Author Topic: Former Emeneya's spokemen Richard Ekambo & Mbuta Likasu  (Read 368 times)

Mfumu Vata on: February 11, 2025, 19:12

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In the almost 2 hours interview Richard Ekambo revealed that Emeneya was meant to perform at second time at Stade des Martyrs in 2003 and that donor Amborio Keji was ready to produce them, paying 5000 dollars as deposit and sponsors like Bracongo and Kerrygold being to sponsor the event (if the deposit was 5000 dollars, how much would an artist earn at that time, if the stadium would sell out ?). But the event didn't take place, because of Werrason taking that date (If I remember well they already rescheduled the concert-date twice in 2002 towards november and decembre, because of cars and some problems about planning the return of the group) and Emeneya asking them to the change the date, because of problems being in the band. Emeneya's staff changing the concert-date, but Emeneya later on not being motivated anymore, because of the departure of many singers (and not because security-reasons like the press stated). Emeneya saying to his staff that it was better to wait and prepare the new team. At the same time Emeneya had a contract with a concertpromoter for a concert in London. However, something went wrong with the visa's, because the contract dated from when he was in Europe with Victoria Eleison. But all his female dancers had left and in Kinshasa they recruited new dancers that they wanted to bring to UK and also add Sweet Elesse (for ngulu purposes). So they couldn't bring them since that it wasn't possible to add passeports, after that embassy approved their demand for visa's. The paradox side of the story is that Emeneya was well aware about all this. The concertpromoter informed Emeneya's staff/admin that he couldn't add passeports of the dancers and that the embassy was about to put visa's in the remaining passeports. So when the admin/staff informed Emeneya about the problems. Emeneya invited the concertpromoter at home and said to him that they would not travel to UK, if the dancers wouldn't go. According him, people living in Europe wait for dancers. The concert promoter was mad, starting to complain about Emeneya's behaviour and said that he would get Werrason, if the concert would get cancelled. The concert also ending up by getting cancelled and Werrason getting that contract.

Richard Ekambo also talking about the Maisha-era, how both Wemba and Koffi visited Emeneya and vice-versa, what happened, etc.