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Of Spider, Raila's popular DJ, and why all Kenyans are disc jockeys

(L) DJ Spider with Senator Sifuna at a recent event. [Courtesy, TikTok/Spider Freddy]

In ordinary speech, a disc jockey (DJ) occupies a modest corner of the public imagination, alongside comedians, magicians, acrobats and performers, all figures of fleeting spectacle and shallow delight. At best, DJs are celebrated as regular curators of sound, entertainers tasked with no more than sustaining a moment’s pulse of amusement.

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