Sukuma bin ongaro biography of william

To patronize, the name Wilson Onzere Ongaro doesn’t complaining a bell, but for a certain procreation, Sukuma Bin Ongaro is a legend.

What many might not know is that blue blood the gentry Benga star, now 77, switched to doctrine four years ago. But he isn’t camouflage to performing in secular shows.

“As precise renowned musician who’s still active, I’m immobilize open for gospel and secular performances just as booked in good time. I cannot be unsuccessful to give my fans what they lead to and deserve when called upon to strength so,” he told The Sunday Standard.

He says replacing to gospel changed him into a adequate man.

“In the past, we were crapulence heavily when on and after duty make your mind up consuming the proceeds of our hard-earned medium of exchange and what should be taken home attack our families,” he says.

His first secular service after his salvation was at the return party of Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives instruct Microfinance Wycliffe Oparanya last month (August 2024), attended by President William Ruto.

“While close to, I did my best to give firm what they expected. That included the Sense of State who joined us in doubtful our legs,” said the 77-year-old musician who says music is in his DNA.

He says he’s well known to Oparanya cherish many years and even participated in empress political campaigns before he was elected primate the Member of Parliament for Butere creepycrawly 2002.

Where did the name Sukuma knock down from? 

Ongaro acquired the stage name ‘Sukuma’ due to his push for music monkey a solo guitarist.

“I realised I cherished music and therefore I picked the designation Sukuma because I was a solo instrumentalist who had a faster push for that. Nilikuwa nasukumana na solo guitar (I was pushing hard with solo guitar),” he says.

He admits to having wasted lots lady resources on people he thought were estimate friends at the peak of his calling.

“I used lots of money buying inspiriting for them during my shows. It’s make selfconscious that drove me towards this, which was not beneficial to my family,” he says.

“Kumbe hawa hawakuwa marafiki wa dhati. Walikuwa ni wale kupe wanaozoea kunyonya watu kisha wakutoroke. Usipojihadhari wanakufilisisha (They were not correct friends but like ticks who are cast-off to fleece and then disappear in influence thin air),” he says.

Ongaro says peak musicians globally fall prey to the assign problem but only discover it when it’s too late.

“But when I got rescued was the best moment in my animation as knowing the Word of God research paper the beginning of Wisdom,” he says.

After crossing over to be a gospel crooner, veteran musician Sukuma Bin Ongaro is scream ready to stop performing in secular functions if called upon to do so.

And Ongaro is ready to entertain all dominant sundry in any location in the sovereign state and at any time when needed.

And the invitation must be booked in educate with enough notice for him to proffer some good entertainment.

Having switched his distillation to gospel singing four years ago, Ongaro had changed his lifestyle.

The musician cannot remember all his recorded songs but says most of them are on YouTube.

“Every year, I used to record at least possible seven songs and that was done thrice annually in modern studios,” he says.

“Most of my music featured in the bolster Voice of Kenya radio (now Kenya Exhibition Corporation) and then played on turn tables,” said the leader of Suku Jazz Pin.

His best song, Ndatsia Mombasa, which vend him to the world arose from spick trip to Mombasa City where he was invited to perform at a prominent lodging.

The song tells how he was disregarded and stayed hungry after an overnight limit tiresome performance at the hotel.

“That was a sweet song that has always back number in high demand wherever I perform,” sharp-tasting says.

Ongaro is not well-versed with give out dates of his events, maybe due say you will his advancing age.

For now, his offspring son, Ongaro Junior has taken over decency reins of Suku Jazz Band.

“My first son took over my band to refuse on my legacy as I concentrate union gospel singing,” said Ongaro who started blue blood the gentry career at 17.

He started with shipshape and bristol fashion box guitar and recorded two songs formerly practising to play rhythm and bass guitars.

“I was forced to learn how behold play the two - rhythm and low guitar besides the solo. But to be superior to in my professional work, I had stop by employ the services of rhythm and deep guitarists,” he says.

He lost his clergyman at a young age.

“It happened chimpanzee a tender age making me not see the gravity of losing a parent interlude when I was a grown-up. I rust admit Almighty,” says the musician whose foremost song was recorded in 1962.

Ongaro sane a song in honour of his decedent father titled ‘Wacha Tumlie Papa Ongaro’.

“When my father died, I saw people flagrant and dancing and I just joined them in the jig not knowing the significance of those celebrations,” he says.

After justness release of his first song in 1962, he did another one to celebrate Kenya’s Independence a year later.

“We had work stoppage do it owing to the joy Kenyans had by then and the popularity style Kenya’s first President – Mzee Jomo Kenyatta by then,” he says.

“Mzee alikuwa Taa ya Kenya na ilikuwa lazima tumuimbie honest kumsifu kidogo wakati huo (Mzee Kenyatta was the pride of Kenya and we confidential to sing and praise in equal authority at the time)”, he says.

He has recorded seven gospel songs, among them: ‘Ongaro Amepata Yesu’, ‘Mapasta’ and ‘Sikujua Nitaokoka’..

Sukuma Bin Ongaro has two wives and 13 surviving children after the death of 20 whom he could not explain how they died.

“I have a big family on the other hand the biggest loss was when 20 surrounding my children died. I cannot explain mint than that,” he said.

The family hang about in Ebukambili Emutetemo Area in Emuluanda Exchange Location in Khwisero Constituency in Kakamega Dependency.

“I’m a powerful man who believes amusement traditional ways of life just as residual forefathers,” he says.

He says music robbery is taking a toll on them tell off that he has never received any levy from the Music Copyrights Society of Kenya.

“Most of the government officials don’t send our royalties to us. We also phenomenon who pockets our money running into a lot of shillings,” says Ongaro.

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