Word on the street has it that Kenya's top comedian, Dan Ndambuki alias Churchill, is a worried man after he was caught red-handed and photographed having relations with a married woman. This has Kenyans excited like fat kids in a candy store.
Reports claim Churchill met the woman during a live screening of his highly rated show "Churchill Live". They started flirting and a sexual affair started. When this alleged affair was discovered, the comedian was set up and as he was getting ready for a nookie with the woman, a man with a camera emerged unexpectedly and snapped him dressed in nothing but his birthday suit. Now the woman's husband, said to be Nigerian, wants Sh5 million or he will leak the damning pictures.
Churchill on his part says there was no affair, though he is yet to issue a statement on the matter. He claims it is a ploy by some Nigerians to try and extort money from him and he will not give in.
These have to be the most anxiously awaited pictures in Kenya's entertainment history. This scandal dwarfs any other, including Kaz's and Avril's nude pictures and the sex tape involving the Inooro FM marketing fellow.
This is Churchill, perhaps the biggest entertainment brand in Kenya, and it is unimaginable what would happen to his name if the pictures were to surface. What differentiates Churchill from Kaz and Avril is the fact that he is a darling with corporate Kenya and has made a fortune hosting their functions. It is no secret how much the corporate world abhors scandals of any kind.
Aside from that, his show is backed by some of the biggest corporates in Kenya - NTV, which hosts his show, Safaricom, the title sponsors of the show, and Coca Cola.
These are brands that are highly rated and are known to be ruthless in maintaining a clean image and if Churchill's scandal turns out to be true, then we should expect he will be dropped by these three faster than he can say; "Let me explain". He is expected to make over Sh10 million through his show alone but this won't happen if the brands behind his show back off.
As for his gig at Classic 105, that would not be in jeopardy because he has a boss like no other. Patrick Quarcoo is a maverick, and the publicity that Churchill would generate would not be viewed as a scandal in his eyes. He would find a way to use the publicity and market Churchill and, who knows, he might even give him a show and get him sponsors!
So we wait with bated breath to see if the scandal is true or just a ploy by some con artist to get money off of Churchill.