This archive report was first published on 9 September 2019.
On 6 September 2019, President Uhuru Kenyatta met with members of the Mwakigwena Choir Group at State House, Mombasa, to reward their contributions to Kenya's rich heritage through their music.
The group, which started as a school choir in the late 1970s under the tutelage of Enock Ondego, was particularly loved by Kenya's founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and many of the country's freedom heroes for its patriotic music.
President Kenyatta thanked the group for their immense contribution to the country's heritage and said his administration would continue supporting national heroes who have helped shape the nation.
"We are here to honour you as part of those who are the foundation of this country. And we will continue with the same spirit not only to you but also all other heroes and those who have done their part in building that foundation of which ultimately we will leave to our children to build upon so as to have a home called Kenya," President Kenyatta told the musicians.
As part of the government's reward, each of the 14 members of the group has been allocated three acres of land at the Bunguni Settlement Scheme in Kwale County.
For the ailing Mwalimu Ondego, the President said the government would take care of his treatment costs.
Present during the meeting were Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja, Lands CAS Gideon Mung'aro, Lands PS Dr Nicholas Muraguri among other senior government officials.
