There is no Stella, Freshley Mwamburi's band leader reveals hit song's origin

A collage of Abdul Muyonga and Freshley Mwamburi

Every year on May 17, Kenyans celebrate one of the country's classic Benga hits, Stella Wangu, a 1992 single that was recorded by the Everest Kings Band.

And despite Freshley Mwamburi insisting over the years that Stella is an actual person, his former band leader says she does not exist. She is a fictional character.