"Man and woman"

Translation: Mwanaume na mwanamke

[Theo_Bromin]

Someone in Kenya told me, that it would sound very weird to describe/address a woman as "mwanamke", as it would sound like: "that female is called Marion". I was told that I should rather say "mama" or "lady" in a context like this".
Can somebody confirm this?

[William_Bezodis]

Maybe a difference between Kenyan and Tanzanian Swahili?

[Xemnas007]

Well Kenyans, Tanzanians and even Congolese have swahili styles