Chemutai, fondly known by her stage name Chelele, was allegedly killed in cold blood and her body dumped at the veranda of her house in Itembe, Chepalungu..
Chelele
Kalenjin singer-songwriter
Chelele | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Diana Chemutai Musila |
| Born | Mugango Village, Bomet County |
| Died | January () (aged&#;27–28) Unknown, body planted posthumously at own home |
| Spouse | Erick Makau Musila |
Musical artist
Diana Chemutai Musila, known by her stage name, Chelele, was a Kalenjin secular music singer songwriter.
She sang in Kipsigis, a dialect of Kalenjin language.
The family of a popular musician who was killed in cold blood two years ago has complained of threats from unknown people.
The Kalenjin are a Southern Nilotic ethnicity that inhabits the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya and a number of districts in the Mount Elgon area in Uganda. Chelele's songs were ranked top the charts on Kalenjin radio and TV stations during her years of fecund music production.
She is reminisced for her feisty demeanor during all her recording and stage performances.[1]
Chelele was born in at Mugango village in Bomet County, Kenya. Between and , she attended Njerian Primary before progressing to Chebonei Girls’ High School in Bomet.
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