'I Will Not Cry For You Mutula, I Will Celebrate' - Kethi Kilonzo's Tribute To Her Dad, Mutula Kilonzo.

Kethi Kilonzo

I must but shed a tear when I remember your life

A life full of purpose and commitment.

You taught us that a man must stand up for what he believes in.

You taught us that the struggle for liberty is one that must continue.

You were a mentor for young minds in Kenya

Young Kenyans will remember you fondly Mutula.

                                They’ll remember that you were

                                                    the epitome of success in legal practice

They will remember that you led the way in embracing diversity and change.

I celebrate you Mutula and pledge that your death will not be in vain.

Your death teaches us that we are not yet free.

Your death teaches us that the struggle is on .

 And we shall honour your life by ensuring that freedom is safeguarded and bequeathed to coming generations.

I am glad I knew you Mutula.

My life was influenced positively because you lived.

Kethi Kilonzo - Loving Daughter

Grove Awards List Of Nominees

Quick Facts About Groove Awards.

Did You Know That Grove Awards Is Run Mo Sound Entertainment Ltd.

Groove Awards is East Afria's premier Gospel music awards showcase. It exists to honor, promote & give recognition to the artists, writers and industry players for their contribution towards the East African Gospel music industry.

Founded in 2004, Groove Awards has honored over 600 artists and groups and handed out hundreds of stattuetes. Over the years, Groove Awards has grown in stature, scope and appreciation, and has quickly become the benchmark by which the industry measures itself.

The Objectives of Groove Awards are to:

• Promote and connect Gospel artists across Africa.
• Open doors for upcoming aspiring singers, songwriters and musicians.
• Create benchmarks and help raise the standards in the music industry.
• Promote local Gospel artists and their music to a global audience.
• Unite gospel musicians through celebrating excellence in music. 

Below Are This Year's Nominess for Grove Awards. Voting lines are now open to the public to choose their best in all the categories slotted.

 

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

 DK Kwenye Beat

 Eko Dydda

 Jimmy Gait

 Kevoyout

 Kris Eh Baba

 Willy Paul

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

 Eunice Njeri

 Gloria Muliro

 Hellena Ken

 Jemimmah Thiong'o

 Mercy D'Lai

GROUP OF THE YEAR

 BMF

 Christ Cycoz

 Kelele Takatifu

 MOG

 SOC (Saints of Christ)

