In a span of two weeks, the secular music industry has lost
two talented singers in Cece Sagini and Wahu, with Kenya’s gospel industry
benefitting.
Barely a week after Cece confirmed her transition to
Christian music, revered songbird Wahu Kagwi has also jumped in that ship.
Speculation has been rife about her newfound salvation after
she released her gospel track ‘Sifa’ last week. She finally confirmed the
transition during an interview on NTV’s gospel show “Crossover” on Sunday.
“I’d like to say that Jesus is my Lord and Saviour,” she
said.
She revealed that she has been saved for a year and that the
journey of her Christian faith has been on and off.
After getting born again at an early age, she got
discouraged by fellow Christians and eventually ventured to secular music.
Wahu further detailed how four years ago she started
rethinking salvation and in 2016 she made her about-turn.
“Last year, now it’s about one year, is when I went through
some of my own issues and then it’s like that catapulted me to go down on my
knees and to begin my search for God. I made a resolution then to say my faith
is coming first,” explained Wahu.
She added that her decision to transition was based on her
own happiness.
“What people think is not as important as what God thinks
coz at the end of this journey when we stand before God it won’t be
mafanswangu, ama mathangu, ama boss wangu, it will be wewe what did you do,”
Wahu added.
She narrated how she has been spending time with God to the
point that her daughter, Tumiso, even told the neighbours, “kwetu gospel
imeshika.”
Watch her full interview below.
