Japan’s Ambassador to Kenya Performs Controversial Swahili Song Before Uhuru

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Outgoing Japan Ambassador to Kenya summarised his stay in the country with a beautiful performance at State House in Nairobi.

Ryoichi Horie and his wife entertained President Uhuru Kenyatta two famous Kenyan Kiswahili songs.

The first was Daima Mimi Mkenya by Eric Wainaina followed by Malaika by Fadhili William.

Horie played the guitar as his spouse cutely sang along with him. Their melodies were exceptionally sweet and if you didn’t know they were Japanese, you could easily confuse them with Kenyans who have spoken Kiswahili all their lives.

President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was standing before them was so impressed by the staging.

He clapped for them after the performance.

The video was first shared on State House official pages before it was deleted hours later after backlash from some Kenyans.

It emerged Wainana is among Kenyan artistes who cannot perform in presidential of State functions.

According to activist Boniface Mwangi, the Daima Mimi Mkenya crooner was banned after he revealed that he could not vote for President Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto in 2013.

Wainaina argued that the two were already suspects since they were facing crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in Hague, Netherlands.

“The irony of Japenese ambassador performing Eric Wainaina’s Daima song at State House is that Eric is banned from State events. Eric wrote an op-ED for the Star newspaper in 2013 saying he cannot vote for two men accused of crimes against humanity.

“Uhuruto’s government blacklisted him. One of Kenya’s best musicians can’t perform at State events for speaking truth to power. Uhuruto punished him,” the activist said.

This triggered Kenyans to flood State House pages with negative comments, prompting the pulling down of the 1:57 minutes clip.

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