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Congolese singer Mbilia Bel back in Kenya after 16 years

Mbilia Bel
Congolese songbird Mbilia Bel

Celebrated Congolese singer Mbilia Bel was expected in the country on Monday for major concerts in Nairobi and Kisumu. The songstress will be accompanied by her her 19-member band Afrisa International.

Mbilia, whose Kenyan tour has been pegged on her hit song Nakei Nairobi (I am going to Nairobi) which she sang with Tabu Ley in the mid-1980s, will stage a concert on Friday night (June 30) at Meladen Club in Upper Hill, Nairobi, before proceeding to Victoria Club in Kisumu on July 7.

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