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Kenyan musician populary known as Lady Maureen is appealing for financial help to bail her out of a Tanzanian jail.
Lady Maureen and her15 band members were arrested last week for entering Tanzania without travel documents.
They were arraigned in the High Court in Mwanza and sentenced to six months in jail with bail set at Tsh814,000 (Sh35,000) each.
The group is being held at Bukungu Prison Mwanza and they have been in prison for nine days.
Known for hits such as Kogalo, Wangni Wabiro, Raila Jogi Jokuoge, Raila Jakom and Safari ya Canaan, Lady Maureen and her crew cannot afford to pay the bail.
According to a Kenyan source based in Tanzania, Lady Maureen and her band travelled to Mwanza for a show last weekend without travel documents.
According to the source, the musician, whose parents are based in Tanzania, has in the past staged shows in various parts of the country without any hitches.
A section of local artistes and Maureen’s fans are planing a mini-harambee to help raise funds to freethe singer and her band.
This year has been a rough one for the Ohangla queen so far as this comes barely two months after the singer collapsed on stage while preparing to perform during her debut album launch event in Umoja One, Nairobi.