Stella Mwangi alias STL a Kenyan-Norwegian hip-hop artist, singer, songwriter and rapper is one of the most popular singers in Norway and arguably the best female rapper there is in Kenya. Having made a name for herself and setting the standards for female rappers both at home and away having hits in Kenya, Senegal, and Gambia to as far as Germany and Norway.

Background

Stella Nyambura was born on 1st September 1986 in Murang’a , Central Province of Kenya to Mr & Mrs Mwangi. In 1991 at age of four years her family relocated to a small village in Norway where she spent her early childhood years despite the discrimination they initially encountered there.

On immigrating to Norway, Stella learned to speak Norwegian and attended a Norwegian School . Despite locating to a far away from their mother land, her dad ensured that Stella and siblings learned to speak Kikuyu and Swahili Language by using cultural music and poetry to teach them and this inspired and impacted positively on Stella’s music and her connection to the Kenyan culture.

STL with her younger sister Queen Mwangi who is based in Norway and she has indicated that Queen is also a rapper on her Instagram

Achievements

Stella has won several awards including the KISIMA Awards in Kenya for the Best New and Promising artist , Clops Awards, Jeermaan Awards and Melodi Grand Prix 2011 in Norway. Stella’s songs such as “Crazy”, “Feeling Love” and ” The Swing”, which she did with The DNC, was picked by the Position Music and Choice Tracks based in Los Angeles as soundtracks on world Famous TV series such as CSI: NY and Scrubs and as well as film movies such as Save the Last Dance 2, American Pie 5 Presents: The Naked Mile, Redline and the series; CSI New York, CSI Las Vegas, Ghost whisperer, Big shot, Scrubs and Army Wives. In 2005 Stella performed for Nelson Mandela while he was in Norway for an AIDS eradication campaign.

Music

STL writes a lot of her music about the situation in her home country Kenya, also about discrimination both Stella and her family had to go through after moving to Norway in 1991 where interest in music was a result of racial abuse and discrimination, it was her way to put words to the struggles she faced on daily basis. She started to practice playing music when she was just eight years old and worth noting she also plays the piano.

Stella Mwangi Songs

• Stella Mwangi

  Haba Haba

• Lookie Lookie
• Bad As I Wanna Be
• Biashara [Biashara Remix]
• Hula Hoop
• Koolio
• Living For Music
• Stella, Stella, Stella
• Dance In The Rain
• Hakuna Matata
• Chukua Hatua
• Take It Back
• Go Getta

Facebook and Twitter

• https://www.facebook.com/StellaMwangiOfficial
• https://twitter.com/stellamwangi

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Angelina Wanjeri is among the top presenters from Kiss Tv. Many admire and love her high spirits since when she started hosting her shows. She was nominated as the Best Blogger/Best blog of the year at the Kenya Glamour Awards confirming that her taste in fashion is definitely unique.

Career

When Kiss TV was relaunched, it came up with fresh content, spanking new outlook and of course a bunch of youthful presenters. Among those chosen include Angeline Wanjeri who is without a doubt, the most famous in the lot

In her tenure on Kiss TV, she has been named the perkiest presenter on Kenyan TV with people adoring her for her animated nature. Not everyone is going to agree, of course, with some naming her as generally irritating. But hey, such is life and no matter how good you are some people will just not like you.

Angeline Wanjeri Says she doesn’t wear P@nti3s! *MUST READ*

Kiss TV’s presenter, Angeline Wanjeri, has finally revealed that she hates p@nt!3s with a passion and always feels uncomfortable in them.

Angelina Wanjeri

Angeline claims that it’s even unhealthy for women to wear them because some are allergic to them.

“I rarely wear p@nt!es and if I happen to wear one, know that I am in a see me through dress or attending a special occasion where anything can happen.” She added.

Suprisingly, she said all this live on air as she was hosting her popular show and this proves that Kiss TV is not your mama station.
But ladies can perhaps tell us why many of them prefer going bilaz

Facebook and Twitter

• https://www.facebook.com/Angeline.Wanjeri/
• https://twitter.com/AngelMaLaiKa

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Emma Jalamo born Emmanuel odhiambo was raised in ugenya, siaya county,western Kenya showed his tallent earlier while singing in church choir,he composed his first gospel praise song ” GIMORA AMORO” which was instant hit both in church functions and mainstream media.

