Singer-cum-politician Charles Kanyi alias Jaguar had one of his stormy moments in his first speech in Parliament on Thursday.
The Starehe MP was more than once jeered by his fellow MPs as he made his first maiden speech as an MP.
They did this after an attempt by the MP to use sheng in parts of his speech as well as a constant reminder that Parliament Buildings, sit in his constituency.
Deputy Speaker Moses Cheboi had to, in more than one instance, intervene and ask the honorable members to accord the Kigeugeu hit maker respect.
Jaguar acknowledged he appreciates support from Starehe constituents who “overwhelmingly” voted for him.
“I want to thank the Starehe people for trusting a youthful leader against all odds. They stood firm and voted for me overwhelmingly…I will not let them down,” said the lawmaker.
Jaguar also told the House that he will not withdraw his Kigeugeu song because it doesn’t touch on politicians only but also other facets of the society.
“As you all know, before I joined politics, I came from the music industry. I am the one who sang the song kigeugeu and honourable members have been urging me to withdraw the song because I have now joined politics.”
“But if you listen to the song, it does not touch on politicians only; it touches on all the evils that happen in this country and the rest of the world,” added the MP.
He urged the House to come up with a solution to ending piracy noting it is “killing” Kenyan artistes.
“It is only in Kenya where an artiste can produce a song in the morning, go to the studio, record and have the song played in the afternoon an in the evening when going home; you get a pirate selling you the same song that you had produced in the morning.”
By Pharis Kinyua. He’s an online Journalist and author for Jamhuri News.