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Can somebody please tell me what the colours of the Harambee Stars home kit are. Sometimes they wear red, sometimes white and red. Why can't they be as consistent as the Kenyan Rugby team. Ken K.
Could the Govt also switch off all persons wearing weaves in Kenya? They should be zapped so that they can't leave their homes. Founding Chairman & Life Member MAWE
The reason some counterfeit phones were not switched off is because CCK was using counterfeit machines to identify these phones. Yangu iko ON. Wata do?
-Can be traced back to Arusha Jazz (itself a splinter group of Jamhuri Jazz) which started in Tanzania in the early 1970s (1971?), led by brothers Wilson Peter Kinyonga, George Peter Kinyonga and William Peter Kinyonga.
-Crossed border and set base in Mombasa in the early 1970s (1974??), a period when Congolese bands were also settling in Kenya, where Wilson and George (the more prominent of the Kinyonga brothers) changed the band’s name to Simba Wanyika.
-Omari Shabani (Professor Omari) left the band alongside bassist Tom Malanga, Phoney Mkwanyule and drummer Rashid Juma in 1978 to form Les Wanyika. They were joined by Tanzanians John Ngereza and Issa Juma (both not originally from Simba Wanyika). Prof Omari and Ngereza remained the most prominent members of the band. ‘Les’ is French plural article for ‘the’, pronounced ‘Le’ but Kenyan fans Anglicised/Kiswahilicised the pronunciation by including the ‘s’ at the end, even nicknaming the band “Les Lesâ€
- Sina Makosa, composed in 1979, announced Les Wanyika’s entry into the big league. It is thought the song was in response to Simba Wanyika’s jibe Sikujua Kama Utabadilika, insinuating that Prof Omar and others had betrayed the Wanyika dream by splitting from the original group. The song has been redone by many times, including by the late Cool James Mtoto wa Dando and more recently by Kenyan musician Kevin Wyre (in 2010 I think).
-Raspy voiced Issa Juma left Les Wanyika (in 1981??) to form Wanyika Stars, which also came to be known as Super Wanyika. He released big hits like Ateka, Wacha Waseme, Si Kosa Langu, Matatizo Nimeyazoea, Mwana Wefye (check spelling—“kwa nini waniaicha ee na mimi nakupenda, mwana wefye oh…â€), Mpita Njia and Sigalame.
-In the early 1980s George Peter Kinyonga supposedly quit Simba Wanyika to form Orchestra Jobiso. He eventually returned to the fold. Some say this was a ‘business’ strategy of the Simba Wanyika group to sell records and attract more fans at a time its dwindling fortunes was coinciding with Les Wanyika’s rising popularity.
-Les Wanyika hits: Nilipi la Ajabu, Dunia Kigeugeu, Nimaru, Ufukara Sio Kilema, Afro, Nisaidie Baba, Paulina, Pamela, Kajituliza Kasuku (another song in praise of Armstrong Kasuku of Garden Square. You should feature this guy some day), Kwanza Jiulize, Mbaya Wako Rafiki Yako, Naogopa,Nimaru, Kabibi.
-Pamela was composed for Prof Omari’s wife while Afro (mtoto wa Kirinyaga Sagana) was composed for Ngereza’s girlfriend. By the way last year NTV county edition interviewed this “Afro†woman (Cecilia Wanjiru) and her two kids who were “photocopies†of the great man himself. Hebu cheki (simpy google NTV Kenya Afro if this doesn’t work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7GqtzN_Sew)
-I’m not certain about this but according to the cassette I have, Safari ya Samburu was a 1998 release. It is in the same release with Emma, Penzi Halina Siri, Mama Caro, Nimebaki Upweke. I think I might be right because Amigo was released in 1997, roughly a year before Safari ya Samburu (by the way Maddo I was still a young man then so all this is from research and my music library, not memory). Please confirm with somebody else.
-Their style of music fell within the broad category of Swahili rumba, which has an undisguised Congolese influence. Apart from the guitars, notice the inclusion of “Lesâ€, “Jazzâ€, “Orchestra†in the names of many Tanzanian bands.
-Other bands whose genealogy can be traced back to the Wanyika clan having been formed by former members of the group are Mas System, Mavalo Kings and Everest Kings. As far as I am aware only Everest Kings (formed by ex-Wanyikas Abdul Muyonga [check spelling] and Freshley Mwamburi and known for hits like Stella) remains the only active one.
-George Peter died in 1992; Wilson Peter died in 1995; Omar died in 1998 and Ngereza in 2000 [you may need to check these dates]. Their families still live in Kenya, largely forgotten.
