''Kona'' is a Kenyan primetime

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that premiered on

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Channel on 26 August 2013 to 2014. Starring

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, Lwanda Jawar, Abubakar Mwenda,

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, Muthoni Gathecha and an

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Production

Prior to the launching of the series, 179 episodes were already published. Filming took place in

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in Western

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. The show was officially launched on 21 August 2013 in Nairobi.

Plot

The story follows the not-so-perfect lives of the Oyange family and their struggles deepened by love and hate. When business tycoon Richard Oyage dies in a grisly car accident, he leaves behind a wife, Ayira ( Muthoni Gathecha), his first daughter, Julia (

), the second one, Pamela (

) and a son, Wanjala (Lwanda Jawar). Julia later inherits her father's project, a boxing gym, where she has to step into a man's shoes in an evidently chauvinistic society, where men set the rules.

Cast

as Julia Oyange *Lwanda Jawar as Wanjala Oyange *

as Pamela Oyange * Muthoni Gathecha as Ayira Oyange * Janet Sision as Wangui *Laura Walubengo as Mumbi, a journalist *Arabron Nnyneque as Abasi *Lenny Juma as Jimmy *Abubakar Mwenda as Simon *Robert Agengo *

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as Jakki

Broadcast

Broadcasters that carry ''Kona'' are

Entertainment and Maisha Magic East. Africa Magic Entertainment originally broadcast it on weeknights at 7:30 pm from 16 August 2013 to 8 August 2014, taking exactly one year. It debuted on Maisha Magic in September 2014.

References

External links

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Website
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