Beth Nyambura Mbaya, known professionally as Wanade (c. 1967 â€" May
10, 2013), was a Kenyan television actress. A well known actress
within Kenya, Wanade was best known for starring roles in several,
locally produced television series including Mother in Law and Know
Zone.Wanade was married to Robert Mbaya. The couple had two sons both
of whom entered show business: Mungai Mbaya, who is the host of the
children's show, Know Zone, and an actor on the Kenya Broadcasting
Corporation (KBC) soap opera, Makutano Junction, and actor Kamau
Mbaya, who is best known for playing Baha on the Machachari series
which airs on citizen TV Kenya and starring in the Kenyan Biography of
Kimani Maruge, The First Grader. . Wanade's older sister is the Kenyan
screenwriter, Naomi Kamau, while her brother Joseph Kinuthia, known by
the stage name, Omosh, has starred in the television show, Tahidi
High.Wanade died from cancer at her sister's home in the Kahawa Sukari
suburb of Nairobi on May 10, 2013, at the age of 46.
10, 2013), was a Kenyan television actress. A well known actress
within Kenya, Wanade was best known for starring roles in several,
locally produced television series including Mother in Law and Know
Zone.Wanade was married to Robert Mbaya. The couple had two sons both
of whom entered show business: Mungai Mbaya, who is the host of the
children's show, Know Zone, and an actor on the Kenya Broadcasting
Corporation (KBC) soap opera, Makutano Junction, and actor Kamau
Mbaya, who is best known for playing Baha on the Machachari series
which airs on citizen TV Kenya and starring in the Kenyan Biography of
Kimani Maruge, The First Grader. . Wanade's older sister is the Kenyan
screenwriter, Naomi Kamau, while her brother Joseph Kinuthia, known by
the stage name, Omosh, has starred in the television show, Tahidi
High.Wanade died from cancer at her sister's home in the Kahawa Sukari
suburb of Nairobi on May 10, 2013, at the age of 46.
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