Jacob luseno biography

The late Jacob Luseno, a Western Kenya born veteran musician was unmatched in his compositions that were heavily laced with social teachings. In one of his luhya classics Khutsi Ingo, Luseno advises city dwellers to make it a point to visit their people their rural homes.

Khutsi Ingo (let us go home) depicts a man who lives in Mombasa, a vibrant coastal city in Kenya, desperately but unsuccessfully pleading with his wife to accompany him home-upcountry.

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Despite the popularity of this song, many Africans are yet to embrace Luseno’s advice and wisdom. For decades, some of them have completely neglected their rural homes to an extent that they can not find their way back on their own.

Many collapsing houses abound in our villages as their owners have gone into self-exile in cities.These ‘exiles’ only make technical appearances in their rural homes during funerals of close relatives then ‘flee’ back to the city immediately after burial.

Christmas or voting can also persuade them t