Music Career

Emma started his music as a choir member in Legio Maria, a religious organisation whose cradle is God Kwer, Migori County and whose members ascribe Messianic status to its late founder, Melkio “Papa” Ondeto Obingo.

The group, whose rich liturgy fuses modern-day Catholicism with elements of Luo traditional religion, is heavy on spiritualism. Legio Maria influence is evident in Emma’s music, which incorporates a lot of chanting and indentations of voice, otherwise known as dengo in Dholuo, which is normally deployed in dirges.

Emma being a versatile artiste changed to secular world to play “ohangla” fusion of traditional and mordern instruments like keyboard under mentorship of lady moreen “queen of ohangla”Emma showed great potential that made lady moreen to putt him as one of main vocalist in the band.Little while he moved out to form ohangla young turks which he composed all time favourite Maccellina and first lady in praise of his wife.being a prolific song writer he recorded hit “simba jauriri,gololi and mapenzi.He performs in Nairobi.

Songs

• Emma Jalamo

  Mapenzi

• Opija Ka Elly
• Adede Eng.
• Gololi Pt 2
• Jakakimba Sailas
• Odege

Facebook and Twitter

• https://www.facebook.com/emma.jalamo
• https://twitter.com/jalameister

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Okatch (Okatch Biggy), was born in 1954 in Ujimbe, Siaya County Nyanza Kenya. At age 21, Okatch tried to get into boxing as a career at the Railways Club in Kisumu. He was named “Biggy” as he was larger in appearance.

Music Career

In 1977, Biggy decided to start a career in music. He joined the jazz band Kiwiro as a drummer. He later left Kiwiro to team up with D.O. Misiani of jazz band Shirati as a drummer.

A new band, Super Heka Heka, was formed following the departure of Biggy from Kiwiro. This new band was resident at Gusii Night Club in Kisii. Upon moving to Kisumu, Biggy’s music gathered something of a cult following among fans of the modification of Benga. His personal approach and singing style drew fans. Kisumu Junction Inn was the center for this music. The band’s popularity later spread across Kenya.

At the time of his death on 16 November 1997, Biggy and his Super Heka Heka Band had recorded five albums.

Okatch Biggy Songs

• Okatch Biggy

  Nyathi Nyakach

• Okatch Pod Angima
• Okello Ja Bondo
• Dorina Part 1
• Isaiah Ogwe Pt.1
• Agono George
• Isaiah Ogwe Pt.2
• Hellena Wang’e Dongo, Pt. 1 & Pt 2
• Caleb Doctor, Pt. 1 & Pt 2
• Oduor Leo, Pt. 1 & Pt 2
• Rosemary Nyar Yala, Pt. 1 & Pt 2
• Dorina Part 2
• Lizzy Part 2

Facebook and Twitter

• https://www.facebook.com/okatchbiggy/
  https://twitter.com/TomBwana/status/671213028961054720

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Femi One Shikow (real name Wanjiku Kimani born on April 25, 1994) is a Kenyan lyrical Femcee/Hip Hop Artist/Rapper whose music contains witty metaphors, wordplay, humor and punchlines as avenues to narrate stories.

Music Career

Her music is both entertaining and engaging. Shikow uniquely manages to put a light touch on all issues that she addresses. FemiOne uses swahili and sheng as the main languages in her music in ways that elevate her to the competitive level among male emcees/rappers. Shikow’s Trademark line, common in most of her records, clearly describes her wordplay style as she states that “Me ndio femione among ma-feminine…” (I’m the Femione among the Feminine [Femcees]). Shikow Femione delivers powerfully in her records and matches the same when performing live on stage.

Femi One

Songs

• Brikicho
• Wanjiku Kimani
• Freestlyle
• Maumbile feat. Miss Kerry
• Feels Like Love feat. Miss Kerry

Facebook and Twitter

• https://www.facebook.com/shikowe/
• https://twitter.com/femi_one

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Collela Mazee (real name Richard Owino) born in 1954 in Gem, Siaya District (Kenya) and dead 7 March 2000 in Nairobi (Kenya), Collela Mazee was a Kenyan musician, who was a leading member of the Victoria Jazz Band alongside Dr. Nelson Ochieng Mengo. They were among the originators of the benga music, a music genre with origins in Kenya’s Luoland.