-Mahmoud Hussein has been leading efforts to revive the band (confirm this), but the great Les Wanyika is yet to reclaim its lost glory.
im deeply disappointed by the performance of this Bic sharp-pointed pens they spoil even before you(the user) regains the investment you put in it could you consult the manufactures to explain this we just hope this is as a result of other factors and not their scheme to increase sales
I just stumbled upon this website.I had no clue you had one (I dont know why I kept assuning you were still in the p.o. box era). You should now create a FB and Twitter account (ama kama uko nayo si uniambie).
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Can somebody please tell me what the colours of the Harambee Stars home kit are. Sometimes they wear red, sometimes white and red.
Why can't they be as consistent as the Kenyan Rugby team. Ken K.
-Can be traced back to Arusha Jazz (itself a splinter group of Jamhuri Jazz) which started in Tanzania in the early 1970s (1971?), led by brothers Wilson Peter Kinyonga, George Peter Kinyonga and William Peter Kinyonga.
-Crossed border and set base in Mombasa in the early 1970s (1974??), a period when Congolese bands were also settling in Kenya, where Wilson and George (the more prominent of the Kinyonga brothers) changed the band’s name to Simba Wanyika.
-Omari Shabani (Professor Omari) left the band alongside bassist Tom Malanga, Phoney Mkwanyule and drummer Rashid Juma in 1978 to form Les Wanyika. They were joined by Tanzanians John Ngereza and Issa Juma (both not originally from Simba Wanyika). Prof Omari and Ngereza remained the most prominent members of the band. ‘Les’ is French plural article for ‘the’, pronounced ‘Le’ but Kenyan fans Anglicised/Kiswahilicised the pronunciation by including the ‘s’ at the end, even nicknaming the band “Les Lesâ€
- Sina Makosa, composed in 1979, announced Les Wanyika’s entry into the big league. It is thought the song was in response to Simba Wanyika’s jibe Sikujua Kama Utabadilika, insinuating that Prof Omar and others had betrayed the Wanyika dream by splitting from the original group. The song
has been redone by many times, including by the late Cool James Mtoto wa Dando and more recently by Kenyan musician Kevin Wyre (in 2010 I think).
-Raspy voiced Issa Juma left Les Wanyika (in 1981??) to form Wanyika Stars, which also came to be known as Super Wanyika. He released big hits like Ateka, Wacha Waseme, Si Kosa Langu, Matatizo Nimeyazoea, Mwana Wefye (check spelling—“kwa nini waniaicha ee na mimi nakupenda, mwana wefye oh…â€), Mpita Njia and Sigalame.
-In the early 1980s George Peter Kinyonga supposedly quit Simba Wanyika to form Orchestra Jobiso. He eventually returned to the fold. Some say this was a ‘business’ strategy of the Simba Wanyika group to sell records and attract more fans at a time its dwindling fortunes was coinciding with Les
Wanyika’s rising popularity.
-Les Wanyika hits: Nilipi la Ajabu, Dunia Kigeugeu, Nimaru, Ufukara Sio Kilema, Afro, Nisaidie Baba, Paulina, Pamela, Kajituliza Kasuku (another song in praise of Armstrong Kasuku of Garden Square. You should feature this guy some day), Kwanza Jiulize, Mbaya Wako Rafiki Yako, Naogopa,Nimaru, Kabibi.
-Pamela was composed for Prof Omari’s wife while Afro (mtoto wa Kirinyaga Sagana) was composed for Ngereza’s girlfriend. By the way last year NTV county edition interviewed this “Afro†woman (Cecilia Wanjiru) and her two kids who were “photocopies†of the great man himself. Hebu cheki (simpy google NTV Kenya Afro if this doesn’t work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7GqtzN_Sew)
-I’m not certain about this but according to the cassette I have, Safari ya Samburu was a 1998 release. It is in the same release with Emma, Penzi Halina Siri, Mama Caro, Nimebaki Upweke. I think I might be right because Amigo was released in 1997, roughly a year before Safari ya Samburu (by the way Maddo I was still a young man then so all this is from research and my music library, not memory). Please confirm with somebody else.
-Their style of music fell within the broad category of Swahili rumba, which has an undisguised Congolese influence. Apart from the guitars, notice the inclusion of “Lesâ€, “Jazzâ€, “Orchestra†in the names of many Tanzanian bands.
-Other bands whose genealogy can be traced back to the Wanyika clan having been formed by former members of the group are Mas System, Mavalo Kings and Everest Kings. As far as I am aware only Everest Kings (formed by ex-Wanyikas Abdul Muyonga [check spelling] and Freshley Mwamburi and known for hits like Stella) remains the only active one.
-George Peter died in 1992; Wilson Peter died in 1995; Omar died in 1998 and Ngereza in 2000 [you may need to check these dates]. Their families still live in Kenya, largely forgotten.
-Mahmoud Hussein has been leading efforts to revive the band (confirm this), but the great Les Wanyika is yet to reclaim its lost glory.
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