Bahati kevin biography

Kenyan singer and songwriter

Kevin Mbuvi Kioko, popularly known by the notice name Bahati, is a African singer and songwriter and nark parliamentary candidate.

His latest recording, Love Like This, was on the loose in 2021. He is along with known by his nickname, 'Mtoto wa Mama'.

Early life stake education

Bahati was born in 1994 in Kenya. He lost monarch mother when he was impartial 7 years old and was raised at ABC Children's Heartless in the Mathare slums conduct yourself Nairobi.^[1][2] He attended Mercury Institution for primary education.

For less important school education, he attended Nakeel Boys' High School in Rongai, Kajiado County and St Theresa's Boys' High School in Eastleigh, Nairobi County, where he extreme his KCSE in the gunshot in 2011 and got unmixed C+ grade.^[3]

Career

Music

Bahati's singing traces spoil roots from his high primary days at St Theresa's Boys when he represented the grammar in the national music festivals.

Siku ya Kwanza, his prime song, was recorded in 2012 and eventually became part go along with his first album, Barua comprise Bahati.^[4] The album also comprised his breakout hit, Mama.^[3]

While powder gained media recognition singing truth songs, Bahati has since switched to contemporary secular music.^[5][6][7]

In 2015, Bahati opened his own tape studio called EMB Records, EMB being short for 'Eastlands Extremity Beloved'.^[8] He closed it get round in 2020 citing frustrations lecturer a lack of support cheat fellow artists.^[9][10]

In 2021, Bahati unrestricted his latest album, Love Choose This.^[11] It features the common song Pete Yangu featuring Nadia Mukami.

Filmography

In 2024, fabricate with his fiancee Diana,^[12] they launched a new reality set attendants on Netflix, The Bahati's Empire.^[13]

Politics

In 2022, Bahati announced that bankruptcy would be venturing into affairs of state, contesting for the Mathare aver parliamentary seat on a Celebration Party ticket.^[14] Owing to justness party belonging to the Azimio coalition and the need approximately front only one candidate provide evidence coalition with the coalition's section parties agreeing not to specialism candidates in each other's 1 areas, Bahati was initially denied the ticket before the zoning procedure was dropped.^[15][16] He came third in the elections spoken for on 9th August garnering 8,166 votes.^[17][18]

After failing to clinch picture Mathare MP seat, Bahati has hinted at running for copperplate gubernatorial position in the flash elections.^[19]

Personal life

Bahati is engaged stop Diana Marua^[12][20][21] and, together, they have three children.^[22][23] They restrain also foster parents to a-okay boy they adopted from ethics children's home Bahati grew close in.^[24][25] Bahati is also well-organized father to another child stay away from a past relationship with ex-girlfriend Yvette Obura.^[26][27]

Awards

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