My father wanted me to stay with Ali Mazrui for two months to acclimatise before I began school. As fate would have it, I began my singing career while in the custody of Ali Mazrui. But, the iron of it all were Ali Mazrui would rise to be an intellectual of high repute in academic circles, I would excel in quite an opposite direction, that of show business.
Badru Kakungulu alikuwa akwajulisha wageni wake kwa kijana Mazrui kwa maneno haya, ‘Huyu Ali ni motto wa Mufti Al Amein Mazrui mufti wa Kenya ngojeni atupigie adhana tuswali.’ Prof. Ali Mazrui akasema kuwa baada ya miaka mingi kupitayeye alikuja kutanabai kuwaBadru Kakungulu alikuwa akifanya yale kwa makusudi kumzindua yeye asije akasahau kuwa yeye ni Muislam.