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Sometimes known as JSO, Sibi-Okumu has made an acting comeback after an 8-year hiatus. He is an artist, revered for his craft and for his achievements both on stage and on screen.
JSO has over 50 years’ experience in the theatre and film industry in Kenya. Earlier on in his career, he landed his first major role in the Academy Award and Golden Globe winner
Born Free. Later, he would rub shoulders with Academy winner Rachel Weisz (
The Favourite) and Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes (
Schindler’s List) in the critically-acclaimed drama,
The Constant Gardener, where he played a corrupt minister.
In 2007, he played UN special envoy
Crime and Justice series starring Sarah Hassan and Alfred Munyua is now on Showmax
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Crime and Justice, the original Police procedural and legal drama series is now streaming on Showmax, with new episodes every Monday. The series is both Kenya’s first Showmax Original and Showmax’s first co-production with global broadcaster CANAL+.
Set in Nairobi, Crime and Justice stars Sarah Hassan (
Plan B, Just In Time) and Alfred Munyua (
Poacher, The First Grader) as
Makena and
Silas, the Nairobi Metropol Police detectives at the heart of the show.
The eight-part series follows one ripped-from-the-headlines case per episode, all the way through to the courtroom verdict. In the first episode, Silas and Makena investigate the gruesome murder of
Radio presenter and actor Maqbul Mohammed. PHOTO | COURTESY
A new gritty police procedural and legal show set in Nairobi is set to premiere later in the month.
‘Crime & Justice’ will premiere on February 22.
The show will feature a heavy-weight cast with Sarah Hassan (Plan B, How to Find a Husband) and Alfred Munyua (Poacher, The First Grader, Sense8) starring as Makena and Silas curtesy of Showmax and CANAL+ who are behind the production.
The gritty police procedural and legal show will have Makena and Silas play two detectives who follow and investigate one ripped-from-the-headlines case per episode, all the way through to the courtroom verdict.
Alfred Munyua and Sarah Hassan in Crime & Justice
While MultiChoice has been operating in Kenya for 25 years and produces over 10 original Kenyan productions a year, the group has announced it first Showmax original being produced in partnership with CANAL+.
Crime & Justice is a gritty police procedural and legal show set in Nairobi starring Sarah Hassan (Plan B, How to Find a Husband) and Alfred Munyua (Poacher, The First Grader, Sense8) as Makena and Silas. The two detectives are at the heart of the topical show that follows one ripped-from-the-headlines case per episode, all the way through to the courtroom verdict.