Singer Elton John AIDS fundraiser brings in Sh600 million for Kenya HIV testing

Elton John. Photo: Courtesy.

Elton John on Wednesday hosted a celebrity-packed gala that raised more than Sh600 million to fight HIV/AIDS in Kenya, thanks partly to auctions of a luxury car and an autographed piano used in the singer’s “Rocketman” movie musical.

The British singer-songwriter, on a break from his farewell world tour, welcomed the likes of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, The Who guitarist Pete Townshend, actress Joan Collins and Taron Egerton, who plays John in “Rocketman,” to a villa in Cap d’Antibes in France.