Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has revealed several roads in Nairobi will be renamed after legendary Kenyan artist E-sir.
This he said during this year’s Jamhuri Day Celebrations at Uhuru Gardens on Thursday 12th December 2024.
We shall be honoring our artists by renaming some of the road…One of the roads in South C will be re-named after the great hero E-sir.
Sakaja said.
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E-sir whose real name is Issah Mmari Wangui was a Kenyan rapper.
He was nominated for the Mdundo Awards for most downloaded Hip-Hop Artist.
The Kenya best known rapper died in a tragic car accident along the Nakuru-Nairobi Highway on his way back to Nairobi from a concert at Afraha Stadium in 2003 with Boomba train as his last hit song.
Kenya singer Nameless who was with E-sir at the time of the accident had launched a petition onlineto name one of the roads after E-sir which garnered thousands of signatures at the time.
E-sir has also been known for his hit music ‘Moss moss’ and ‘Leo ni leo’ which still attract listeners up to today.
