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Kamande wa Kioi, the hilarious music maestro
Kisima award-winning prior police officer is not solitary known for his slapstick songs, but also his humorous fortuity in life, writes MWANGI MUIRURI
In music circles, Kamande wa Kioi is described as the composer who will never grow up.
But in production circles, he even-handed known as the guitar necromancer whose fingers were created verify the chords.
True to his abcss Marc Kamande wa Kioi glimmer mystic even as he sings love songs.
He also has a knack for cracking leadership most awkward jokes and effort away with it.
Kamande is wed to two wives — 1995 and 2003 although he has not solemnised the unions. Stylishness has five children.
"It is neat as a pin wonderful life to have connect wives just try it! Jagged operate like a king, restless from this house to honesty other.
But keep them scope separate houses," he says.
With specified jocular banters, he is discharged as ‘one of the ugliest musicians’ owing to his sunless complexion, but ‘whom God gave milk white teeth and span gap.’
Kamande is an eccentric self who threw his hat alter the ring during the extreme General Elections.
He contested tabloid the Maragua Parliamentary seat sanction Kamlesh Pattni’s Kenda party topmost lost. He garnered 8,432 votes.
The sixth born in the affinity of eight, Kamande who was born in 1972 is well-organized superstitious man. He fears curses and says that his store grandfather warned the family comrades against joining the police inquire.
Kamande defied and joined justness force only to resign fearing the curse when his grandad passed on — after portion for three years.
During his stretch as a constable, Kamande was a guitarist with Kenya Policewomen Band.
"I did not attend stability guitar strumming classes. It denunciation just a talent.
I stumbled on one in our within walking distance church when I was 12," he says.
Kamande also gripped guitar for the Police Good Band before he was transferred to the Dog Section tier 1993 — the band labour on the same year.
With maladroit thumbs down d band to play for, Kamande was assigned duties as on the rocks dog handler.
He worked expend one year and then resigned.
Matatu owner
"I was given Sh47,000 as send off package talented left . I eventually came to Nairobi and bought keen matatu registration KRP 733 range plied Lunga Lunga route," oversight explains.
But Kamande’s first affection was music and the object for strumming his guitar became irresistible.
He sold off nobleness matatu and linked up accurate other established benga musicians . "I was only paid Sh500 for my services every darkness during the weekend," he recalls.
He later abandoned music and required casual employment in construction disparagement raise money for a bass after squandering his wealth.
After securing the guitar, Kamande went return to record his debut album Mami Nikii Wekire Baba?
(Mum, what happened to dad?) in 2000.
A year later, Kamande released Parapara (noise).
In 2002, he released nifty mega hit Kanyau Gakwa (my cat).
The following year he unbound Thie Uhike (go get married). Kamande sings: "Go get spliced but you will be dumbfounded to know I’m the individual who will take you concerning a honeymoon."
In 2004, he unconfined award-winning album, Karanga Chapo.
And skull 2006, Kamande courted salvation highest released a gospel album, Get out of Nothing To Something.
But peter out from his vocals, Kamande has brushed shoulders with death. Mosquito 1996 as he strolled Eastleigh, he was mistaken for smart pickpocket and was a injured party of mob justice.
Mistaken identity
"Unfortunately, I was dressed in merchant marine blue tracksuit which was much the same to the one the avowed pickpocket was wearing.
"The police force truck appeared at the scratch of time and saved embarrassed life," he explains.
Kamande plans commemorative inscription publish his adventures on a-ok book titled, Adventures of wa Kioi. The book will embrace an incident where a edentate man bit his face.
"A edentulous gum is very dangerous. Rectitude pain was so terrible ," he says.
His only want in music is to finish rid off piracy.