Top 10 Presenters With the Craziest Twangs!
In Nigeria, most presenters don’t blow grammar through their nose. They speak in accents and in a language that the locals can all understand. But that is “just” Nigeria: the only African country with a mature entertainment scene. And we are in Kenya.
In Kenya, our radio and TV presenters all speak with a twang. Some of these twangs are so forced they end up sounding zany. As i did my research for this article, a Capital FM news anchor struggled to say Willy Mutunga’s name. Sad. I strongly believe that we shiould embrace being Kenyan. i’m not saying speaking sheng on every station but i mean that we should speak like normal educated Kenyans do. Lose the twangs.
But with that, here is a list of the news anchors on either TV or radio with the zaniest twangs around:
#10. Yunia Amunga
Capital FM’s Yunia amunga’s twang is by far the easiest to decipher. Her twang is a domesticated one while most people on this list sound like pirates whenever they say something that has an “R” in it -like aspaRagus or actoR!
#9. Chao Tole
Yet another capital FM employee features on this list. Chao is a presenter on Capital FM’s “Lounge” and she has quite the pronounced twang. Oddly enough, when Brits come to live in Kenya, they don’t acquire the Kenyan manner of speaking… Atleast not in this particular manner of speaking.
#8. Ruhila Adatia
I often miss alot of what Radio Africa’s Ruhila Adatia says when she’s reading news off Ghafla on Kiss FM. I actually nearly didn’t pick up on the fact that she’s reading Ghafla until Baba Ghafla picked up on the fact! but she features low on this list because in her defence, she speaks like Busta Rhymes raps: fast. I like Busta.
#7. Linda Nyangweso
This Ms is a radio presenter on Kiss FM -seems we have a tie between Capital and Radio Africa. That means that i have to struggle to understand a word she says when she’s talking into the mic. I actually end up listening to her voice instead. and it’s actually quite lovely. Very soothing.
#6. Robert Nagila
This lad says his name like Elmer Fudd would. You know, the hunter on Bugs Bunny! the Wabbit hunter. yep, him. Wobert Nagila and he share quite alot in common.
And even Chrau Makwere once commented on Wobert’s accent at a press conference.
#5. Victoria Rubadiri
with such a lovely strong African name like Rubadiri, i’d expect this lass to be way lower on the list. But when her name came up, even Chege Miati insisted that she should be way higher on the list. Lass was on Capital Fm but is now on NTV. Spoilt vote! because of her Capital just might get away with not having the most “R” pirates on this list.
#4. Corrine Onyango
HomeBoyz Radio is well represented. How could any list of twangers be complete without mentioning Corrine Onyango? She doesn’t glide over the “R”s she says, she eRects monuments to them. You become awaRe of how many “R”s the English language has!
#3. Yvonne Chege
I’ve met Yvonne Chege. She’s a nice person. and she’s very beautiful. But we must discuss just how much this beauty who used to read news on 1FM twangs. she twangs so much that we noticed she shares aname with Chege. She was like a goat in the midst of sheep. 1FM presenters don’t twang at all. Then switching from Tina Kagia’s link to Yvonne Reading the news and you notice a staRk diffeRence.
#2. Charles Gichane
What can i say about this lad? He counldn’t say a Kenyan name! He actually fumbled. He reminded me of Tulugbe’s “Don’t Jealous Me!”, a webcam series where the lad…. It doesn’t matter. His teachers can’t say his name right and he rants about that. I would love to hear Mr. Charles gichane say my name during a debate. His tongue would slip and impale itself on it’s own sword!
#1. Makosewe
She made the list because i actually thought she was a Nigerian… For all of 3 seconds then i felt cheated. I felt betrayed. I thought there was a Nigerian at Capital. there was hope for me yet! but alas, it was all a carefully calculated lie to dupe hapless Nigerians into tuning in! But why Makosewe? Why Chris Kirubi? Why the deceit? Why the lies?
I’m done being melodramatic now.
