that was zamzam abdi gelle.go, tourism here in kenya was booming, with visitors coming for the wildlife as well as its beautiful beaches. our next witnesses were making a living playing music at hotels when they were inspired to write a song which went on to become a global hit. this is the story ofjambo bwana. plays jambo bwana 0n saxophone #jambo, jambo bwana! # habari gani, mzuri sana # wageni, wakaribishwa # kenya yetu, hakuna matata # kenya nchi nzuri, hakuna matata... that's the way it went. the tourists were just crazy about this song. #jambo, jambo bwana! it went silver, then gold, then platinum. that came as a complete surprise to me. # wakaribishwa, hakuna matata! i started the group, them mushrooms, in 1972. me and him were working at the cement factory in mombasa. there was a lot of tourists coming into mombasa, so it was a really vibrant scene in mombasa. we were playing mostly congolese stuff, and kenyan music, and whatever, but when we realised we could make more money and play for less time for t