The XYZ Show
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Season 1
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
1: Episode 1
With Kenyan women starting a political sex boycott, XYZ host interviews Ruto and Martha and the two prominent MPs engage in a high noon-style duel.
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
2: Episode 2
The country prepares for Madaraka day, Uhuru calls Moi for help on his budget speech, and XYZ host Jonah Lessit talks to the Kenyan and Ugandan spokesmen about the touchy Migingo island issue.
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Monday, June 1st, 2009
3: Episode 3
Barack Obama proves that he is Kenyan enough, XYZ host Jonah Lessit talks to the singing Pastor and a Somali pirate explains his business.
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
4: Episode 4
Raila and Ruto find ways of coping with the recession, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews former President Moi, and Raila and Kalonzo get into a fight about a toilet.
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009
5: Episode 5
Uhuru reads the budget, Kalonzo gets a bright idea to ascend to the throne without an election and Kibaki dodges a shoe.
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009
6: Episode 6
The principles eat it all up at the national prayer breakfast, Unga long lasting lollipop quenches your hunger in three flavors and Bifwoli Wakoli rants at a funeral.
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
7: Episode 7
Osama Bin Laden reacts to Obamas Cairo speech, Kibaki and Raila confess whats on their minds, and Uhuru, Martha and Ruto bring out their best singing voices in XYZ Project Fame.
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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
8: Episode 8
Kalonzo takes a break to have a hair do, Kibaki and Raila play cards in jail in XYZ Prison Break and XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews both of them on The Hague issue.
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Sunday, July 12th, 2009
9: Episode 9
The honourable Members of Parliament ask for yet another salary raise, Raila emulates his cousin Barack Obama and Michael Jackson goes to heaven.
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
10: Episode 10
Kalonzo tries to get back into ODM, Kibaki and Raila are still in jail in XYZ Prison Break and XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews Dr. Goldstein about mental jiggers.
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
11: Episode 11
Kalonzo celebrates the Hague process, Barack visits Africa but chooses Ghana over Kenya, and its Railas, Kalonzos and Kibakis turn to perform in XYZ Project Fame.
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
12: Episode 12
XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews police spin master Eric Kiraithe, the three principals face it off in the Power Challenge, and Ruto and Uhuru join Kibaki and Raila in XYZ Prison Break.
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
13: Episode 13
Jonah Lessit presents the best of the best of the season as well as an exclusive look behind-the-scenes of the show in this season 1 finale.
Season 2
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010
1: Episode 1
Kibaki and Raila visit the Kofi Annan Anonymous marriage counseling office, XYZ host interviews former president Moi, and Super Ocampo makes his entrance on the local scene.
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
2: Episode 2
ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo puts Uhuru on the witness stand, then joins XYZ host Jonah Lessit and Mutula Kilonzo for an interview, and the "No" camp meets in secret to plot to defeat the proposed new constitution.
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
3: Episode 3
Mwaniki sells some Dubai degrees at a good price, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews Raila and Ruto, and the Yes camp hold a secret constitution meeting.
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Sunday, May 16th, 2010
4: Episode 4
The Kenya police have a new answering machine, G4S, the security company also known as Gone in 4 Seconds, advertises their services, and the principals try to cut a deal with the ICC.
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
5: Episode 5
Kofi Annan tells Raila to stop whining, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews Presidents Zuma and Kibaki, and unknown forces attack the draft constitution under the cover of the night.
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
6: Episode 6
Kenyans discuss the future at the jobless corner, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews Kalonzo and Ocampo experiences what the Kenyan witness protection program has to offer.
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010
7: Episode 7
Kenyans come together against negative ethnicity, political forces conspire to sabotage the draft constitution and Osama bin Laden is infuriated by Obamas roadmap to peace in the Middle East.
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010
8: Episode 8
William Ruto consults his mentor retired President Moi on how to acquire land, Kenyan women discover the Automated Tithing Male and the World Cup fever catches up with the political establishment.
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Sunday, June 20th, 2010
9: Episode 9
Who Really Owns Kenya looks at Mois business assets, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews a Christian and Muslim representatives on the draft constitution, and Martha, Ruto and Bifwoli show what they can do in Bunges Got Talent.
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Sunday, June 27th, 2010
10: Episode 10
The Political Hygiene Soap cleans all signs of graft, Al Shabaab terrorists crack down on World Cup viewing, and XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews Chelseas Didier Drogba.
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Sunday, July 4th, 2010
11: Episode 11
Chinedu sells transformer oil, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews a panel of football experts, and Bishop Wanjiru, Kibaki and Raila, and kalonzo face off in Bunges Got Talent.
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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
12: Episode 12
After his surgery Raila received a strange mix of visitors at the hospital, we wonder what if Kenya hosted the World Cup, and Abrigast Arap Luor has a conspiracy theory on the draft constitution.
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Sunday, July 18th, 2010
13: Episode 13
In this Season 2 finale, we take a look at the best clips from the past 12 episodes.
Season 3
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
1: Episode 1
Pastor Chinedu promises husbands to the women of Kenya, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews Kamlesh Pattni, and Sudanese dictator Omar Al Bashir crashes the promulgation ceremony for Kenya's new constitution.
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Monday, September 27th, 2010
2: Episode 2
Raila gives an exclusive tour of his new office in XYZ Cribs, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews Francis Atwoli, and reporter NoButt Nagirr investigates the body parts trade.
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Monday, October 4th, 2010
3: Episode 3
Martha sings Survivor, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews Bishop Wanjiru, and NoButt Nagirr gets into great danger in part 2 of his investigative report on the body parts trade.
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
4: Episode 4
The principals raise money to implement the new constitution, XYZ host Jonah interviews PLO Lumumba, Sonko takes us on a ride for a day and a night.
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
5: Episode 5
ICC prosecutor Ocampo interrogates the usual suspects, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Kamlesh Pattni welcomes us to his crib.
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Monday, October 25th, 2010
6: Episode 6
The Clande 69 app helps your phone hide your clande, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews with President Kibaki and the police start their recruiting exercise.
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Monday, November 1st, 2010
7: Episode 7
Ruto thrives even after being booted from the cabinet, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews US ambassador Michael Ranneberger, and politicians exhibit juvenile conduct in Bunge High.
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Monday, November 8th, 2010
8: Episode 8
Kenya's anti- graft knight PLO Lumumba interrogates a suspect, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews William Ruto, and veteran African heads of state discuss Grace Mugabe's infidelity.
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Monday, November 15th, 2010
9: Episode 9
Ruto implicates Raila in the post-election violence, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews House Speaker Kenneth Marende, and ICC suspects take a reconnaissance tour of The Hague.
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
10: Episode 10
Charity Ngilu tries to dry up the water scandal, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews Kalonzo, and Ugandan President Museveni sings another rap.
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Monday, November 29th, 2010
11: Episode 11
Politicians star in Safaricom's Niko Na Bahati ad, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews government spokesman Alfred Mutua, and NoButt Nagirrr investigates the coaching of post-election violence witnesses.
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Monday, December 6th, 2010
12: Episode 12
Catholics are strangely elated when the condom ban is lifted, XYZ host Jonah Lessit interviews one of the infamous Artur brothers, and our Untold Stories segment looks into Songo's criminal cases.
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Monday, December 13th, 2010
13: Episode 13
XYZ host Jonah Lessit highlights the best of Season 3 in this season finale episode.