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Band leader Darze Khalend with his Bilenge Musica band.
As the coronavirus curbs took toll, many people found the going difficult. One of the worst hit was the entertainment industry, and Kenyan based foreign bands bore the brunt of it.
Take the case of the many Congolese bands that have over time become entertainment staple for many a club. Most of these musicians depend on income from club performance to make ends meet, so when bars were shut, they found themselves swinging in the wind without an anchor.
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