Music Career

He was educated at Ngere High school, but quit midway to begin his career in music. In 1972 he joined Victoria jazz under the leadership of Achieng’ Nelly, another veteran of Luo Benga music. Nelly introduced Collela to the rigours of benga music but the pair soon split up in 1973. Collela Mazee took over the leadership of Victoria jazz hence forth. The band released such famous hits as jack-jack (1974), Nyaduse (1976) and others. Victoria jazz split again in 1979 into the various Victoria groups which ruled benga music in the 80s and 90s. Collela remained the leader of Victoria A.

Collela Mazee

Collela Mazee together with D.O Misiani defined benga as a musical genre. His style was melodious and fused the various melodies from the Luo traditional musical instruments such as orutu and nyatiti into a modernised version. He sang mainly about love but also ventured into politics occasionally. He became a house hold name in Kenya and beyond.

Death

Collela Mazee died in the evening of Tuesday 7 March 2000 at Masaba Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya after being admitted to the hospital on the 4th Saturday suffering from cardio-pulmonary arrest.

Family, Wife and Children

The musician left three widows, Hellen, Janet Aloo and Betty, and 15 children and 6 grand children.

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Musa Juma was born on December 6, 1970 in Kenya, Nyanza Province, Siaya District, Uranga Division, Nyadorera Location on 6th Dec 1975. He was a rumba and Benga musician from Kenya. He was the bandleader, guitarist and composer for Orchestra Limpopo International. Most of his music were sung in Dholuo language.

Background

Juma grew up in Homa Bay District where he also attended school, both primary and secondary level.

He was born to a poor family, he says. The son of a policeman, Musa’s childhood was one characterized by struggle and ridicule by the society. “My father had three wives and I was born of the second wife. We were 18 children “. Their Father had to cater for them with his meager income.

“A policeman’s salary during the 1970s and 1980s was around sh,2800”, he says. As expected, everything was a challenge, including the children’s education…. Especially after my father retired in 1984. “We mostly depended on farming and whenever the rains falls spelled doom for us”. The compound had houses whose condition reflected the family’s poverty. When it rained, we would gather at one corner of the house and stand still, as most of the roof leaked.

“There was time I was so overwhelmed that I went down on my knees and literally asked God why us. “I have walked in tatters and literally tasted poverty in every sense of the word,” says Musa with a sigh.Juma’s love for music began while still at Homa Bay School, where he was a student. “My first instruments were tins,” he recalls. Shortly after completing my education, i decided to become a musician. “The society laughed because musicians were not highly regarded”, he says. Determined, i made my first guitar from a fine wood. To make matters worse, after the death of my father and elder brother, the mantle of the family rested upon my shoulders hence many saw my venture into music as a curse of sorts.

They saw our family as cursed, with no way out of poverty”, he recalls. In 1990, Musa, together with his Younger brother Tony Omondi (also a musician, composer and vocalist), launched Limpopo International. They recorded their first album in 1992, but could not get airplay on the local radio stations for more than 15 years.
today a strict disciplinarian, Musa has regained some glory for his family. The homestead that was once shunned has become the pride of many.

Music Career

Musa Juma started out on the road of music aged 10 at the inspiration of Franco Luambo Makiadi the Congo legend. Despite his tender age, he started playing guitar, his favorite pastime, with the belief that he would one day be a musician.

Upon completing high school in 1990, he ventured in to the business field, dealing in general merchandise, this was temporary. He later realized this was not his field and decided to join Solar Africa band to do what he knew best; play music. He was the lead guitarist-singer-cum-composer until 1992 when he broke up to form Orchestra Limpopo International band.

Some of most popular songs by Musa Juma were “Hera Mudho”, “Ufisadi”, “Mercelina”, and “Freddy”. He released eight albums, the last of them being titled Lake Victoria.

Personal Information

Musa Juma has established a Trust Fund to aid in Educating and nurturing music talent. It will also help Widows and Widowers through income generating projects. Through the Trust Fund he also aims to set up feeding programme’s that will be a granary for especially orphanage, This fund will be open to Donors who may specify what programme their contribution goes to, one of the several specific programmes that needs quality sound studio for quality music.

Death

He died of pneumonia on March 15, 2011 at Mombasa Hospital.

Family and Wife

He had a lovely wife by the name Winnie Juma.

