Honestly, I lost respect for the Kenyan gospel industry the day it became all about money, fame and power. Gospel artistes have reduced themselves to show-off characters on social media. Being successful in the industry is now judged based on how popular you are, how expensive the car you drive is, your ability to trend on social media and how many girls you can get. It is just sad.

But it gets worse; apparently some of them are even thieves. Award-winning music producer Jacob Otieno, better known as Jacky B, suspects that one of the many gospel artistes that record at his studio may have stolen his award trophies.

In an interview with Citizen Digital, Jacky B who says he only works with saved gospel artistes, revealed that both his Groove and Mwafaka Award trophies mysteriously disappeared from the studio.

My two awards (Mwafaka and Groove) were stolen about six months ago. I don’t know who took them. I just realised they were not where I had kept them in the house. One of my music studios is in the house. The awards were on a table stand in my living room. Sometimes when we are done recording, the singers pass through the corridor. I think one of them took them. 

Why would the gospel artistes steal the trophies though?

“I only record with gospel artistes. No other person stays with me, so it baffles me why they had to do it: are they going to boast to their friends that they won the awards? Mark you, they are not producers; so I wonder are they going to peel the title and put theirs? You know guys are very hungry for the awards!” added Jacky B.

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