Sauti Sol hails Dr. SK Macharia, Omanyala among their male heroes

Popular Afro-pop boy band Sauti Sol have come out to publicly celebrate “great” Kenyan men who they say have made a positive impact on their journey.

In an Instagram post on Monday, the band which comprises Bien-Aimé Baraza, Willis Chimano, Savara Mudigi and Polycarp Otieno celebrated and thanked Royal Media Services Chairman Dr. SK Macharia among their heroes.

The Grammy Award-winning quartet also celebrated Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala, investigative journalist John-Allan Namu and football player Victor Wanyama.

“Today we celebrate these great men who have made a positive contribution to our journey,” wrote the band, “Thank you.”

Omanyala is a celebrated athlete who has won several medals in the 100 metres race across various championships, among them the ​​2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the 2022 African Championships in Mauritius.

Dr. SK Macharia on the other hand is the founder and chair of Royal Media Services, the largest private radio and television network in Eastern Africa. He was top on Forbes Magazine’s list of the top-10 African millionaires to watch in 2012 and has been honoured with the 2015 Eastern Africa Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Lifetime Achievement Award.

John-Allan Namu is an investigative journalist and the CEO of Africa Uncensored, an investigative and in-depth journalism production house based in Nairobi.

A CNN African Journalist of the Year Award winner (2009), Namu is a 2009 CNN fellow and a 2017 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow.

Wanyama meanwhile plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal. 

He is also a trailblazer in the game, having become the first ever Kenyan player to score in the UEFA Champions League when he scored the first goal in Celtic's 2–1 win over Barcelona on 7 November 2012.