Tanzanian Bongo star Rajab Abdul also known as Harmonize was accused for apparently what Kenyans think he insulted them during the December 31st Wasafi Festival.
Harmonize who is accused of calling Kenyans “financially broke” said he did not mean to offend Kenyans as his statement was misunderstood
While speaking to Tanzania’s Risasi Mchanganyiko” said, “You know the Swahili spoken in Kenya and the one widely used in Tanzania are different. Kenyans interpreted my message to mean that they are poor. I, however, was coming from a very innocent place. Many people had asked me why Kenyans support my music wholeheartedly, and I told the revelers that it is because they are poor like me.”
In addition he said, “I was, thereafter, shocked to see them shouting at me, while others shook their heads in disbelief. They told me: ‘Don’t refer to us as poor because we paid to come for this event’. I did not expect it would degenerate to that. I was coming from a very innocent place.”