13 years of Pulse: When Kenyan artists were paid with ugali, sukuma wiki and soda for shows

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A joke is often made of how Longombas, one of the biggest Kenyan music groups of the last decade could once not afford to open a bank account.

Then signed to Ogopa Deejays, the artistes are said to have been earning so little from their concerts that all they earned could only be kept under a pillow.