Ben Githae Speaks Out After Attacks Over Uhuru Campaign Song

On Wednesday, November 13, bitter Kenyans took to social media to vent out their frustrations to President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Using the hashtag #UhuruResign, #FirethePresident and #FireTheseCSs, a section of Kenyans decried a bad economy that had forced them to go on a single meal a day.

Kikuyu gospel artiste, Ben Githae, was caught in the crossfire for his controversial campaign song, Tano Tena, which most thought served as a bad reminder of the 2017 campaigns that drew them into electing the Jubilee government.

Kikuyu gospel artiste Ben Githae during Nairobi Governor's swearing-in on August 2017.

Some netizens asked Githae to apologise for what they described as leading them to elect in the president. Others, were for the idea that the KFCB CEO Ezekile Mutua should ban it.

"Ezekiel Mutua you should ban this song, the phrase Tano Tena is worse than Wamlambez," wrote James Nganga.

“Mpendwa, aka Baba Daisy should release a seven minutes apology hit song so that we can forgive him for misleading us. I personally apologised for voting three times in favor of the duo,” stated Moses Ngigi.

According to the Daily Nation, Ben Githae stated that he had no apologies to make for his hit song, adding that he was not contracted by the Jubilee Party to make it.

“I saw an opportunity and seized it. I said to myself that I do not have money to support the presidential campaigns but I have a gift I can use. So why not do a song, record a simple video for it and share it amongst the people to test its reception?

“The president was voted for by over 8 million Kenyans, the ones claiming my song guided their choice of candidates are lying. How can such a huge mass be influenced by a person of my stature?” Githae questioned.

Further, he requested the president to focus on improving people's lives and fire those in his administration, who were failing him.

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