Just hours after the Citizen TV Jastorina actor Nancy Nyambura Kanyanya was awarded the Best Lead Actress in TV drama at the Kalasha Awards, she died. When her award was announced, a member of the Jastorina TV show crew took the award on her behalf and said that she had been hospitalised.
Many watched her act as a housemaid who took all the abuse, slander and bad treatment from her boss. Yesterday, moments after the news of her death broke, many went to her Facebook page and left messages of condolences. Besides Jastorina, she played on the courtroom drama Mashtaka. Nyambura died at the Kenyatta National Hospital where she had been admitted with meningitis.
She leaves behind two children. The Kalasha Awards, which came back to life after a two-year hiatus, was held at the National Museums of Kenya on Friday night. Gilbert Lukalia emerged the Best Director for Strength of a Woman. Telly Savallas roped back from an overseas sojourn to become the Best Actor in his role in the film The Marshall of Finland. Savallas beat Gerald Langiri of House of Lungula, Maina Olwenya of Pianful Pricks, Maaoru Njogu of Tamed, Petere King Mwania of Ni Sisi and Ryan Mbatia of Simiyu Simurayi 2.
“I am so happy with this award. But the new comers in the trade must get a little more serious,” he said of his colleagues. Savallas recently survived a near fatal motorcycle accident that left him disabled and permanently scarred.
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