Kevin Omondi Migot better known for his stage name Dola Kabarry is a benga music

Benga music

Benga is a genre of Kenyan popular music. It evolved between the late 1940s and late 1960s, in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi. In the 1940s, the African Broadcasting Service in Nairobi aired a steady stream of soukous, South African kwela, Zairean finger-style guitar and various kinds of Cuban...

ian from Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. He leads the band Orchestra Super Haki Haki. His songs are mainly in Dholuo language

Dholuo language

The Luo language, Dholuo or Luo proper, is the eponymous language of the Luo group of Nilotic languages, spoken by about 4.4 million Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania, who occupy parts of the eastern shore of Lake Victoria and areas to the south...

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His father Barrack Migot led the band Bondo Super Stars. When his father died in 1998, Kabarry took over the band, but left the band soon due to internal rivalry and formed Orchestra Super Haki Haki in 2000. During his early career, he had also played with Okatch Biggy, Awino Lawi and Ouma Jerry among others.

Some of his popular songs by 2003 were "Iwacho Awacha", "Adundo Mum", "Sella" and "Pamela Atoti" Other hits include "Dabed gi Pesa", "Isando Chunya" and "Maoni ya Raia".

In 2003, Kabarry was voted "singer of the year" by the Music Composers Association, the award was shared with Suzzana Owiyo

Suzzana Owíyo

Suzanna Owiyo is a Kenyan musician. A singer-songwriter, Owiyo has been called "the Tracy Chapman of Africa".Owiyo was born in Kasaye village, Nyakach, near the lakeside city of Kisumu, Suzanna Owiyo was introduced to music at a young age by her grandfather who was a prolific Nyatiti player.In high...

. He won the "Western benga" category at the 2006 Kisima Music Awards

2006 Kisima Music Awards

The 2006 Kisima Music Awards were held in Nairobi, Kenya. They were the first of the awards to be broadcast across Africa on television, after the organisers partnered with South African satellite station Channel O, and was also the first to feature a "Social Responsibility" award category...

  and was nominated in 2007. His collaboration song with hip hop group Deux Vultures

Deux Vultures

Deux Vultures is a musical group in Kenya performing hip hop and pop music.The group consists of two members: Colonel Mustapha and Nasty Thomas . They grew up in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Like many other kenyan artists, they started their career at jam sessions of the Florida 2000 nightclub in...

, "Adhiambo C" was also nominated for Kisima Award. Kabarry held a three-month in tour the USA in 2008 and released a new album, Wololo.

His song "Change the World" is dedicated to US presidential candidate Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

. Kabarry was born in Uhembo village in Alego

Alego

Alego may refer to:*South East Alego electoral ward of Siaya County Council, Nyanza Province, Kenya*Alego Constituency , one of the Constituencies of Kenya....

, Siaya District

Siaya District

Siaya District is one of the twelve districts that make up Nyanza Province in the southwest part of Kenya. It is bordered by Busia District to the North, Vihiga and Butere/Mumias Districts to the North-East, Bondo District to the South, and Kisumu District to the South-East. The total area of the...

  and thus comes from the same area as Obama's father, Barack Obama, Sr.

He has two wives (Angelina and Jane), three daughters and one son (as of 2008).