Kenyan Gospel singer Kambua full name is Kambua Manundu, she is born to a Prof, Manudu and mother Evangelist Lois Manundu. Not only is she a gospel music hit maker, but Kambua Manundu is also a
philanthropist and force to reckon with in the Kenyan music industry.
She is fully dedicated to her ministry and talent.
Kambua Family
Kambua Manundu is the second born of three children of Professor
Manundu and Evangelist Lois Manundu who are also the co-founders of
Tabibu Ministries.She was born and raised in Nairobi.
Kambua Earlier life
Kambua’s childhood was all about fun and games. Unlike the lady she
is today, she was a tom boy,who loved playing alongside her brothers.
While attending Kianda Primary school, she was involved in school
choirs and mass activities which strengthened her religious upbringing.
She then attended secondary school at Lukenya Academy where her love for music grew as she ventured into solo performances.
Despite occasional financial difficulties, she was fortunate enough
to complete her secondary school after which she joined Heart strings
theatre and performed in shows including ‘Family Business’ and
‘Something’s burning’.
Around the same time she joined her church praise and worship team and did
background vocals for top artistes like Mbuvi, Bahati and Kavutha.
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In the quest for higher education, she had been applying into various
universities and she finally got an invitation to the Ambrose
University in Calgary, Canada to pursue music.
This gave her much needed exposure and a chance to sing alongside the legendary Angelique Kidjo in concert.
When she was done with her degree, she visited Kenya on vacation, to
the realization that songs from her album ‘Nishikilie’ were doing well.
Rather than leaving what she had already started, Kambua decided to concentrate on her music career in Kenya.
Kambua Manundu n Evelyn Wanjiru |
Kambua Awards
2008 was the year that saw her win the Kisima Female Artiste of the
year while in 2009 she became Groove Female artiste of the year. These
wins, coupled with her strong presence in the Kenyan industry gave her
roles as host and emcee to several events.
Kambua Marriage
Kambua got married to pastor and businessman Jackson Mathu at a wedding garden at the Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club.
Kambua and Mbuvi
Gospel artist Victor Mbuvi was allegedly dating Kambua but they broke up few months before their
wedding .
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