Jaguar

Jaguar, born Charles Njagua Kanyi, is a Kenyan singer and politician. He released his debut single “Utaweza Kweli” in 2004 and joined the Ogopa Deejays production team a year later, where he scored his best-known hit, “Kigeugeu”.

From 2013 he recorded with his long-time producer Philip Makanda at Main Switch Studios, releasing “Kipepeo”, “Kioo” and “One Centimeter” with the Nigerian singer Iyanya. He also worked with South Africa’s Mafikizolo on “Going Nowhere”.

In 2015 he became director of Kenya’s National Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and in August 2017 he was elected member of Parliament for Starehe in Nairobi on a Jubilee Party ticket.