New Mnet Series, Changes Launches

The new M-Net series CHANGES, launched last Friday evening. This sizzling new drama on will debuts on DStv on Tuesday June 23 at 19:00 CAT! A contemporary drama uncovering the secrets behind the closed doors and apparent domestic bliss of 3 couples living in the upmarket Makao Close apartments in Nairobi, CHANGES promises must-watch viewing for anyone wondering...can love survive life?

At the heart of the series are 3 very different couples, each with their own challenges, fears, aspirations and triumphs. First up is quintessential career woman, Ugandan born Namata Gitau and her lawyer husband Alfred. Both are career driven but their differing opinions on when to start a family is creating conflict. As Namata pursues a pregnancy and tries to balance work and family, the eloquent and debonair Alfred is focussed on getting a promotion and being made a partner in his law firm.

Meanwhile their downstairs neighbours Jabali and Lupita Otieno face troubles of their own when their comfortable marriage of several years begins to slowly disintegrate. With two daughters depending on them, they must now try to resolve their issues or risk destroying their family forever. Lupita, stressed out homemaker and working mom, is driven to self-destructive behaviour by her charming, womanising husband, Jabali.

Couple no. 3 is gorgeous, glamourous Cindy Kamau and her older Tanzanian boyfriend Minja Kabwe who live in the most expensive flat at Makao Close. Enigmatic, chess playing Minja is wealthy, mysterious and will go to extraordinary lengths for family and for love. Generous but ruthless he keeps his family’s mining success a closely guarded secret. Meanwhile Cindy is learning how to make it on her own using her brains, not her body until the day when her past returns to haunt her…

Produced by Big Ideas Entertainment and based on an original story by Serah Mwihaki, CHANGES combines humour and drama, delving deep into the lives of these three couples as they work through domestic struggles and family life, with all its joys, desires, frustrations, tensions, and secrets.

Commenting on CHANGES, M-Net Africa Director Biola Adekanbi joins M-Net East Africa Program Manager Wangeci Murage in commending the series.
“To create any series is a real challenge and it’s one that M-Net is familiar with. There are no guarantees that a series will work because ultimately it relies heavily on timing, to get the mix just right, to get the episodes scripted, rehearsed, filmed, edited and onto screen. You have to start with a very strong story and then there’s that intangible element...that magic that makes it work, that makes it appealing to audiences.”

Adekanbi goes on to say, “Given that CHANGES accomplishes all this, M-Net is proud of its cast, crew and producers who’ve worked so hard to finish this 13-part series. It’s now done and ready for audiences to enjoy. So sit back, relax and enter a world where love is under the spotlight and ‘forever’ is put to the test.”

Audiences tuning in for the series, which was filmed on location in Kenya, will find a cast that also includes Ugandan and Tanzanian television personalities.
In starring roles are Kenyans Ian Mbugua (Alfred), Pierra Makena (Cindy), Godfrey Odhiambo (Jabali) and Renne Sewe (Lupita) with Tanzania’s Adam Juma (Minja) and Uganda’s Susan Nalwoga (Namata). In a key supporting role is Uganda’s Cleopatra Koheirwe as Nanziri.