Musa Juma Songs

• Musa Juma

  Osiepe
  1969

• Hera Mudho
  1969
• Odundo
  Freddy · 2006
• Ongolo
  Hera Mwandu, Vol. 4 · 2006
• Mayaka
  1969
• Maselina
  1969
• Clackson

Awards

WIDELY APROVED ALL OVER THE WORLD

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Robert Burale Biography

Robert Burale  is the only man who seems to emcee every occasion both locally and sometimes internationally. Politica sunk deep to find the secret behind Burale’s adeptness.Robert Burale is the top most MC in Kenya and 6th finest in Africa.He was born and brought up in Karen, in a stable family.

Robert Burale is an image consultant and a respected public figure also couples as a pastor albeit many don’t know him as a born again man of God. The gift of the gab he is endowed with makes him one of the finest public speakers in East of Lake Chad, North of Limpopo and South of Sahara.

In CSIR’S ranking, Burale took the top spot followed by Eric Omondi in 2nd place and Big Ted in 3rd position respectively.One of the judges Prof. Gregory Hams credited Burale’s prowess in oratory, self-reliance, self-assurance and confidence when handling the audience. According to Hams, Burale is versatile and adaptive to whatever situation given that he is a pastor.

Burale is the founder of the famous talk show the naked truth – that has been hijacked by Eric Omondi – he is one of the key pillars of Citizen TV’s program fashion watch and he also host’s KTN’s morning show, Command Your Morning. He has so far emceed for Central Bank of Kenya, Kenya Association of Manufactures among other events.

Robert Burale says that you do not need to be rich to dress right. The smartest people in town live in Eastlands; they have found ways to combine their outfits fabulously with minimal finances.

Robert Burare was a mess at some point in life. He was always sharply dressed on the outside but on the inside he was a mess. His life was in chaos. Around 2007, he partied continuously, dated several women and he  was addicted to strip clubs.Robert Burare incurred heavy debts because of this addiction. He came to the end of himself in 2008 — he had so many problems and he just couldn’t take it anymore. He decided to give his life to Christ.

He joined the wrong company while studying in the UK and that is how he started going to strip clubs and drinking.After completing his studies, he came back home and continued with my evil ways. But he thank God he  got saved in the nick of time.

One day,when he was driving his car and he saw something like a vision where God was speaking to him. “It was scary. It felt like God was telling me to change my ways and turn to Him.” He was so scared and confused he went to a pastor on Ngong’ Road and explained to him what happened. He led him to Christ. It was not easy changing his old ways as he still had a bit of the old man trying to come forth again. Though he is a changed man, now one of the greatest challenges he has  faced is that some people still look at him with the eyes of the past. It is, especially difficult because I am a public figure. He keep his eyes on God.

Robert Burale is extremely passionate about everything he does. He manage to do it all effortlessly. He is lucky because he get well paid for all his engagements. Robert Burare always say his mouth has provided for him, quite literally.

Robert Burale wakes up at 5am to pray and plan his day, after which he then hosts an event in the morning hours. He then heads off to a school or organisation to give a motivational talk. Robert Burale is shooting a Kenyan movie that will air on Mnet. One of his greatest achievements as an actor was shooting a film titled Shattered with Nigerian actress Rita Dominic, two years ago. He also did quite a bit of acting when he was a student in the UK. He appeared in two movies: Devil’s Own and Preacher’s Servant.

Robert Burale Education

He went to Musa Gitau Primary School and later Bungoma High School, where my acting talent was nurtured. He then went to the UK for my undergraduate studies at De Mont Forte University, where he studied business and marketing.

Robert Burale Divorce

Robert Burale, learnt from his past marriage. “My marriage broke down after exactly one year and two days,” he says. “I felt like a failure, a worthless man. Looking back today, there are things I could have done better.”

Robert shares that he should have communicated with his spouse better and spent more quality time with her. And in retrospect, Robert notes that all that would be possible for someone who marries his friend. “It is very important that you marry your friend.

“In the days after a wedding, a newly-wed couple will enjoy the highs of fresh romance. But life soon turns into a boring routine. It is only then that your decision to marry your friend will come in handy!” he says.

Robert, who previously struggled with a strip-club addiction, advises that while you must be open to each other about your past struggles, you should never talk ill about your husband or reveal his dark side to all and sundry.

“Don’t talk ill of or demean your husband in public. You should cover him instead. If you don’t, he is bound to feel belittled, sometimes beyond repair and may very well walk out.”

