Iko Nini Podcast

Babu Owino Texted Ian? "Stop Being Petty. What Kind Of A Man Are You?" | Iko Nini

12K views · 9h ago · 4:13

Ian nearly forgot to tell us this one On Tuesday around 8 PM a text came in from a number he didn't know. It looked like a TV subscription customer-care line, so he ignored it... until he read it: "Bwana stop being petty. What kind of a man are you?" He ran the number and it came back: Honourable Babu Owino.

Topics: Iko Nini intro · "I nearly forgot this story" · Tuesday, 8 PM: a strange text · It looked like a TV customer-care number · "Bwana stop being petty" · "What kind of a man are you?"

Two Little Girls Die In Gachie Fire Behind A Padlocked Door | Iko Nini

8.6K views · 11h ago · 20:00

Two little girls lost their lives in a 4th-floor apartment fire in Gachie, and a 3-year-old was saved by neighbours who risked everything Then the story came out: separated parents, co-parenting, weekend visits with mum, a door allegedly padlocked from the outside, and threats that were allegedly made long before the fire. Police are still investigating and nobody has been charged, so everything here is what has been reported and alleged.

Topics: Iko Nini intro · The neighbour who climbed to the 4th floor · What happened in Gachie? · Domestic violence is not a funny subject · Citizen TV: the rescue caught on camera · Kenyans travel back in time: July 31, 2025

"I Was Shot In The Head And Declared Dead" – Ex-Bank Robber Muhammad Jawel (Part 1) | Iko Nini 773

25K views · 14h ago · 1:30:02

Shot in the head, declared dead, a funeral already planned... then he woke up. Muhammad Jawel takes off his cap and shows us the scars. Part 1 of our sit-down with two reformed 90s Nairobi gangsters. Muhammad Jawel went from a children's home and the streets to his first gun at 15, bush training with the OLF in Ethiopia ("out there, the weapon is you"), an AK-47 on a bus to Nairobi, and the big bank jobs of the 90s: Habib Bank, Bank of Baroda and the "196 million" job.

Topics: Coming up · Jawel & Matayo: 25 years reformed · Jawel: children's home & the streets · His first gun at 15 · OLF training in Ethiopia · Matayo: growing up in Korogocho

Operation Ghostbusters: The US Student Loan Scam Linked to Kenya 😳 As Kenya Opposition Fight

22K views · 16h ago · 27:45

Guest: Operation Ghostbusters

Before that: El Niño has arrived in Nairobi and South C is already under sewage water two nights in a row. After it: the "united" opposition is already fighting on top of cars. Malala says the quiet part about Sifuna at Wamunyoro, Wiper fires back "Malala aende asiende", and Gachagua keeps his distance. Is Sifuna even ready to run without the money and without Riggy G?

Topics: El Niño is here: South C floods · Why Kenya keeps making the wrong headlines · Operation Ghostbusters: the US student-aid scam linked to Kenya · How the "ghost student" scheme works · Africans are already seen as fraudsters · "Work smart": the soft life that ends in jail

Sifuna's Disses Mwafreeka? "Release An Album": Was It Me Or Obinna? | Iko Nini

23K views · 1d ago · 20:13

Also on this episode "Release an album first": Sifuna's diss and who it was really for "I also failed in life": how I got tagged in it The Sifuna invite that never happened Methu, West Ham and "everything can't be political" Adrian Oluoch's 5 January protest: one term vs two term Lecturers' Sh20bn deal to end the strike KRA eyes M-Pesa invoices for small and micro traders

Topics: Sifuna's diss: who is the "failed rapper"? · Ivy's post: "Sifuna alishuka na Obinna vilivyo" · Tagged: "umeshinda ukisummon Sifuna" · The clip: Sifuna tells an artist to release an album · "That msanii must be Makarios" and the Obinna theory · Why Sifuna has never been on Iko Nini

How Ruto, Gachagua & Raila Got Their Sign Names – DCP's Interpreter Yvonne Gitonga | Iko Nini 772

15K views · 1d ago · 1:26:16

How do you say "Ruto" in sign language? What about Gachagua, Matiang'i, Kalonzo or Baba? Every famous Kenyan gets a sign name, and Yvonne Gitonga shows us how they're made. Yvonne Gitonga (Wairimu) grew up in the Kenya Railways houses on Park Road, Ngara, learned sign language at home with her two deaf cousins, and was interpreting school assemblies by Form 1.

Topics: Coming up · Meet Yvonne Gitonga, Ngara MCA aspirant · Raised with two deaf cousins · Expression is everything · Interpreting for DCP & her own company · The constitution & sign language

"Are All Gay Men Predatorial? No... But" The Ladies' Washroom Debate | Iko Nini 771

27K views · 1d ago · 1:23:10

Should men who dress as women use the ladies' washroom? Episode 771: Mwafreeka, Laura Mbatha and DJ ZaQ take on the biggest debate of the weekend. Jony the Hairdresser says he tells the bouncer he's a man and walks into the ladies'. Elodie Zone reacts from Canada, and Kaz Lucas answers with a lesson on sex, gender and intersex people. "Are all gay men predatorial? No. Are all trans cross dressers predatorial? No. But is this an avenue for people to take advantage?

Topics: Coming up · Episode 771 starts · The 'wife masterclass' behind a paywall · A baby born with a moustache · Kikuyu elders circumcising elders in secret · WANTED: the 59-year-old elder on the run

Sifuna & Gachagua: Who Really Needs Who In 2027? | Iko Nini

23K views · 1d ago · 26:57

Gachagua's warning to Sifuna: if it's not you, tell your supporters you'll back whoever it is. Right now no opposition candidate becomes president without Gachagua, and he knows it. We get into Sifuna vs Kalonzo, why Sifuna fans think he's already won, why an African incumbent is never easy to beat (remember the 2007 "Raila widens lead" poll?

Topics: Ruto's 6pm announcement: Bayern vs Ajax at Talanta · Nuru Okanga is unhappy · Gachagua: "Don't we have teams in Kenya?" · Gachagua: Gor Mahia, AFC Leopards, our patriotism · Is Bayern vs Ajax even worth it? · What will it cost Kenya? The bill