Mr Splash to host Muma

Organisers of the annual Music Malawi (Muma) Awards, MediaCorp Limited and Trocadero Consulting in partnership with the Musicians Union of Malawi (MUM) have announced that TV personality Geoffrey Kapusa alias Mr Splash will be the host of the second instalment of the award ceremony franchise.

Kapusa is the senior producer at Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Television (MBC TV) and show host of the popular musical show Music Splash which for years has become the main television outlet of Malawi’s popular local music.

The organisers justified the choice of Mr Splash saying the TV personality would bring the glamour and dynamism that the awards deserve.

“This is also to recognise the efforts Kapusa has put in promoting and developing Malawi music through the years that he has been hosting Music Splash,” reads the statement.

This edition of the Awards has 15 categories which are open for voting covering different genre and artists/groups that have made an impact on the local music scene in the 2014 season and also has a Special Lifetime Achiever accolade that would be bestowed on Michael Fredrick Paul Sauka, the composer of the country’s National Anthem.

Sauka will be awarded posthumously and it is expected that his widow, Beatrice Sauka, will receive the award on his behalf.