We met in 2004 – Papa Shirandula's widow Beatrice Andega on love, marriage

The late Charles 'Papa Shirandula' Bukeko and wife Beatrice Andega [Photo: Courtesy]

The wife of the late popular comedian Charles Bukeko alias Papa Shirandula has revealed intimate details of their marriage. Opening up about her life with the deceased TV star, Beatrice Andega narrated how she first met the late comedian, their marriage and life together until the latter’s demise on July 18, 2020.

In a candid interview on an episode of Churchill Show’s The Journey, which covered Papa Shirandula’s road to success, the mother of three disclosed that they got their first child in 2006 but before that, they had lost four pregnancies. "We settled and had our firstborn in 2006, but before that, we had lost around four before getting the first one, Anthony, in 2006. Then 2007 we had the second-born, Charlie. In 2009 we formalised the marriage and had our baby girl, Cherry, like a month or two before the wedding," she said.