On January, 20, 1994, the nation was thrown into mourning following the death of its first Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.
Oginga would later be buried at his Kang’o Ka Jaramogi home in Bondo, Siaya county, an event that was attended by top government figures and his opposition brigade.
Also present were crowds of villagers, admirers and of course entertainers who were in the location to soothe mourners as they bid goodbye to the man who played a very important role in realizing the nation’s independence.
Here are some of the misicians who participated;
1. Daniel Owino Misiani
Popularly known as D.O Misiani, Owino was a Tanzanian musician who spent most of his life in the nation, becoming somehow a Luo and is considered the founder of the Luo Benga.
Known largely for his Isabella Bim track, where he is hailing a female Luo traditional herbalist said to have had the ability to revive the dead, Misiani would later die in a road accident along the Kisumu Kakamega Highway on May, 17, 2006, aged 66.
He was born in Mara, Tanzania and grew up in Nyamagongo in Shirati, earning him the nickname Ja-Shirati (man from Shirati).
2. Okatch Biggy
Okatch 'Dola' whose arrival at the event caused mayhem, resulting to a police chase between his associate named Adwera and the police, revealed in one of his hits that Misiani had already performed at the time of his arrival.
‘’Akao thumbe na adhi ayuag go Jaduong’. Ne wadhi yuago wuon Raila dala gi Oburu. Dijei Ogwee Ayudo ogocho, Owino Ja Shirati bende ayudo ogocho (we had gone to mourn Raila’s father at the home of Oburu, Dijei Ogwee and Owino from Shirati had already performed),’’ he says in his Nyathi Nyakatch hit released in 1996.
3. Dijei Ogwee
He remains largely unknown and very little is said about him, but is most likely one of the ancient mucisians who did not, however, make it as big like the rest.
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