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Legendary Caiphus Semenya and Letta Mbulu go down memory lane and tackle their childhood, marriage, politics and the arts.
Clement Manyathela chats to legendary musicians and couple Caiphus Semenya and Letta Mbulu.
They go down memory lane and tackle their childhood, marriage, politics and the arts.
On whether we never get tired of the compliments about our music, we are always surprised because you don t expect this feeling to be continuous. You find a youngster saying Mama Letta I love your music.
THE STANDARD By
Muchiri Karanja |
January 28th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Eighteen months to the next General Election, all presidential aspirants are scrambling to win the heart and soul of Mount Kenya region.
ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi has been wooing the mountain by packaging himself as a safe pair of hands for its agricultural economy.
DP William Ruto has been making forays with his hustler movement, trying to convince a region that probably hosts the highest number of unemployed youths in the country; a region that epitomises the growing gap between the rich and the poor that he is the magic bullet that will bring change.
The 1957 colonial bungalow is dwarfed by two 10-storied apartment blocks on the left side of the bushy fence.
And just outside the closed metal garage doors, a stiff backed wooden armchair, patiently sits, waiting for its master to reclaim it when he has time. The armchair’s back is carved like a map of Kenya and has bold inscriptions: Kenya Independents. This too has its own story for Kihoro is the chair of independent candidates.
Behind the closed doors, there is a sense of independence on the shelves. It is a theatre of political ideologies whose proponents are long gone but their ideas are still persuasive to those willing to flip through the tomes in search of knowledge.