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Scene at: Back in the Friday (dedicated to Achieng Abura)

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 Abura would threaten to ‘sit on me’ for enjoying her here Photo: Harry

Many Fridays after we done with the KTN dawn show, Pulse ed Stevo, ole pal Solo Koko and ole jirani ‘Princess’ Adhis Odera n the Smitts go for brekker together, often in the company of a mgeni whoz kujad to feature in Mike Gitonga’s morning show.

So the other Friday the show was recollecting our recently departed big star, Achieng Abura. Back in the Octo of twenty oh four, when Pulse mag waz still in its first year, I used to ‘big up’ Achieng Abura in this very column.

For exampo after she shindad KORA that year, by way of congrats, I said when she waz a young fat toi, she used to sit on their family cats.

From all the screeching noises the pets made, AA learned her musical scales. Then we’d meet at the French Amb’s residence (thanks to Harsita Water invites) at these fine wine bashes, n Abura would threaten to ‘sit on me’ for enjoying her here.

Twas all in the fun spiritski.

The Friday afore that, after the show, it was Wahu who we all shared a lovely brekker with at our offy canteen, now dat her new collabo is out. She took me even farther back when we first met in the 90s.

She waz a dancer for a music producer dude called Bernie Neto, with whom we’d been in high school.

Wahu teased me about how I had the eyes for some light hot chiquitta (called Anita), n how I took them out in a London taxi (there were no for Ash Limos, back in nainte six, ti hi).

 I had cheddar for a year bax then coz we were running a bizna called TTL that went bust as my biz buddies quit to go to colle, lol.

Anyway, after I’d taken Wahu n Anita and Co raving, Anita swang me a light lip pecker. N that waz it 4 me...

Bernie Neto waz also the dude who introd Wahu to Nameless (or Kamonski sliced him, I can’t now recall). A decade n a half later, at the end of October, 2011, Nameless wud be the dude organizing a fundraiser at Slim’s for Neto’s sick sis (p’haps outta guilt?, he he). But Kamonski is a ride or die bud.

Goin’ back to those late nineties dayz, Phoenix Theater waz the place to be n meet. Thaz where we first met one Janet Kanini, layter to become a TV perso n Mrs Ikua – n like half or quarter the dudeskis around, we had a small ka-crush on JT.

Years layter, of course, the good mamcilla wud get Stage Bad cancer, but unlike Achieng Abura (with her ‘ten person, one or two musicians’ fundraiser), #KOT n media n musical celebz would rally around Janet, including at a concert in Nyayo, n help save her precious life.

Of course The Fray says: ‘Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend, and I’d’a stayed up all night with you, had I known to save a life.’

Where did you go wrong when you lost a friend?? When yu din’t go for their desperate medical fundraiser, you effing dweeb!! As the song sez: ‘S/he turned left, and you stayed right, (hiding) between the lines of fear n blame.’ Yaaas.

Then there waz the end after October in 2008, a few days after Obama had won the election (the way Hillary in eleven days will whip Donald *uck (rhymes with ‘duck’) like the dirry dawg he is) and Wahu had been nominated for the Africa MAMA awards for ‘Sweet Love.’

Our trip to Abuja waz unforgettable, complete with mid-air smoking incidents, doors fallin’ down at our ‘Bolingo Luxury Hotel,’ shouting ‘Wahu, Odinga, Obama’ after she got the trophy n wakina my PR palski Njeri Nderu almost abandoning us at the hotel – precipitating me to hire a scooter at dawn to dash me to the airport as I balanced suitcases ... only for the boda to run out of petrol beside a deserted potato field in the outskirts of Abuja.

Just in case you ain’ted figured, this article is mostly to celebrate my fave celeb couple, Wahu n Nameless Kamonski, while we all are still alive n thriving.

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