Famous Bomas choir exposes Wafula Chebukati
Famous Bomas choir exposes former IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati over delayed payment since August 2022
Famous Bomas choir exposes former IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati over delayed payment since August 2022.
The famous Bomas choir hat helped defuse tension as Kenyans were anxiously waiting for the declaration of August 9, 2022, presidential results has decried over their delayed payment.
The singers have claimed that over five months after their performance at Bomas, they are yet to receive their money as promised by the Chebukati-led commission.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission hired legendary singer and composer Mwalimu Thomas Wasonga to lead the group, which entertained Kenyans as they awaited the results of the presidential election.
The choir sang patriotic songs that reduced tensions among Kenyans for over a week at Bomas.
Even as schools begin on Monday, some choir members have publicly said that they have not yet received the money they worked for.
Victor Onyango, a lead singer in one of the choirs at Bomas, says that Mwalimu Wasonga promised them that their pay would come six weeks after announcing the presidential results.
Little did he know six weeks would translate to almost six months.
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“The choir was one of the service providers at Bomas of Kenya. We were brought in to provide services just like the rest who were contracted to make the process smooth. So we were supposed to be paid like the rest,” Onyango told Citizen Digital.
He continued: “Our able leader Mwalimu Wasonga said the money would come in six weeks. It is now six months and we are yet to see the money. We really don’t want to blame Mwalimu for this delay, but someone should act. We have families who saw us every day on TV working yet we went home with nothing.”
Onyango said 80% of the choir members entirely depend on singing as their source of income. The delayed payment has adversely affected their way of life and their families.
“I can assure you that most people in that choir you saw there don’t do anything apart from singing. It is their livelihood. Withholding their pay means they are greatly affected. They have families, and children are resuming school,” Onyango lamented.
Onyango claims that the choir was asked to sing more to reduce the tension, even as situations threatened to spiral out of control ahead of the delayed announcement of the presidential results.
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