Despite smiling in the picture above, the CEO of Grandpa Records, Refigah, is not a happy man as he is counting huge losses. He woke up to the sad reality that thugs had broken into his studio situated in Olympic estate, Kibra at night and wiped the premise clean.
The burglars made away with Sh1.5 million worth of equipments according to Refigah.
“They stole all equipment, from the mixer, sound card, compressor, three set of recording microphones, sound systems and two monitors. We are talking of a loss of about Sh1.5 million shillings,” Refigah said.
The thieves, who must have had a good idea of the premise, broke a humongous steel padlock of the main gate to gain access into the front door of the studio where they cut through sophisticated locks without triggered the alarm system.
Refigah said he learnt of the break in on Wednesday morning after receiving a phone call from the producer who was reporting to work as usual.
Refigah, who relocated the studio four years ago from Kibera Plaza, believes the break in could be an inside job as the estate is relatively secure.
“We suspect this could be an inside job because this has never happened since we moved here,” he said.
He does not think it’s a coincidence that the burglars struck just a day before the installation of CCTV cameras in the studio was set to begin.
Refigah says he has reported the matter to Kilimani Police Station in Nairobi and that the police have already commenced their investigations.
The incident comes just weeks after the music recording studio relaunched with the introduction of two new upcoming artistes Msitony and Niweti.
Rafigah is not alone as singer Naiboi and producer Cedo also lost equipment worth Sh800,000 after burglars broke into their Pacho Entertainment Studio.