Popular Kikuyu Benga musician ‘Mariru’ hitmaker Albert Gacheru dies of pneumonia

Albert Gacheru, musician and producer, during an interview with The Standard in Nairobi. [Photo: David Njaaga]

A dark cloud hangs over Kenya’s music scene following the death of yet another renowned Kikuyu musician, Albert Gacheru wa Wairimu.

The 59-year-old Benga musician died on Monday evening at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, after what his brother, Julius Ngunjiri, termed as “two difficult months with a bout of pneumonia.”