 Tetete

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR / GROUP OF THE YEAR

 Bahati

 Chuchu

 Denno

 HopeKid

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

 Conquerer - Joyce Omondi

 Emmanuel - Mercy Masika

 Katikia Yesu - Kris Eh Baba

 Mbona - Daddy Owen & Dennoh

 Money Money - M.O.G

 Sari Sari - DK Kwenye Beat

SONG OF THE YEAR

 Appointment- Jimmy Gait

 Mbona- Daddy Owen ft. Dennoh

 Mpango wa Kando- Gloria & Evelyne

Sari Sari - DK Kwenye Beat

 Sitolia - Willy Paul & Gloria Muliro

 Wanajua - Pitson & Mwenye Haki

WORSHIP SONG OF THE YEAR

 Asante - Chomba

 Ayala - Mercy Wairegi

 Hutaniacha - Makenna

 Nibariki - Rozy Ohon

 Nimekubali - Eunice Njeri

 Usinipite - Ali Mukhwana

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

 BMF - Rise Up

 Dennoh - Naona Mbali

Mambo Yanabadilika - Hellena Ken

 Nuru - Mercy Wairegi

 Penya - Jemmimah Thiongo

 Urban Prayers - Rigga

HIP HOP SONG OF THE YEAR

 Beautiful People - Eko Dydda

 Bila Yesu - SOC

 Bonga Bonga - Kelele Takatifu

 Champion - Christ Cycoz

 Katikia Yesu - Kris Eh Baba

 Sina Chorus - Rigga

AUDIO PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

 Bizzy B

Dr. Eddie

 Gitonga

 Jackie B

 Saint P

 Teddy B

VIDEO PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

 Dr. Eddie

 Eagle Films

 J Blessing

 Princecam

 Tiger

 Young Wallace

RAGGA / REGGAE SONG OF THE YEAR

Amazing Grace - Guardian Angel

 Get Ready - Jfam

 Holiday - Hope Kid

 Monday till Sunday - Dafari

 Pull Up - Kevoyout

 This Life - Redemption ft. Simbo & Guardian Angel

COLLABO OF THE YEAR

 Holiday - Hope Kid & Altermin Dancers

 Kando - Gloria Muliro Ft. Everlyne

 Kofi Yoo - Masterpiece ft. D.K Kwenye Beat & Cabassa

 Mbona - DaddyOwen Ft. Dennoh

 Sitolia - Willy Paul & Gloria Muliro

 Wanajua - Pitson & Mwenye Haki

DANCE GROUP OF THE YEAR

 Alabaster

 Altermin

 Flamers

 Iced

 Jims & Dims

 Zionists

GOSPEL RADIO SHOW OF THE YEAR

 Gospel Sunday - Milele FM

 Inuka - Hot 96

 Replay Show - Truth FM

 Shangilia - Hope FM

 Trinity Connect - HBR

 Tukuza - Radio Maisha

RADIO PRESENTER OF THE YEAR

 Allan T - Trinity Connect (HBR)

 Amani - Shangilia (Hope FM)

 Antony Ndiema - Tukuza (Radio Maisha)

 Kambua - Inuka (Hot 96)

 Esther - FNL (Ghetto Radio)

 Jay Njoroge - Mwamba (HBR)

DJ OF THE YEAR

 DJ GG

 DJ Krowbar

 DJ Mo

 DJ Sadic

 DJ Sanch

GOSPEL TV SHOW OF THE YEAR

 Crossover - NTV

 Gospel Garage - K24

 Kubamba - Citizen TV

 Password - NTV

 Rauka - Citizen TV

 Tukuza - KTN

PWANI SONG OF THE YEAR

 Calender ya Mungu - Anastacia Mukabwa

 Chuna Pua - Kimsa

 Elshadai - Yvonne Aphia

 Maisha Bila - Princess Farida

 Nakuabudu - Clemence Tumaini

 Nakungoja - Mercy D Lai

RIFT VALLEY SONG OF THE YEAR

 Ashe Papalai - Charity Tajeu

 Kiboiboi - Faith Kosgei

 Maiwek - Joel Kimeto

 Osalaba - Sam Manga

 Safina - Maryanne Tutuma

 Young Man - Mr. Israel

WESTERN SONG OF THE YEAR

 Chemishet - Doreen Baruto

 Matsai ka Yesu - Gloria Muliro

 Nge Ekhisi - Selina Sitati

Olwanda - Sally Siboi

 Omusamba Kwa Yesu - Bishop Olumasa

 Shibenganyata - Joesph Sishia

EASTERN SONG OF THE YEAR

 Kwambata - Dorcas Ndambuki

 Ndikasyoka Thinani - Stephen Kasolo

 Nibwega - Kendi Meme

 Nue Ndete - Mbuvi

 Twendaneni - Ameru Crew

 Utao - Purity Katieko

NYANZA SONG OF THE YEAR

 Amiela Miela - Wamor

 Inkanye Nyasae - Caro Nyakwaka

Kwe Kende - Rosemary Ogonya

 Many Many - Tetete

 Nying Manyien - Geraldine Oduor

 Sonko wa Sonko - Christine Atieno

CENTRAL SONG OF THE YEAR

 Agocwo - Betty Bayo

 Dady Wa Power - C-Bsir

 Kindu wa Nii - Dennis Mutara

 Kiriro - Simon Njehia

 Magegania - Sammy Irungu

 Ruciu Rwaku - David Mambo

ARTIST OF THE YEAR (UGANDA)

 Coopy Bly

Exodus

 Holy Keane Amooti

 Jackie Senyonjo

 Ruyonga

 Wilson Bugembe

ARTIST OF THE YEAR (RWANDA)

 Bahati Alphonze

 Gaby Irene Kamanzi

 Theo Uwiringiye

 Tonze

 Kabaganza Liliane

 Patient Bizimana

ARTIST OF THE YEAR (TANZANIA)

Bahati Bukuku

 Bonny Mwaitegi

 Christina Shusho

 Martha Mwaipaja

 Rose Muhando

 Upendo Nkone

ARTIST OF THE YEAR (BURUNDI)

 David Nkundimana

 Dudu Niyukuri

 Fabrice Nzeyimana

 Fortrand Bigirimana

 Redemption Voice

 Seraphins Song

DNA Samples To Be Extracted From The Late Mutula's Body - High Court Orders

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 8-The High Court has now ordered for DNA samples to be extracted from the body of the late Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo following an application by a woman who claims paternity for her seven-year-old son.

