Starehe MP Charles Njagua Kanyi, better known by his stage name Jaguar, has lashed out at broke musicians who are seeking handouts from him.
Speaking during an interview on Mseto East Africa, Jaguar cautioned begging musicians to desist from seeking money from him.
The first time MP noted that broke musicians asking him for money are not voters in his Starehe constituency.
“I am an artist but I did not go to ask for votes as a musician, I was not elected by musicians neither am I their representative in Parliament. I was voted by Starehe people and they are the people I represent. There is a promise I gave Starehe people and I have to fulfil it,” said Jaguar.
The Starehe MP lamented that some musicians no longer take music as a business and have been forced to develop begging mentality.
“I don’t know where artists got the mentality that they have to be helped. Some no longer take music as a business, they don’t even know what they are supposed to do. They misuse their money and when they mess they start saying Jaguar is not helping artists.”
Jaguar called on artistes to stop living large and encouraged them to invest their money wisely.
“I want to tell them this, I was making over Sh1 million and I know there are artists I was with and they would make over Sh1 million. If you are not investing the money you get from your music, your work is only living large, and driving expensive cars, just know music is like any other business.”
