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Catherine Wangui Wambui, better known as Wambui Katee is a kenyan singer-songwriter. She became popular thanks to her covers of popular artists songs in East Africa like Patoranking, Burna Boy or Sauti Sol.

She mainly sings in swahili and brings a breath of fresh air to Kenyan afro-pop music.

Biography
Catherine Wangui Wambui was born on 1st may 1998 in Nairobi, Kenya. Her mother, Annie Njoroge, is also a gospel singer in Kenya. She had never known her father until very recently where she met him for the first time. She is the first of three siblings.

She discovered music in her childhood, attending her mother's studio recordings, and even making her voices in the background.

School
She carried out her school career at Kerugoya Good Shepherd Primary School then at Kerugoya Girls Secondary School where she graduated in 2016. It was in this early education journey that her love for art and music was discovered and has developped.

Immediately after high school, she joined the Kenyatta University by undertaking a degree in Business Communication, while simultaneously undertaking an accounting program at the Accounting University of Kenya. However, she was unable to complete the courses due to her passion for music and the entertainment industry in general, which led her to embark on a full-time career.

Her passion for modeling led her to join the Aftermath Modeling Agency where she participated in several fashion shows. She also started theatre courses in 2017, she takes part in several shows and is auditioned by several agencies. His greatest success is his participation in an Google advertising campaign for South Africa.

She is also undergoing training in barista at Rockbern Academy, where she becomes a professional barista and gets a job at Que Pasa Karen restaurant.

Revelation to the public
In her free time alongside to her job as a barista, Wambui Katee begins to record covers of popular artists songs. Her success will begin with the release of the single cover  Suh Different  by Patoranking (november 2018), which will quickly surpass the million-view mark and currently has 2 million views.

The success she meets thanks to her Covers will make her the best cover singer of all the East Africa, his fans will even give him the nickname "Queen of Covers ». Following this craze , , she will chain up the cover of popular singles in East Africa such as Kainama of Harmonize, Burna Boy & Diamond Platnumz (650 000 views in YouTube ), or Suzanna of Sauti Sol (480 000 views in YouTube ).

Career
After having chained the artist covers, Wambui Katee wanted to get out of her comfort zone by singing her own compositions and making us discover her universe. She thus receives the support of the famous presenter of Radio Citizen TV Mzazi Willy Tuva, who will accompany her in the production of her first clip.

She will thus release her first single Mahabuba, in april 2019, who will stay a few weeks in the Top 50 Music Charts in Kenya.

Her second single You, about a love story, release in july 2019.

She release her third single Vixen in september 2019.

Following the releases of these singles, Wambui Katee will perform several times on the main music television program in East Africa,  10 Over 10  from the channel Citizen TV Kenya. SHe also goes around the musical radio antennas of Kenya to promote his singles and several scenes.

Her fourth single Rambo is in featuring with the famous beatmaker Eyoo Seyil, who is known to have won a Kenyan award for producing the hit Vimbada.

Fight against depression in Kenya
Wambui Katee has in parallel to music an association raising awareness of problems related to mental health, suicide and depression. She was depressed for a while and even tried to end her life, , despite the success she had on YouTube with the cover of single Suh DIfferent.

She has partially succeeded in combating this malaise and she now wants to share her experience to help people in similar situations who find it difficult to talk about it. For this, she created a discussion group with young people to encourage them to express themselves and help them lead this fight against depression. .

Discography

 * Singles


 * Rambo feat Eyoo Seyil (2020)
 * Vixen (2019)
 * You (2019)
 * Mahabuba (2019)