By NIKKO TANUI
Watching Rose Muhando sing, Maggie Chemutai Seurey dreamt that one day she would be like the Tanzanian gospel artiste.
That dream was fulfilled in 2008 when she launched her music career and has since released two albums, Long’ennyu and Ingen Jeso.
Seurey first released a Kiswahili album, Sifu Bwana, but it did not stir much interest except for a Kalenjin song in the album. Seurey saw this as a message that God wanted her to deliver His word through the local dialect.
Her songs include Long’ennyu (My shield), Inageech Beek (Quench our thirst), King’eet Jeso (Jesus Arose), Chomiet (Love), Atinyei Tiendo (I have a song), Katunisiet (Marriage) and Medley.
Long’ennyu is about bravery in the face of adversity, with a firm belief that God protects against all odds.
Ingen Jeso (Jesus knows) is about hope. It says that God knows the desires of one’s heart and would in due time fulfil them.
In Inageech Beek (Quench our thirst), God asks people to open their hearts so that they can stop focusing on the wrong things and instead focus on spiritual things.
The 25-year-old beauty from Eldoret ministers through music in churches, weddings, schools and other social gatherings cites.
She attributes her love for music to her father, senior Chief Michael Seurey, who loved singing and dancing and led a local dance group.
The former student of St Mary’s Girls Tach Asis High School, and a holder of a Diploma in Public Relations from the Kenya Institute of Management avoids being drawn to comparison with other female singers from her region.
"Every artiste is gifted and unique in his or her own way," she says.
The singer, who plans to go back to college to study Mass Communication, cites fellow singer, Mrs Lillian Rotich, as one of the artistes from Rift Valley whom she would love to do a collabo with.
Seurey is engaged and will be walking down the isle soon.
