Auntie Boss!

Auntie Boss! is a Kenyan comedy-drama television series. It delves into the lives of domestic house helps in the fictional Taifa Estate (Loresho Ridge Estate) and their everyday drama as it revolves around families they work for and activities within the neighbourhood. It reflects the normal Kenyan culture about relationships the house helps have with their bosses. The story also features a lifestyle of the upper middle class in Kenyan society.

Auntie Boss!
Genre	Comedy[1]
Written by	Lily Joan Wanjiku Caroline Gachiku
Directed by	Derrick Omfwoko Aswani †[2] Likarion Wainaina
Starring	Nyce Wanjeri Sandra Dacha Grace Muna Eve D'Souza Maqbul Mohammed Lenana Kariba Recurring Stars David Opondoe Joyce Maina Allan Ngujiri Sifa Githinji Gloria Owichira Abdul Karim Athman Lenana Kariba John Wagatua Arthur Macharia
Country of origin	Kenya
Original languages	English Swahili
No. of seasons	22
No. of episodes	200+
Production
Executive producers	Eve D'Souza Lucy Mwangi
Producer	Linus Kaikai
Production location	Nairobi Loresho Ridge
Editor	Victor Oluoch
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production company	Moonbeam Production Maisha magic East production Ntv production[3]
Original release
Network	NTV
Release	16 September 2014 (2014-09-16) – 16 September 2020 (2020-09-16)
Related
Varshita

Production

The comedy featured an ensemble cast of Nyce Wanjeri, Sandra Dacha, Sospeetah Kiritu, Abdul Karim Athman, Eve D'Souza, Grace Muna and Maqbul Mohammed. Directed by the late Ofmwoko Aswani^[4] for the first two seasons before he died of cancer.^[5] Likarion Wainaina took over as the director of the series. The directors are Eve D'Souza who is also one of the main cast members and Lucy Mwangi. Moonbeam production released the premiere of the series on YouTube 23 August 2014.^[6]

Cast

• Nyce Wanjeri as Shiru; she is quite illiterate. She is easily swayed by more intelligent people than her. At one time she is conned and all the Maingi family domestic properties are lost. Her boss is quite fond of her despite her gruesome nature making her less susceptible to being fired.^[7] Nyce confirmed that she was leaving the series following winning of an award at the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards for best actress in a comedy TV show.
• Sospeetah Kiritu as Amos; he is Varshita's loyal maid. Being the only male maid in Taifa Estate, Amos is obedient and knows all boundaries between an employer and his employee.
• Sandra Dacha as Silprosa; she is a gourmand. She often faces criticism for her plus size. She works for Mayweather who has some tolerance to her antics
• Abdul Karim Athman as Cosmas; a mischievous watchman of Taifa Estate. He has his own side hustles. He is money-thirsty and will do any thing to get it. Abdul has not reprised his role for the current season
• Grace Muna as Vanessa, Shiru's boss and Kyle's mother. Despite Shiru's behaviour she tolerates her as she is good with Kyle. Shiru soon quits and sues Vanessa making her hire Njoroge as her new house keeper
• Shadya Delgush as Malkia; Silprosa's former boss.
• Eve D'Souza as Varshita is the perfect example of an upper class boss. She is of Indian origins and girlfriend to Donavan. Varshita is extremely difficult to be with. She leads an extravagant lifestyle that only burdens her boyfriend Donavan.^[8] Varshita and Donovan soon move away. This serves as a reference to commitment to the show Varshita
• Maqbul Mohammed as Donavan, Varshita's boyfriend.
• David Opondoe as Victor Mayweather. An extravagant Luo man who is Silprosa's boss
• Mathew Mwangi as Kyle, Vanessa and Maingi's son.
• Gloria Owichira as Ndinda
• Joyce Maina as Jojo
• Arthur Macharia as Brian
• Nick Odhiambo as Teacher Japolo
• John Wagatua as Njeru
• Sifa Githinji as Sifa
• Allan Ngujiri as Babu
• Johnson "Fish" Chege as Njoroge

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	2	13	2 December 2014 (2014-12-02)	March 2015 (2015-03)
	1	12	16 September 2014 (2014-09-16)	25 November 2014 (2014-11-25)
	3	13	24 March 2015 (2015-03-24)	16 June 2015 (2015-06-16)
	4	13	23 June 2015 (2015-06-23)	16 September 2015 (2015-09-16)
	5	13	22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)	22 December 2015 (2015-12-22)
	5	13	22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)	22 December 2015 (2015-12-22)
	6		12 January 2016 (2016-01-12)	TBA
	7		TBA	TBA
	8		TBA	TBA
	9		TBA	TBA
	10		TBA	TBA
	11		TBA	TBA
	12		TBA	TBA
	13		TBA	TBA
	14		TBA	TBA
	15		TBA	TBA
	16		TBA	TBA
	17		TBA	TBA
	18		TBA	TBA
	19		TBA	TBA
	20		TBA	TBA
	21		TBA	TBA
	22		TBA	16 September 2020

References

1. Darwesh, Nadia (19 September 2015). "Auntie Boss series review". Film Kenya. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
2. "Director Omfwoko Passes On". Kiss 100. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
3. "D'Souza company to shoot Auntie Boss!". Mashanda Blogs. January 22, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
4. "Auntie Boss secret lives domestic helps". Juiced Today. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
5. "Derrick Omfwoko demise". Kiss 100. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
6. Moonbeam production. "Auntie Boss long version promo". YouTube /Moonbeam Kenya production. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
7. "Shiru wa Auntie Boss looks like in real life" (in Swahili and English). Wulira. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
8. "Capital FM Eve stars in Auntie Boss!". Ghafla News. December 11, 2014. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.