Robert Burale Highlights in Life

Acting with Rita Dominic .

The first time he stood up to preach on a pulpit will forever be ingrained in his memory.

Getting married

The birth of her nine-year-old daughter Lexie

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Les Wanyika was a prominent band with Tanzanian and Kenyan members and was based in Kenya. It was formed in 1978 when guitarist Omar Shabani, bassist Tom Malanga and two other members left Simba Wanyika. They were joined by John Ngereza and Issa Juma. Les Wanyika made many popular recordings, but are best remembered for their 1979 classic Sina Makosa and Paulina. Vocalist Issa Juma left the band soon afterwards to concentrate other musical projects. The group continued until Omar Shabani’s death in 1998. John Ngereza died two years later.

Formation

It was formed by two brothers from the coastal region of Tanga Tanzania, Wilson and George Kinyonga In 1971,a band they would call Simba Wanyika, Swahili for Savannah Lions. Due to unsteady economic conditions in Tanzania in the 70s which strained the music industry, most of the artists of that time migrated to Kenya and other neighbouring countries in search of greener environments.

During that time, travelling between the two countries was made easy by the East African Community, a tripartite agreement of understanding among Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. After the collapse of the community in 1977, border crossings were made difficult, hence the eventual establishment of permanent base in Kenya by the group. With its development and growth, the band created several offshoots, but most notable was Les Wanyika.

With Les Wanyika, new members of the group included both Tanzanians and Kenyans. The famous John Ngereza, Issa Juma and Omar Shabani were all from Tanzania, and one Tom Malanga was from Kenya. This band established a permanent base in Nairobi, playing in nightclubs and on various resorts. Most of the group members have either died or fallen victims of age toll.

Les Wanyika was formed in November 1978 by Shabani, Malanga, Rashid Juma, Phoney Mkwanyule, Stanely Mtambo and others. It was later joined by John Ngereza from Orch. Bwambe Bwambe, Issa Juma, Joseph Just, Mohammed Tika Abdallah and Victor Boniface.

Issa Juma later left the band and formed Super Wanyika. In 1988 Shabani left the group to join Everest Kings Band led by Abdul Muyonga, but eventually rejoined Les Wanyika.

One of their hits was “Pamela”, which was written by Shabani and dedicated to his wife Pamela Omari. The song was originally recorded by Simba Wanyika and recorded later by Les Wanyika.

In 2006 it was reported that the group would be reformed with a new line-up

Songs

• Barua Yako

• Les Wanyika

  Sina Makosa

• Afro
• Kajituliza Kasuku
• Ufukara Sio Kilema (by John Ngereza)
• Safari ya Samburu
• Safari Sio Kifo
• Mbaya Wako Rafiki Yako
• Mzazi Wangu Mama
• Mama Watoto
• Dunia Kigeu-Geu Pt 1&2
• Sioni Wala Sisikii Pt 1&2
• Nimaru
• Paulina Pt 1&2 (by Omari Shabani)
• Penzi Halina Siri
• Heshimuni Wazazi Pt 1&2
• Shida ya Pesa
• Ni Lipi La Ajabu
• Afro Remix
• Pamela (Prof. Omari)
• Shemeji Agnes

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Bishop Gilbert Deya Biography

Bishop Gilbert Deya is fugitive wanted by the Kenyan authorities and an evangelist who is living Britain. His organization, Gilbert Deya Ministries, claims that Deya is able to help infertile women to conceive through the power of prayer.

Bishop Gilbert Deya was ordained by the United Evangelical Church of Kenya and styles himself “Archbishop“. He was an evangelist in Kenya in the late 1980s to early 1990s, but moved to the UK, establishing Bishop Gilbert Deya Ministries in 1997. The ministry now has churches in Liverpool, London, Birmingham, Nottingham, Luton, Reading, and Manchester, Sheffield and in 2006 acquired a building and planning permission in Leeds. The church claims to be “the fastest growing Ministry in the UK and worldwide”.

Bishop Gilbert Deya Baby Stealing

Bishop Gilbert Deya Ministries claim that Deya’s powers allow him to be able to cause infertile women to become pregnant. Mr Deya claims that “through the power of prayer and the Lord Jesus” he has helped sterile women give birth. In the UK, one woman is claimed to have had three children in less than a year. The women travelled to Kenya in order to “give birth”.

