How Western Commandoes weathered musical storms

This is a joke: If you yesterday met a man from Western Kenya whistling his favourite tune after winning a certain midday battle (end of joke), then probably the song was ‘Tindikiti’ (Mulongo) by David Barasa, or ‘Mukangala’ by the late Jacob Luseno. But the former is a circumcision song, so its fame is restrictive.

On the contrary, the cheeky popularity of the latter song has received very warm reception even from communities that are alien to Idakho cultural music (the late Luseno’s community). Trust every Kenyan to suddenly stoop forward and jerk their shoulders whenever they catch the Mukangala fever.