SANAIPEI TANDE CALLS OUT CS ABABU OVER KALASHA AWARDS PRIZE MONEY

Singer and actress Sanaipei Tande has called out Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba for failing to honour a monetary promise he made over a year ago at the 2022 Kalasha Awards.

While taking to her Instagram handle, Tande wondered what happened to the money the winners were promised by the CS “1 year later no prize money and no communication on the same from @kenyafilmcomm @KalashaKenya or @AbabuNamwamba but 167M set aside for #KNT renovations in bids to develop and nurture NEW talent! What of the existing talent?” she wrote.

Sanaipei won the Kalasha award for Best Lead Actress in a TV Drama (Kina). Organised by Kenya Film Commission, winners of 2022 Kalasha Awards were to receive a prize money of Sh100,000 each, however, CS Ababu, pledged to double the prize money to Sh200,000.

In November 2023, 2022 Kalasha Award winner for Best Costume design Fatuo Hassan also called out the CS for breaking his promise. Speaking to Cheptoek Boyo on Buzz Central podcast, Fatou said, “I have not received the Sh200,000 they promised, they sent us an email and we sent our bank details but I have never seen the money. I won Best Costume Design for the film Ayaanle. At least they remembered the department that they always pretend is not important but they can’t stay without art.”