{"id":16801,"date":"2017-11-08T17:25:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T14:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=16801"},"modified":"2017-11-08T17:25:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T14:25:23","slug":"eric-omondi-bags-comedian-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/eric-omondi-bags-comedian-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Omondi bags &#8216;Comedian of the Year&#8217; award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Eric Omondi is the comedian of the year as named in the Starqt Awards in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>He shared a photo flaunting his award on his Instagram page earlier today. Eric Omondi joins the list of popular comedians in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>This comes a few months after the comedian took a break in performing live for his Kenyan audience. His jokes however seem to stay alive hence the new award.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/IMG_9936.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/IMG_9936.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/IMG_9936-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/IMG_9936-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just recently he was arrested for overlapping. According to him, the traffic police caught him red handed while driving to the Airport where he was heading to catch his flight to New York.<\/p>\n<h3>New projects<\/h3>\n<p>The comedian has lately been working on projects that have seen him fly to the United States to promote his career.<\/p>\n<p>Through his Instagram page he revealed that Bonfire Adventures are the ones who sponsored his trip to New York.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Eric Omondi is the comedian of the year as named in the Starqt Awards in Johannesburg. He shared a photo flaunting his award on his Instagram page earlier today. Eric Omondi joins the list of popular comedians in Africa. 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