''Lies that Bind '' is a Kenyan television soap opera that premiered in November 2011 on the network KTN. It mainly features themes like

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, greed, lust, power and contemporary issues that affect families.

Plot

''Lies that Bind'' is a Kenyan drama series that revolves around the wealthy Juma family. It majors mainly about how the love for money can destroy a family. When the head of the family, Mr. Juma, dies of a

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, his three wives and their children, together with his conniving brother begin to fight over who gets to inherit the vast fortune left behind.

Cast

Main cast

*Lucy Nyaga portrays Joyce, a good wife, the kind that will stand with a man through thick and thin, helping him build his empire. She is one that commands respect from people around her. She has a daughter named Esther. * Ruth Maingi as Salome, the third wife and Richard Juma's true love, and the third wife. She is calm, a good wife and mother. She is very soft and kind. Others like Edith treat her kindness as a weakness. She has two kids, Patricia and Allan. *Florence Nduta as Edith, the second wife and the centre of all the chaos. She is the second wife. She is extremely malicious, greedy and wants all the fortune to herself. She doesn't care who she steps on. All she wants is the rest of the family to give up on all the fortune so that she remains at the spotlight. She is also overprotective toward her son Joseph( Justin Mirichii), as she expects him to take over her late husband's empire. * Justin Mirichii as Joseph, he is a grown man, but still a mama's boy. He is lazy, undisciplined and a drunkard. He is the kind that waits for his mother to fight for what he believes belongs to him. His mother is the one that fights for him, and fight she does. When Joseph is not fighting the rest of the family with his mother, he drinks. *Tom Osongo as John Juma a manipulative and calculating brother of Richard Juma. He has always been envious of his late brother. He has a great ambition of becoming a Member of Parliament. As his character suggests, he plays the saviour yet he is the villain. * Irene Ayimba as Esther, she is the CEO of RJ Investments. She is generally independent. She is still a bachelorette despite being the eldest on the Jumas clan. * Maureen Koech as Patricia on the other hand is the bubbly young girl in the family who is on a journey of self-discovery. She is experimental, a typical school girl trying to find her way in a world marred by family drama.

Supporting cast

* Lenana Kariba as Joseph Juma * Maqbul Mohammed as Ben Juma #1 *Joseph Thuo as Allan *Alan Oyugi *Eclay Wangira as Tabitha * Charlie Karumi *Oyondi Lawrence *Dantez Mwenda *Maureen Obae *May Wairimu *Stella Mungai *Olympia Owira * Naomi Ng'ang'a as Mama Sweetie *Joseph Omari as Richard Juma * Brian Ogola as Ben Juma #2

Broadcast

''Lies that Bind'' premiered in

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at KTN on November 24, 2011. It shared same timeslot with rival soap opera ''

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Awards

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.spielworksmedia.com/ Kenyan television soap operas 2011 Kenyan television series debuts English-language television shows Swahili-language television shows 2010s Kenyan television series Kenya Television Network original programming