Curtain falls for ‘Mwendwa Wakwa Mariru’ hitmaker Albert Gacheru

Albert Gacheru during an interview with The Standard in Nairobi. (PHOTO/DAVID NJAAGA)

A dark cloud hangs over the local music scene following the death of yet another renowned Kikuyu musician.

Albert Gacheru wa Wairimu died on Monday evening at the Kenyatta National Hospital after what his brother, Julius Ngunjiri, termed as “two difficult months with a bout of pneumonia.”