The highly anticipated Raha Festival hit a sour note last night as chaos disrupted the event, leaving fans disappointed and international dancehall star Shenseea unable to complete her performance.<\/p>\n
What began as a promising night ended in confusion as teargas was lobbed at the attendees and the Jamaican artiste was forced to cut short her performance.<\/p>\n
Shenseea had barely warmed up the stage when police came in, lobbing teargas into the crowd to disperse a chaotic scene fuelled by uninvited attendees breaching the venue.<\/p>\n
The commotion forced the star to be whisked away, cutting her set short after just a few minutes.<\/p>\n
Taking to X, Shenseea expressed her disappointment, writing: Fans responded with mixed emotions, including a cheeky apology from user @Osengo_, who quipped, \u201cSomebody tell her that we Shenseeally apologize.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Other users, however, directed their ire at the event\u2019s organizers and promoters, blaming them for the night\u2019s disarray.<\/p>\n One user @KarimGidali summed up the public sentiment with his response.<\/p>\n \u201cPromoters have conned revellers once again.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The Raha Festival is just the latest in a string of poorly executed events in Kenya this December, highlighting a troubling pattern of organizational failures.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, the Furaha Festival on December 7th faced its own share of chaos.<\/p>\n Tanzanian superstar Diamond Platnumz was slated to headline Furaha but left the venue without performing, citing security concerns and disorganization.<\/p>\n The incident, which involved scheduling conflicts with Kenyan artist Willy Paul and the abrupt cancellation of Jamaican reggae artist Etana\u2019s show, drew widespread criticism.<\/p>\n Diamond, who reportedly received $150,000 for the event, later defended his decision not to perform, stating: Kenyan concerts are increasingly becoming a source of disappointment for both fans and performers.<\/p>\n Fans point to poor planning, lack of security, and promoters failing to deliver on promises.<\/p>\n Promoters, on the other hand, often deflect blame, citing unpredictable circumstances and logistical challenges.<\/p>\n At Raha Festival, the breach of security leading to teargas and disarray was only one example of continued cases of mismanagement.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Shenseea expresses disappointment over disrupted Raha fest performance<\/a> appeared first on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The highly anticipated Raha Festival hit a sour note last night as chaos disrupted the event, leaving fans disappointed and international dancehall star Shenseea unable to complete her performance. What began as a promising night ended in confusion as teargas was lobbed at the attendees and the Jamaican artiste was forced to cut short her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cNow Kenya, I\u2019m a lil mad at y\u2019all ngl.\u201d <\/em>[sic]<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI cannot be paid $150,000 and then come fight to perform on stage. I stick to my time, and if it\u2019s over, I leave.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n