Ojwang’: The man with a knack for making the ordinary extraordinarily funny

Ojwang’ was consistent in his acting career, entertaining generations of Kenyans since the one television station state, to the airwaves liberalisation of the 90s and witnessing the historical digital migration.

“Gary Coleman was born on the right side of the earth. Ojwang’ was not!” goes a quote in a 1984 Standard Newspaper article.

Yessir, 31 years ago, when just a few Kenyans owned television sets, Mzee Ojwang’ Hatari was a news-maker and a celebrity. Then, television was mostly black and white, and on watching an episode of Vitimbi then, President Daniel Moi reportedly ordered that it be shot in colour.