{"id":90161,"date":"2018-12-18T07:02:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T04:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=90161"},"modified":"2018-12-18T06:16:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:16:49","slug":"musician-sagini-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/musician-sagini-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Talented singer Sagini is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Musician Eliud Sagini, better known as Sagini, has passed own after a short illness.\u00a0Sagini was pronounced dead on arrival in hospital after he suddenly fell ill.<\/p>\n<p>Khaligraph Jones, who featured him in his song &#8220;Testimony&#8221;, took to social media to mourn him saying that the music industry has lost a champion.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BoyZ-JYhK-p\/<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It is with deep sorrow that we announce the sudden passing away of one of Kenya\u2019s greatest and promising talent Eliud Sagini better known to many as Sagini.\u00a0Sagini left us this evening of Monday the 17th of Dec. 2018 after suffering a short illness. He was pronounced dead after arriving at the hospital. Your prayers and support will be highly appreciated in this moment of grief,\u201d Khaligraph said.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Work<\/h3>\n<p>Sagini\u2019s solo works include \u201cKI2 Ingine\u201d and his latest hit \u201cMoyo\u201d and has been featured in other songs such as\u00a0Mash up de Paper\u201d featuring Timmy T Dat and Achicho, \u201cShots\u201d featuring Khaligraph and Young Killer X and \u201cBetrayal in the City\u201d featuring Hadas X.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BrgU-0vhmUo\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musician Eliud Sagini, better known as Sagini, has passed own after a short illness.\u00a0Sagini was pronounced dead on arrival in hospital after he suddenly fell ill. 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