Karanja Kimani

The East African got talent will be kicking off on 4^th August 2019. It is a platform for the East African community that is Kenya Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda to showcase their talents including music, comedy, dancing and many more. This event saw the Bongo flava artiste from Tanzania Vanessa Mdee as part of the panel of the judges who will be on the bench alongside the other four three judges; Jeff Koinange from Kenya, Rwanda’s DJ Contact Makeda and Uganda’s Gaetano Kagwa.

Vanessa Mdee whose real name is Vanessa Hau Mdee, is a Tanzanian songwriter, activist, television presenter and radio personality. She is popularly known for her hit songs like; Cash madame, Kisela and Juu. Being the first ever MTV VJ, host of the Epic Bongo star and participating in Coke Studio Africa are the main reasons why Vanessa got the chance to be a judge in the whooping event.