One of Kenya’s celebrated singers has turned into one of the most frustrated by piracy. Benga songbird Lilian Auma, popularly as Princess Jully, is report***y prospecting for gold in Migori after ******* sell of her music drove her out of business.
Also known as Alily nyar Jogina, she top*** the charts in the 1990s, and is well known for her all-time hit Dunia Mbaya. “Most people get s**cked when they find me in the mines,” Jully told the Star.
She said she moved from her Ksh30,000-a-month rental **use in South C, Nairobi, to her rural **me in Bondo Nyironge, Suna West sub-county. The artiste now lives in a mud **use she built on her own where she does not have to pay rent, the newspaper reports.
Jully travels for more than 50km to Komito goldmines in Rongo sub-county, where she net Kh300 a day. She said after the ***** of her singer husband Prince Jully in 1997, she moved to Nairobi to do business and produce music. She even opened a distribution s**p on Mfangano Street in the city centre.
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She produced Dunia Mbaya a year later, which propelled her music career at a time the country had declared HIV-Aids a national ********. “From my s**p in Nairobi, I distributed my music across the country and to Tanzania. Business was booming,” Jully said.
The artiste said she st*** has the prowess to sing. “I plan to record a song on ********* ******* in the country and send a message to al ******* to end *******isation,” Jully said.
Her musician son, Makajully, took to social media to s**w support. “Mama wanted to make the world a better place. She invested in hundreds of people, paid sc**ol fees and **used orphans,” he said.
Makajully said he is proud of his mother, w**se challenges she termed “a p***ing wind.” “I am proud to be the son of such a great woman,” he said.
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