The East African Standard (Nairobi)

Kenya: Singer Alicia Keys Jets Into the Country

By Philip Mwakio, 6 April 2006

Nairobi — Award winning American music star, Alicia Keys is in the country.

Keys, born and raised in Manhattan New York jetted into Mombasa on Wednesday evening and was driven to the posh Mombasa Serena Beach Hotel, North Coast where she spent the first day in the Coastal city.

Today, Keys who is the global ambassador and co-founder of Keep A Child Alive Foundation, an organisation that was established to provide life-saving anti-retroviral treatment to children and their famillies with HIV/ Aids, toured the Coast Provincial General Hospital (CPGH).

Flanked by a film crew, bodyguards and Kenyan Tourist Police Unit (TPU) officers, Keys arrived at the hospital at 11.00 am and was met by hospital staff led by the hospital administrator, Dr Khadija Shikelly and Coast Provincial Medical officer of Health, Dr Anderson Kahindi.

Her visit to the hospital did not however fail to attract the attention of her local fans who chanced for an opportunity to have a glance of her.

Ms Daisy Oyoo, a Mombasa resident had heard of Keys' arrival and rushed to see her.

"Am delighted I saw her and took her picture on my digital camera which I will treasure to keep," she said.

Tagged: Arts, East Africa, External Relations, Kenya, Music, U.S., Canada and Africa

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