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From a Nairobi jail to a Kinshasa prison, veteran Congolese rumba musician has been released on bail after he was arrested in his home country last week for assaulting his female dancer in Kenya.
The 59-year-old was granted bail on Saturday night, after four days of detention, on the grounds that “he has a known residence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he is a famous star and his main interests are in the country,” one of his lawyers Benoit Tayeye explained.
According to the prosecution, the charges of assult and battery against him have not been dropped eventhough he has been freed from the Makala central prison in Kinshasa, AFP reports.
Real name Antoine Agbepa Mumba, Olomide was arrested a second time in a week after the previous one in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, for kicking his female dancer in the stomach at the airport on their arrival for a concert. He was deported after spending the night in jail.
Olomide’s arrest was spearheaded by a Congolese Member of Parliament Zacharias Bababaswe who described the act as barbaric against a woman.
The Rumba star, who has more than 26 albums to his name, has a history of assault. In August 2012, the singer was slapped with a three months suspended prison sentence in Kinshasa for assaulting his producer.
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Depressed and almost losing it, the Kenyan promoter who was behind the failed Koffi Olomide concert says he lost more than Cfa 5,875,934, money he now wants to recover from the artist.
“I feel like I am losing my mind. I lost so much money to this man who is kicking women. I must get it back and I am traveling to the Democratic Republic of Congo to seek intervention from the government,” Jules told Pulse.
“I had paid for everything, everything from return tickets to hotel bookings and everything else that was necessary to make the show a success. I feel so lost now. My money is lost,” he said adding that he is so depressed that the other day he even hit somebody’s car as he was driving on the highway – as he was out of his mind.“I don’t owe Koffi’s fans any money as the ticketing company was responsible over that and it has since refunded fans,” he added.
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Cameroonian singer, Achaley, is dead, citing some social media bloggers including Bareta Press.
Achaley, 30, reportedly suffered liver cancer and died Wednesday while receiving treatment in a state-run hospital in Limbe, Cameroon.
Cameroon Concord cannot independently verify the veracity of this story at the moment.
However, health care in Cameroon is substandard and fragile. Youths, especially the unemployed, hardly can afford for medical check-ups.
It is common to find ladies stay for at least two years without ever seeing a doctor for medical check-ups.
There is every need for the youths to hold the government accountable for the poor treatment of its citizens. Elite receive treatment in European hospitals, while the poor die in neglected home-based structures.
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Congolese Rhumba musician Koffi Olomide has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for assaulting one of his dancers in Kenya last week, DR Congo’s local media report.
The 60-year-old was caught on camera viciously kicking the female dancer at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport immediately after landing, though he later denied that he attacked her through a video on his Facebook page.
Following the incident, Koffi was arrested by Kenyan authorities and deported back to Kinshasa where he was also reportedly arrested.
After news of the attack went viral, South African and Zambian event organizers moved swiftly to cancel various shows that Koffi was to grace.
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Embattled Congolese singer Koffi Olomide was on Tuesday morning arrested at his home in Kinshasa, Nairobi News has learnt.
A Congolese journalist posted on her Twitter account pictures of the singer surrounded by plain clothes police officers with a caption: “#RDC. L’artiste musicien Koffi Olomide arrêté ce matin à son domicile (#DRC Musician Koffi Olomide arrested this morning at his home.)
Asked by a user why the Selfie singer was being arrested, she answered: “Affaire Kenya” which translates to “The Kenyan incident.”
The musician was caught on tape viciously attacking one of his dancers on arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi last week.
The Kenyan government cancelled his visa and deported him over the incident. His scheduled performance at the Bomas of Kenya was also cancelled.
The musician received a hostile reception in Kinshasa when he landed at the airport on Saturday afternoon. He was booed and jeered at the airport before being whisked away in a car.
Congolese Twitter users were on Tuesday quick to congratulate their police officers for arresting the singer.
The Agricultural and Commercial Society of Zambia also cancelled his planned show.
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