Former TPF Academy Defends Ruth Matete’s Choice of Dress

The white short front long back dress prom dress that TPF 5 winner, Ruth Matete, wore to TPF 6 grand finale on Sunday evening has been the talk of town (read Twitter) for two days straight now. Being the mean lot they are, KOT went H.A.M. on the singer tearing her apart.

This made Ruth, take to her Facebook and Twitter pages to post an apology to all her fans for the putting on the dress, something that was met with mixed reactions.

This afternoon however, former TPF principal, Achieng’ Abura defended Ruth’s dress and urged her to turn a blind eye to her detractors. She opines, “Ruth Matete, you looked lovely in the white dress and moved around in it gracefully as you sang beautifully…hold your head high my dear. You cannot please everybody, you will only hurt yourself if you try. Be blessed.”

Apart from her role as TPF principal, Abura performs Afro-jazz, Afro-fusion and gospel music debuted with a gospel album I Believe around 1990. She won Kora Award in 2004 for Best East African Female, the award was shared with Tsedenia Gebremarkos of Ethiopia. She is an UNDP Goodwill ambassador. She has toured abroad, for example Spain.

Achieng’ Abura

She was part of the Divas of The Nile supergroup, that featured four Kenyan female musicians; Suzzana Owiyo, Mercy Myra and Princess Jully. The group performed at the Festival Mundial in Tilburg, Netherlands in 2007.

She’s also the voice of Crow from Tinga Tinga Tales.