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Keeping the faith: Artistes who have stuck to gospel music

Artistes that have stuck to the gospel industry include Daddy Owen, Emmy Kosgei and Joyce Omondi [Courtesy]

There is lots of money to be made in the music industry locally- it’s a billion-shilling sector.

A 2021 report by The World Bank, valued the industry at Sh320 billion. Often, gospel musicians make the big jump to secular and contemporary music, sometimes as a business move and other times, just out of a change in heart.

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