Final curtain falls on Mzee Ojwang', father of Kenyan comedy

Mzee Ojwang [L] with other of vitimbi actors

Everyone knows him. Everyone knows the lanky, black no-nonsense man who rarely laughed but tickled the ribs of millions of Kenyans every week. Who has never heard his shrill war cry when he was cross with his “TV wife” Mama Kayai?

Truth is Mzee Ojwang’ Hatari is a household name. Sadly, the man who has filled every home (with television set) with laughter for over three decades is no more. The man, who is billed as the father of Kenyan comedy, died on Sunday evening of pneumonia.