Bishop Gilbert Deya wife, Eddah (also known as Mary Deya), was arrested during November 2004 in Nairobi and charged with stealing children. Ten children, none of whom had any genetic connection to the Deya family, were found at Mr Deya’s House.

Twenty babies have been placed in foster care in Kenya after DNA tests showed they had no connection to their alleged mothers.Rose Atieno Kiserem, a former pastor with Deya’s ministry was jailed along with Mrs Deya.Upon her release from jail, Kiserem confessed that the ‘miracle babies’ were “a hoax created by the Deyas and their accomplices to deceive me and other God-fearing people.Bishop Gilbert Deya has a warrant out for his arrest in Kenya for the trafficking of babies out of the country.

The Kenyan police have alleged that the ministry is a baby-snatching ring, and they have petitioned for his extradition from the UK. Mr Deya is seeking political asylum from his base in Glasgow. He was arrested by police at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in 2006.

In November 2004 the High Court in the UK ruled that a ‘miracle baby’ in London was the victim of child trafficking, and that the supposed miracle displayed was a ruse in order to generate funds from a “deceived congregation”.

Mr Justice Ryder ruled that in order to maintain the illusion of a genuine birth, the child’s ‘mother’ was seriously assaulted “and a live child who had been born to another family was presented to her as her child.” He also ruled that “[the baby’s] birth as described was a falsehood not a miracle.

On 13 December 2006, Bishop Gilbert Deya was arrested in London by the Metropolitan Police. A police spokesman said Gilbert Deya was detained under an arrest warrant issued by Kenyan authorities, who had charged him with child abduction and trafficking.

He was ordered by a court on 8 November 2007, to be extradited from the UK to Kenya to face five counts of child stealing.Bishop Gilbert Deya appealed against extradition on the grounds that he might face torture in Kenya, but in late 2008 his case was rejected by the High Court and leave to appeal to the House of Lords was refused.

It was reported in April 2010 that Deya was still in England and that David Lammy, Deya’s MP, had enquired of the government why he had not yet been extradited.Lammy was concerned that justice was being denied to several of his constituents who were victims of the trafficked babies fraud.

The Home Office responded that it was still considering representations from Deya’s solicitors that sending him to Kenya would breach his human rights.

In September 2011, news reports indicated that all avenues of appeal had been exhausted and Deya would now be extradited to Kenya.In December 2011, a court in Kenya cleared Mary Deya of obtaining registration for five children irregularly.

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Cardinal Njue Biography

Cardinal Njue (born 1944) is a Kenyan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fourth and current Archbishop of Nairobi, having previously served as Coadjutor Archbishop of Nyeri (2002–2007) and Bishop of Embu (1986–2002). He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007.

Njue was born in Embu, Kenya, to Joseph Nyanga Kibariki and Monica Ngina Nyaga. He was baptized in 1948, and entered the minor seminary in Nkubu in 1962. From 1967 to 1974, he furthered his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Urbaniana University (where he obtained a licentiate in philosophy) and Pontifical Lateran University (licentiate in pastoral theology).

On 6 January 1973, Njue was ordained to the priesthood by Pope Paul VI in St. Peter’s Basilica. Returning to Kenya in October 1974, he did pastoral work in Kariakomu in the southern district of Meru. He also taught philosophy at the National Seminary of Bungoma, of which he later served as rector from 1978 to 1982.

In 1982, he completed a course in spirituality in the United States. He then served as a parish priest in Chuka and rector of the Philosophical Seminary of Meru.On 9 June 1986, Njue was appointed Bishop of Embu by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 20 September from Jozef Cardinal Tomko, the co-consecrators being Bishops Silas Silvius Njiru and Raphael Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki.

He served as President of the Kenyan Episcopal Conference from 1997 to 2003, and was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Nyeri on 23 January 2002. Following the murder of Bishop Luigi Locati, he served as Apostolic Administrator of Isolo from 2005–06.

Njue was appointed Archbishop of Nairobi on 6 October 2007, and was installed on the following 1 November. Shortly afterwards, he was created Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo by Pope Benedict XVI in the consistory of 24 November 2007.

On 29 December 2011 he was appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications for a five-year renewable term.Cardinal Njue serves as Vice President of the International Catholic Migration Commission.

