Finally The First Kenyan Female Singer Jumps To The Defense Of Koffi Olomide
Feminists will skin her alive for daring say Kenyans should cut Koffi Olomide some slack!
Koffi Olomide became an enemy of the state after he was caught on camera beating up one of his dancers at JKIA.
Despite all the hate that has been spewed at the veteran Congolese singer, he has somehow managed to win the love of celebrated Kenyan Afro-jazz and Afro-fusion songbird.
Acheing Abura has dropped the bomb on charged feminists who sang on top of their voices as they called for the immediate deportation of Koffi Olomide.
Abura brushed off the anti-Koffi anthem saying governors and senators slap and pull guns on women every now and then yet they don’t get castigated with the same vigour like what happened with the Congolese singer.
She acknowledged people make mistakes going on to add that the kind of criticisms that can shut one’s career shouldn’t be encouraged.
Below is what Achieng Abura posted on social media on July 22nd;
We Kenyans are very fast to judge. I am disturbed by the Koffi Olomide story for it speaks to how fast we are to forgive Governors who slap women, Senators who pull guns on women, crowds that beat and undress women but are so fast to judge an artiste responsible for a large team of diva minded people for losing his temper, and so we go all the way to humiliate him and castigate him. I have travelled with bands; nightmare of torrid proportion that sometimes can result in your being victimised cause it is your name on the headline. If he truly hurt his dancer, then a lesson has been learned but Kenyans, cut the pretentious judgemental attitude when women are mistreated by men here everyday!
I worked with Koffi in Senegal in Youssou N’dour’s studio. He was so happy to meet a Kenyan artiste. He told me Kenya made him international and he would always appreciate Kenyans for giving his music an opening to Africa and the rest of the world. Tonight, the same Kenya is trying to shut down his career under heavy judgement. People make mistakes.
To Koffi, I wish you a grand show tomorrow in Kenya! Enjoyed your last show here. Performance is very serious business for you, something I learned from you. Blessings!
Achien’g Abura
Achieng Abura
