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Curtain falls on popular Luhya songstress

Revelers on the floor at Signature Club in Kakamega dance to the Mukangala hit song. [File, Standard]

Songstress Gertrude Mwendo Anyika, who died last Friday, had been an icon and flamboyant figure in the Phonotex Success Band.

In 1965, at the age of 20 years, the iconic singer joined the late music maestro Jacob Luseno to form the famed band alongside Isaya Mwinamo and Fadhili Williams.

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