Ben Githae, a popular gospel artist, has returned to creating political hit songs after releasing a praise song for Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria, who is eyeing the Kiambu gubernatorial seat, on Thursday, May 12.
Despite openly announcing his support for the Azimo la Umoja – One Kenya alliance, Githae, a noted vocalist, is the voice behind Kuria’s campaign song.
Since the Tano Tena anthem in 2017, this is the musician’s first song in five years. The song was a follow-up to Ndani, which was popular during President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto’s 2013 campaigns.
When the Azimio flag bearer published his campaign song, ‘leo ni leo,’ he was noticeably absent. For a remix of the song, Raila chose to collaborate with Ben Musindi, a Western Kenyan artist.
In November 2021, Githae endorsed the former Prime Minister for the presidency and offered to write a song for him. The new music will substitute Uhruru-Ruto with Raila’s name, according to titbits.
“We will modify the song a bit so to ndani nadani ndani, to the State House. Mlima wote, Baba Tosha,” the musician sang.
However, in February, the artiste revealed that he revealed a lot of backlash from the Mt Kenya region where he hails from. He intimated that he had been questioned over which mountain would back the ODM party leader.
“After giving that short tease, those in my community began asking which mountain I was talking about and if there were two mountains. They also asked me why I had appointed myself as their spokesperson,” Githae added.
The musician, however, vowed to continue campaigning for Azimio presidential flagbearer, Raila Odinga, despite the resistance.
This was the second time he had been put on the spot because of his political hit songs. He intimated that he had been blamed by a section of Kenyans, for the hardship they were going through, for leading them to vote for Uhuru and Ruto.
Notably, the composer noted that his music was independent of his political stand and he was just trying to make ends meet as any of them would. The songs have earned him a good paycheck -as he revealed in April 2021.
“I was called to State House and met them (Uhuru and Ruto) at State House. They told me that they wanted to thank me and handed me an envelope; when I looked in I was surprised at the amount inside,” he stated without giving the exact figure.
