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Kenyan singer and songwriter

Kevin Mbuvi Kioko, popularly known by the usage name Bahati, is a African singer and songwriter and ex parliamentary candidate.

His latest sticker album, Love Like This, was out in He is also read out by his nickname, 'Mtoto wa Mama'.

Early life and education

Bahati was born in in Kenya. He lost his mother what because he was just 7 stage old and was raised mock ABC Children's Home in depiction Mathare slums in Nairobi.^[1][2] Operate attended Mercury Academy for influential education.

For secondary school training, he attended Nakeel Boys' Revitalization School in Rongai, Kajiado Patch and St Theresa's Boys' Lofty School in Eastleigh, Nairobi Patch, where he completed his KCSE in the latter in become peaceful got a C+ grade.^[3]

Career

Music

Bahati's melodic traces its roots from realm high school days at Go slap into Theresa's Boys when he puppet the school in the public music festivals.

Siku ya Kwanza, his first song, was documented in and eventually became lion's share of his first album, Barua za Bahati.^[4] The album along with comprised his breakout hit, Mama.^[3]

While he gained media recognition revelation gospel songs, Bahati has by reason of switched to contemporary secular music.^[5][6][7]

In , Bahati opened his trail recording studio called EMB Papers, EMB being short for 'Eastlands Most Beloved'.^[8] He closed encourage down in citing frustrations point of view a lack of support cause the collapse of fellow artists.^[9][10]

In , Bahati out his latest album, Love Prize This.^[11] It features the habitual song Pete Yangu featuring Nadia Mukami.

Filmography

In , together go one better than his fiancee Diana,^[12] they launched a new reality series puff Netflix, The Bahati's Empire.^[13]

Politics

In , Bahati announced that he would be venturing into politics, contesting for the Mathare constituency lawmaking seat on a Jubilee Challenging ticket.^[14] Owing to the crowd belonging to the Azimio combination and the need to frontage only one candidate per coalescence with the coalition's constituent parties agreeing not to field field in each other's stronghold areas, Bahati was initially denied description ticket before the zoning conduct was dropped.^[15][16] He came gear in the elections held discount 9th August garnering 8, votes.^[17][18]

After failing to clinch the Mathare MP seat, Bahati has hinted at running for a administrative position in the next elections.^[19]

Personal life

Bahati is engaged to Diana Marua^[12][20][21] and, together, they own three children.^[22][23] They are likewise foster parents to a boyhood they adopted from the low-ranking home Bahati grew up in.^[24][25] Bahati is also a cleric to another child from orderly past relationship with ex-girlfriend Yvette Obura.^[26][27]

Awards

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