Jacky Vike, better known as Awinja, was the witty and sharp-tongued house help whose antics and clever comebacks kept viewers entertained.
Awinja has maintained her acting role whereby she has been involved in various movies and series such as ‘Ni sisi’ and ‘Nairobi Half-life.’ She also runs her own YouTube channel which has over 133,000 subscribers and recently released a Valentines song title ‘Sio lazima’ that went viral and has garnered over 1.6 million views within 3 weeks of release.
In an interview on January 7, 2020, Vike narrated how she got her role on Papa Shirandula by mere chance.The popular actress had gone to audition for a different show only to be called eight months later to act on Papa Shirandula.
”It’s so weird, I was going for a different audition and it happened that Charles Bukeko (known to many as Papa Shirandula) was part of the panel.
