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I'm building a church: Rose Muhando explains Sh50,000 Kempinski charge

Rose Muhando [Photo: Instagram @malkiarosemuhando]

Singer Rose Muhando for the first time is sharing the secrets of her decade long reign as East Africa’s gospel queen and opening up about how she endured a topsy-turvy time in music - revealing she has rediscovered her "mojo”, close to five years after her empire crumbled.

In an exclusive Radio Maisha chat with Mwende Macharia and Clemmo on Konnect ahead of her February 27 album launch at Villa Rosa Kempinski, Muhando said she glided along a high-desert trail of pain for saying no to a powerful personality. The Tanzanian songstress, touted as one of the region’s most iconic musical acts since the turn of the century, said she paid a hefty price for taking a stand for her values and faith in a time of reckoning soon after her five year deal with Sony ended.

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