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2001 — Sawa Sawa 2003 — Ukweli (single) 2004 — “Lwanda, Man of Stone” (musical) 2006 — Twende Twende Local and International Career Highlights: - Wrote the musical score for Owen and Mzee, a documentary based on a highly successful children’s book of the same name
- Involved in the launch of the National Civic Education Programme, NCEP II, in 2006
- Performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Nairobi, the first of its kind in Nairobi
- Performed at the 2004 Sauti za Buzara Festival in Zanzibar, a celebration of East African Music.
- Nominated for KORA Awards 2003, Best East African Artist
- Appointed Ambassador for the Kenya Human Rights Commission and by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights for his commitment to fighting the abuses to justice through music.
- Played at the launch of the International Criminal Court at the UN Headquarters in New York in 2002, presided over by Kofi Annan.
- Appointed a Transparency International (K) Ambassador for the impact that his music had made on the anti-corruption fight in the country.
- Received MNET (South Africa) award for favourite male vocalist in February 2001.
- Appeared on the front page of Berklee's "Groove" Magazine after performing at the United Nation's Human Rights Day at the Massachusetts State House 2000.
- His performance at Kenya's 'Beats of the Season’ concert in December 2000 was watched live by 15,000 fans and broadcast nationally.
- While at Berklee, Eric and his band traveled to different parts of the country to perform, as well as holding regular shows in Boston.
Commissioned Projects - Get in the Driver’s Seat, a highly successful anti-drug campaign spanning 20 countries for the United Nations Drug Control Programme
- Born to Run, for the Nairobi International Standard Chartered Marathon, 2004.
- An AIDS campaign song to be incorporated into the Kenya National Music Festival as an adjudication piece, for The Centre for British Teachers.
- Mwana Lete Pesa, a song on child labour, for the Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK).
- Ukweli, for the Mill Hill Brothers, to protest the mysterious killing of Father Anthony Kaiser.
- Ni Kii Kiega, a land rights distribution campaign for MS Kenya
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