If life has taught me anything...

About two years ago, when he was on a fashion TV show, a journalist asked him why he would be on a fashion panel judging people’s style sense when he had no fashionable bone in his body. And he tersely replied, “It’s my opinion I’m entitled to it and I’ll say it.” No apologies.” And that has always been the thespian’s modus operandi; a penchant for telling his truth in biting and sometimes brash manner. The menacing figure I expect to meet is not the one that opens the gate when I ring the doorbell to his home. Ian Mbugua is in a simple tee despite it being a chilly morning. He smiles and shakes my hand and asks me to feel at home. He is currently on holiday (he is a drama and music tutor at Brookhouse International Schools).  His granddaughter Wandia is playing on a tablet on the sofa.