Makutano Junction

Makutano Junction
GenreDrama
Soap opera
Written byPhilip Luswata
Naomi Kamau
Natasha Likimani
Charles Ouda
Wanjiru Kairu
Damaris Irungu
Morrison Mwadulo
Charles Ouda
Patrick Serro
Joanne Carpenter
Directed byAndrew Gosling
Mary Migui
Salome Kinyanjui
Shani Grewal
Derrick Omfwoko Aswani
StarringLizz Njagah
Maqbul Mohammed
Peter King
Regina Rè
Raymond Ofula
Joseph Omari
Emily Wanja
Charles Ouda
Naomi Kamau
Angela Ndambuki
Onyango Owino
Patrick Serro
Tonny Njuguna
Philip Luswata
Carol Midimo
Ken Ambani
Damaris Irungu
Raymond Ofula
Wanja Mworia
Janet Kirina
Theme music composerSimon Brint
Tom Dyson
Country of originKenya
Original languages
  • English
  • Kiswahili
No. of series15
No. of episodes191 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersDavid Campbell
Naomi Kamau
ProducerPatricia Gichinga
EditorsLuiza Wanjiku Makbul
Mercy Muriuki
Esther Kintu
Camera setupMulti-camera setup
Running time27 minutes
Production companyMediae Production Company[1]
Original release
Network
Release2007 (2007) or 2006 –
present (present)
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Makutano Junction is a Kenyan soap opera that premiered in 2006. It captures different themes that affect the normal African society. The main contemporary issues that are mostly stressed in the drama are, corruption, education, early marriages, Female Genital Mutilation and pregnancies, HIV/AIDS, human rights, social justice, values, and perceptions, conflict resolution. The story is set on a fictional village named Makutano and has an ensemble cast.

  1. ^ "Makutano junction mediae". mediae.org. Retrieved 6 October 2015.