Country of origin Kenya No. of episodes 250 Producer(s) Appie Matere Final episode date 8 August 2014 Production company M-Net | Original language(s) English Executive producer(s) Laurence Lurie First episode date 26 August 2013 Number of episodes 250 Language English | |
Starring Nini WaceraLwanda JawarBrenda WairimuMuthoni Gathecha |
Kona is a Kenyan primetime telenovela that premiered on Africa Magic Channel on 26 August 2013 to 2014. Starring Nini Wacera, Lwanda Jawar, Abubakar Mwenda, Brenda Wairimu, Muthoni Gathecha and an ensemble cast.
Contents
Kona mixed
Production
Prior to the launching of the series, 179 episodes were already published. Filming took place in Dagoretti in Western Nairobi. 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 (Nini Wacera), the second one, (Brenda Wairimu) 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 a chauvinistic society, where men set the rules.
Cast
Broadcast
Broadcasters that carry Kona are Africa Magic 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.