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'Chambua Kama Karanga' hitmaker Saida Karoli regrets blowing fortune

Saida Karoli

Tanzanian Artist Saida Karoli (centre) smiles for the camera with dancers from the House of Rhumba after she landed at the Wilson Airport on December 4, 2018 ahead of the Africa Music Extravaganza Concert. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Sinda Matiko

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

When the name Saida Karoli is mentioned, many East Africans recall the evergreen hit "Chambua Kama Karanga" from the early 2000s.

Saida burst onto the region's airwaves in 2001 with the song and album, which she says reached a crescendo in 2003.

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