Mombasa has always  been hailed as the county  that produces alot of talents especially when it comes to music, film and art, however not much has been done to tap and utilise these talents an issue that has always seen many talents go to waste.

Well, in a bid to tap, promote and nurture the talents, Machele foundation is set to partner with one of the best music producers from the county Shirko of Shirko media  to make this a reality.

The foundation through its patron Mohammed Machele will soon be launching talent search programmes which will run in all wards in the county.

"Its very sad that we have alot of talents in our county but have always been wasted, its high time now we utilise them" said Machele.

"We have seen world over guys using their talents to make their lives better and acquire wealth, just across the border we have the likes of Diamond Platnumz who has now become a role model to many young people, why cant we do it here" he added.

The initiative will see the best in terms of music from each ward secure a recording deal with Shirko media.

"We discussed a partnership between our foundation and them (Shriko media)  that will seek to aid our youth in efforts of capitalizing on their talent. " reads a statement from the foundation.

Shirko returned to Mombasa after a close to 15 years stay in Tanzania where he helped produce some of the best hits for most Tanzania artists,

He has set up an ultramodern studio in Mombasa's Liwatoni area.

In an earlier interview with Ommydallah, Shirko said he has received numerous calls from artists especially in Mombasa asking him to return and help them in their music and also act as link between them and other international artists.