 

Justice Luka Kimaru has ordered that samples be taken to determine parenthood after Eunice Nthenya through the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) filed the case at the Milimani Law courts.

Nthenya who identifies herself in the suit papers as the daughter of the late Kilonzo’s herdsman claims that the deceased is the father of her son Jackson Muuo who was born on May 5, 2006.

She claims that she was in a relationship with the late lawyer between 2005 and 2008.

The High Court has now ordered that the DNA samples be extracted before the late Kilonzo is buried at his Mbooni home on Thursday. 

The late senator was found dead at his Maanzoni home on April 27.

Pathologists are yet to release results of the late Kilonzo’s postmortem conducted last Tuesday.

Pathologists who conducted the postmortem at the Lee Funeral Home said that it will take them between eight to 10 weeks to make a conclusive finding.

Government Spokesman Muthui Kariuki told Capital FM News on Tuesday that President Uhuru Kenyatta who is expected back from a London trip is expected to attend the late Kilonzo’s funeral.

Courtesy of Capital FM News  

Chief Justice Willy Mutuga: My Tribute To Mutula Kilonzo

By Chief Justice Willy Mutunga

 

I first met Mutula in July 1973 when I enrolled to read for my Master of Laws degree in the Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam. 

Mutula was in his third and final year of study for his Bachelor of Laws degree. I quickly found out he was one of the outstanding students in his class. Dar was a place for hard work, but this did not stop us, the Kenyan students in Dar, from posing for pretty photographs that were carried in the print media in one of the many media pieces on Mutula. We also welcomed him back in Dar after his marriage in December 1973. We were overjoyed and Mutula wore the coat of his wedding suit for the occasion!

Mutula wrote his exams in March 1974 and before leaving for Kenya, he gave me a telephone number of his relative with a request that I relay his examination results as soon as they were out. I was very proud as a Kenyan to communicate his record-breaking academic feat when Mutula became the first East African to obtain a first-class degree in law in the history of the Faculty of Law, University of East Africa, Dar es Salaam. 

Mutula co-authored a brilliant dissertation with George Masese, his classmate and now a practising Advocate in Kisii as third year student. They wrote on peasants and the co-operative movement in Kenya using a Marxist-Leninist methodology. I have always believed that at Dar, Mutula came to understand how the capitalist system works. He used his brilliant faculties to prove that Marx and Lenin were right in how that system worked! And how that system, if well understood, could enrich lawyers, too!

I saw a lot of Mutula while he was at the Kenya School of Law, but saw more of him when employed by the firm of Kakuli & Mati Advocates. I had worked for this firm before I went for further studies in Dar. 

He worked very hard and soon set up his firm. Mutula was always focused and worked hard to achieve his goals. I had occasion to do some briefs for Mutula when I was not teaching law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Nairobi. There were many closures of the university in those days. 

Mutula was kind enough to loan me Ksh10,000 to help me buy a sports Mazda car, which I paid back by undertaking legal briefs for him. At some point, we thought we could be legal partners, but I chose the path of the academy and activism. Although our political paths were distinctly different, we remained friends and deeply respected each other’s political positions.

There is one act of humanity Mutula carried out which I will never forget. Upon my release from detention on October 20, 1983, he sought me out, gave me some money and quickly facilitated the renewal of my practising certificate as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.

He was then the President of the Law Society of Kenya. I got my certificate and in January 1984, I was a sub-tenant of one of my close friends and former student, Joe Nzioka. I had a means of livelihood, thanks to these two friends. As a freed detainee, I was shunned by many, but Mutula did what a friend should always do, help friends in need. I am sure there were possible political consequences for his action, but that did not deter him at all.

