Catalogue       Group                                                       A side/B side                                                        Language

Number

FUR 7-135   John Nzenze                     Elizabeth Wangu/Veronika Mpenzi                           Swahili

                   with Bongo Boys

FUR 7-236   Susana Band                    Lwaki Onkyaawa/Yudaya                                        Luganda

FUR 7-297   Tanzania Luo Band            Rapar Mar Luo Matanzania/Owigo Ogul                   Luo

FUR 7-300   Wilfred Ndirangu               Umbani Uri Thina/Waigoko                                     Kikuyu

                  with M Wagatonye

FUR 7-301   Tanzania Luo Band            Rapar Marhera/Mwalimu Jonathan Nyando              Luo

FUR 7-302   Maranga Wa Gatonye        Kiheo Ni Muoyo/Hunjiai Na Hinya                           .Kikuyu

                  with W Ndirangu

FUR 307      Wilfred Ndirangu Kariuki    Thogora ni Maitho/Kirathimo Gitu                           Kikuyu

FUR 7-314   Maranga Wa Gatonye        Mwaki Wa Tawa/Kiriiri                                           Kikuyu

                  with W Ndirangu

POP 7200     Peter Auma                      A: Daniel Owingo Gi Helen Akeyo                           Luo

MPC 398-9   with vocalist                     B: Leonard Omollo Gi Liwnida Ogony

                   C Amondi & C Kolla

John Nzenze is one of the great survivors of Kenyan music. He had a big hit with Angelika Twisti in 1962 and then, according to a report in The Nation, April 19, 2008, which you can read at http://allafrica.com/stories/200804210063.html he joined the then Nakuru-based Bongo Boys, which apparently also included Daudi Kabaka. After years in semi-retirement in Kakamega, the same report says he is about to release a new record.

Nzenze was with the Bongo Boys from 1962-64, a connection that puts these records in that period. Why the Peter Auma record has such a different catalogue number isn’t clear, though.

Wilfred Ndirangu and Wagatonye also recorded for Melodica