During a Holy Thursday Mass the Cardinal was celebrating at Nairobi’s Holy Family Basilica on 28 March 2013, he appealed for calm and peace during the upcoming Easter season as the Supreme Court of Kenya prepares to announce its verdict in the disputed initial round of the presidential election 4 March between Uhuru Kenyatta and Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga (the decision is expected on Saturday, 30 December).

Kenyatta and Deputy President-elect William Ruto are facing charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague that they instigated post-electoral violence in Kenya after the 2007 election.

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.

On Saturday, 30 November 2013, Cardinal Njue was named a Member of the Congregation for Catholic Education by Pope Francis.

Cardinal John Njue Abortion

Njue has issued a pastoral letter calling abortion a “foreign concept” and blasting the government for attempting to legalise it in Kenya.

Cardinal John Njue Gay rights

In June 2013, after US president Barack Obama, whose father was Kenyan, said during an official visit in Senegal that African governments should follow the US example in taking action on gay rights,John Njue replied “Let him forget, forget and forget”, based on his view that the United States have “ruined their own societies” and that he does not “think God was making a mistake when he created Adam and Eve”

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Eliud Wabukala Biography

Eliud  Wabukala (born Bungoma West District, 1951) is a Kenyan Anglican Archbishop. He is Bishop of the Diocese of All Saints Cathedral and the fifth Primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya. The Archbishop was a widower, following the death of his wife in 2010, and had five adult children from his first marriage. He got married for the second time at 11 May 2012, in a ceremony that took place in Mombasa.

He was raised in an Anglican family and as a child he used to walk 10 km daily in both directions to attend Malakisi Primary School. He went to attend Butonge Primary School and Kolanya High School, where he completed his studies in 1969. Afterwards he worked as an untrained teacher at Butonge Secondary School to help educate his two sisters and five brothers. He started to work as a clerical officer in the Nakuru Provincial Commissioners office, being promoted to the level of district officer two in Narok. He concluded that this was not his vocation, so he returned to untrained teaching, in Kitale, in 1972. He entered Kaimosi Teachers College to become a qualified teacher, finishing his studies in 1974. Wabukala went to work as a qualified teacher at Naifarm Primary School, in Kitale, being moved to Bungoma afterwards. There he was promoted to Inspector of Schools in charge of the Butonge Zone in Sirisia Division.

Eliud  Wabukala Religious career

In 1985, he left his profession to study Theology at the St. Paul’s Theological College, in Limuru, finishing his studies in 1988. He still had the obligation to work for the Teachers Service Commission, teaching at the Matulo Secondary School, in Webuye, and at the Nagina Girls High School, in Busia.

In 1990, Wabukala received a scholarship from the Anglican Church of Canada to study at the Wycliffe College at Toronto School of Theology, of the University of Toronto, in Canada, where he became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1994.Returning to Kenya, he was a lecturer at St. Paul’s Theological College, in Limuru, where he became academic dean.

Wabukala left office, to be elected the first Bishop of Bungoma in 13 October 1996, remaining in office for the next 12 years. Wabukala was elected Archbishop of Kenya on 24 April 2009, succeeding outgoing Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi. He was enthroned at All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi, on 5 July 2009.He was national vice-chairman of the National Council of Churches of Kenya, from 2000 to 2004, and national chairman from 2004 to 2009.

Wabukala is the serving Chairperson of National Anti Corruption Campaign Steering Committee having been appointed by Mwai Kibaki the President of the Republic of Kenya. He previously served as an NACCSC Committee Member for five years.

Wabukala is a leading name in the Anglican realignment movement, both at the Global South and the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, like his predecessor. He is the chairman of GAFCON and as such a supporter of the Anglican Church in North America admission at the Anglican Communion

Eliud Wabukala is currently serving as the Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya and the Chairperson of Kenya National Anti Corruption Campaign Steering Committee. He is also the Chairman of GAFCON – Global Anglicans and a Chairman of the ACK Provincial College. Archbishop Wabukala is a former Chairman of the National Council of Churches of Kenya and has previously served as the Academic Dean of St. Paul’s University, where he also served as a lecturer and administrator.

He has been involved in many peace mitigations and reconciliation processes following the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya. He was an active stakeholder in the Interfaith Ufungamano meetings, from where he found his way into the Kofi Annan led peace talks. Archbishop Wabukala has also been involved in the reform process in South Sudan. He is a graduate of Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, Canada, Makerere University and St. Paul’s College Limuru.

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