When
the roll call of gospel artistes in Nigeria are called, no doubt, the name,
Kenny Saint Best, formerly known as Kenny Saint Brown (KSB) will surely not be
missing.
Apart
from being a gospel artiste, KSB is also an influential figure in the music
industry in Nigeria, thanks to the respect her elder brother, Kenny Ogungbe
commands in the entertainment industry. Kenny is presently the General Manager
of Raypower FM and he is at the helms of affairs at Kennis Music, where KSB is
the Vice-President of the outfit.
The
Ogun State-born singer is also known to be an activist, who is fearless and is
ready to speak, no matter who is involved.
Wande
Coal and Don Jazzy cannot quickly forget her stand on the ‘Go Low’ music video
released they released in 2012. KSB lampooned the duo for promoting nudity in
the work.
And to
probably have a good ground to fight this growing trend of nudity and
prostitution in the society, KSB has decided to go into politics.
She
recently revealed in an interview with ThisDay that one of her reasons for
delving into the murky waters of Nigerian politics is, according to her, to see
“that every girl that comes out to hustle on the street at night should have a
privilege to become a better citizen, and be given the privilege of better
productivity in the areas of what they can do to improve their lives apart from
prostitution.”
She
said, “What I see in my local government (Onigbongbo, Lagos), especially the
Opebi axis where I reside baffles me. The rise of prostitution has gone up by
almost 1000%, it never used to be this bad. Back then, you can count the number
of girls you see on one hand, but now especially at that Peka’s junction it
seems like a trailer comes to offload them for the night from 7pm.
“It
looks like the street is pulling them more and more all because of money, and
what they do depreciates humanity.
“I
think there can be a change, something can be introduced to these girls and let
them know that there’s a gift on the inside of them that can improve their
personality and make money with their body by working hard without having to
dehumanise themselves.”
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