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Mama Kayai cries out to Uhuru and Ruto over Mzee Ojwang’s ailment

There is a generation of Kenyans whose only point of reference on matters comedy can be compressed to two words: Ojwang Hatari.

Officially known as Benson Wanjau Karira, Ojwang Hatari was for decades an omnipresent television character who never disappointed in every Kenyan home lucky enough to own a television set.

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