Mutula will also be remembered for his focused stewardship as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya in 2010. He stood out as a brilliant interpreter of the Constitution and courageously guided its implementation through his legal advice. He worked tirelessly on drafting the various statutes that were the core to the implementation of the new Constitution.

Mutula gave me tremendous support when I assumed the Office of the Chief Justice. He supported the Judiciary in its assertion of independence. He attended the launch of the Judiciary Transformation Framework and supported its implementation. Mutula never missed any of our functions at the Judiciary, that in itself signalling a lot of political goodwill from the Ministry of Justice. 

He played a pivotal role in setting up the National Council for the Administration of Justice, the assembly line for the justice sector in Kenya. Both of us were clear that when it comes to national matters, there was the need for robust independence of institutions but a constructive inter-dependence between them to achieve goals in the national interest.

Mutula was honest and outspoken on issues of justice and law. I admired his courage, which gave all of us in the Judiciary extra energy to carry out our transformation.

Mutula is one of the pioneers of the African Bar in Kenya, whose brilliance, professionalism and practice will remain a beacon to aspiring lawyers.

I saw a lot of Mutula during the presidential petition. He was one of the lawyers in the CORD team. One of the observers in that petition was his classmate in Dar, the Chief Justice of Tanzania, His Lordship Mohammed Chande Othman. Their reunion was a great occasion. I also saw him at the funeral of Mrs Ruth Waki on April 18, 2013 when, in his usual candour, he criticised the Supreme Court. His death nine days later was a great shock to me.

I send my heartfelt and sincere condolences to his family, the people of Makueni who elected him to the Senate, his many friends in Kenya and abroad.

May the Almighty Allah rest his soul in eternal peace.

'Mutula Kilonzo Is The Father Of My Kid' - Eunice Nthenya Moves To Court

Even before a requiem mass organised for the late Makueni Senator, Hon. Mutula Kilonzo begins, one Eunice Nthenya has rushed to the courts on claims that The Late Makueni County Senator (Mutula Kilonzo) was the biological father of her son known as Jackson Muuo. 

Eunice claims that the late Mutula fathered the child in 2006 and now wants to prove through a DNA test before the body is laid to rest.

This is an interesting and an ugly turn of events to burial preparations for the late Makueni Senator that are currently underway and in high gear.

We are keenly following the story. Keep it here for more updates

Mutula Kilonzo Set For Burial – The Burial Arrangements.

The Late Mutula Kilonzo

A requiem mass for the late Makueni County Senator Hon. Mutula Kilonzo is organized this morning Wednesday 8^TH May, 2013, to take place at the Nairobi Baptist Church. This will present an opportunity to those people who may not make it to Mbooni to have an opportunity and chance to pay their last respects to the late fallen Makueni lawmaker.

The convoy transporting the body of the late Senator is expected to leave Lee Funeral Home on Thursday morning for the final resting place at Mbooni. Over 10,000 people from Makueni County alone are expected to attend the funeral service at Kikima Secondary School in Mbooni before Mr. Kilonzo’s Burial at his Woyani home.

There are some constraints at the burial site therefore, everyone is invited for the Funeral Service (at Kikima Secondary School), but it is only close family, friends and relatives who will access the grave site at 2pm as mutual is laid to rest.

The Kenyan Government Spokesman Muthui Kariuki has confirmed that President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to attend the late Mutual’s Funeral in Mbooni after he returns from his London trip on Wednesday.

Uhuru Kenyatta Set To Meet Chinese, German and France Leaders as He receives Special Invitation To World Economic Forum In South Africa

Uhuru Kenyatta, The Kenya's President who currently is in London seems to have a busy diary if the preceding occasions and events are anything to go with. barely a day after the President set his foot in London, Letter has been received at Statehouse Inviting him to World Economic Forum in South Africa.

Uhuru who is expected back on Wednesday is scheduled to attend the burial of Makueni Senator; The late Hon. Mutula Kilonzo who is set to be buried on Thursday.

On Friday, the president is expected to leave for south Africa for world economic forum meeting. It is at the meeting where He is expected to meet with the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Francois Hollande who have all confirmed their attendance to the meet.