By Reuben Olita
Popular Ohangla artiste Evans Ochieng Owino, popularly known as Prince Indah on Friday night, thrilled fans during a music show at Mulembe International Hotel in Busia town.
Ohangla artiste Prince Indah performing on stage at Hotel International Hotel on Friday night.
Prince Indah has produced five albums so far with the latest songs, including Osiepe, mummy chulo, Duk Jawiro, and Kosik Otieno, making him one of the best ohangla artistes in the country.
Indah was born on 9th August 1994 at Murumba Village, in Siaya County. He is the third born in a family of five.
His father, Meshack Owino, and mother Caroline Achieng lived with him at Huruma Flats in Nairobi, where Prince Indah was brought up.
He started his Education at Daima Primary School in Huruma up to class 3 in 2003 when his father died, after which he was transferred to Oloma Murumba primary school where he sat for his KCPE in 2008 scoring 360 marks.
In 2009, he joined Missions of Hope High School in Machakos County. However, he dropped out of school in 2013 when he was in form three after his mother, who was the bread winner, passed on.
Following the death of his mother and lack of a good samaritan to support him, Indah decided to pursue manual labour that included engaging in construction work . He undertook this for quite some time in order to sustain himself in the city.
Indah had the tendency of going to night clubs in the evening after work, more so where Ohangla was playing live around Huruma to relax and enjoy the music.
Every weekend, he could sit next to the stage to study the performance of some artists.The exchange of hands with sticks across and over the drums impressed him most. He could enjoy by nodding his head, and demonstrate jovially just as the artistes performed their crafts.
Nice songs of Emma Jalamo (who is also his paternal uncle) with the voice he longed to adopt, the welcoming band crew inspired him most when he attended their shows at Starehe Hotel in Huruma.
He could go on stage and pick up the shakers and sit by the drum sets, and play them just to show his interest in music and to join the R.O.R team. There and then, he was granted a chance to join Ramogi Ohangla Rhumba, led by Emma Jalamo mainly because of his cooperation, being active and quick whenever he was called upon.
At R. O. R, he was in a mission of being keen, studying and following how Emma Jalamo sings; he could mimic his voice and sing exactly how Jalamo does. This kept on giving him the morale of singing, as that was his major aim.
He wanted to be a musician, not a shaker, which eventually paid off dividends when he was promoted to be the curtain raiser and the backup singer to Emma Jalamo.
