Years on, Boomba train star still the model Kenyan sound

E-Sir’s album, the only one he ever made, was the first and last album that truly captured the imagination of the nation of youth that came to age at the turn of the millennium.

‘Ogopa Police Station presents/Inspector E-Sir and Mr Lenny/Tumekuja kuwa-SHIKA!’ -Kamata by E-Sir.

There was a magic moment there – from the December of 2002 to mid-March of 2003 – when a young man called Issa Mmari Wangui seemed to have it all.