Kenyans on social media have shown their frustrations after Citizen TV canceled a show dubbed Shamba La Wanyama show that was meant to expose bad governance.
According to reports, the Shamba La Wanyama show which premiered on Sunday, February 4th was cancelled today after the pilot phase giving no further explanations.
Serah Mwihaki, the show’s script writer, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) , mentioned that the show had been barred from running on Citizen Television. However, she noted that the show is still available on Viusasa platform that airs Kenyan shows.
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Serah posed a food for though for kenyans on the socials and left Kenyans to speculate on why the show was cancelled without offering any specific reason. She posed “Want to know why? Head on to ViuSasa and watch it then make your conclusions.”
“I think it’s an important story. Some powerful people think it shouldn’t be told. I say follow the money, who’s likely to lose money if many people watch Shamba and question what’s happening.”
However, Citizen Television has not yet released a statement explaining why the show was cancelled and has not announced it yet on their social media platforms.
Speaking in an interview by the channel to drum up support for the show Serah Mwihaki, the script writer had noted that the storyline was also inspired by a personal experience, where her mother sought help from religious leaders shunning scientific medicine.
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Sinema Focus reviewed the show’s plot and here’s the conclusion that they made on the storyline:
“John Karanja alias Prophet Reverend Apostle King David (likened to Farmer Jones in Animal Farm) is a charismatic prosperity gospel businessman; he’s in the business of selling hope to the hopeless.”
“Every time the economy is on its knees, he has an influx of new congregants. This year his church – the Tumaini Tabernacle of Glory for The Oppressed – has opened five new branches. He’s a busy man. He has groomed his sons to take over in the future…but the future has arrived faster than he expected.”