Mali
Also known as	Mali: United by Blood:Divided by Greed
Genre	Soap opera Drama
Created by	Alison Ngibuini
Developed by	Al Is On Production Ltd (Kenya)
Written by	Damaris Irungu Wanjiru Kairu Natasha Likimani Charles Ouda
Directed by	Alison Ngibuini June Akinyi
Starring	George Ohawa Mary Gacheri Mkamzee Mwatela Mumbi Maina Brenda Wairimu Kevin Samwel Daniel Peter Weke
Country of origin	Kenya
Original languages	English, Swahili
No. of episodes	326 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Allison Ngibuini Rio Alves
Production location	Nairobi
Editors	Njuguna Mwangi Hannah Waweru Christine Gati Jackie Kabugi Weslie Onsando
Camera setup	SDTV 480i
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production companies	Al Is On Production Ltd NTV (Kenya)
Original release
Network	NTV
Release	October 12, 2011 (2011-10-12) – 2015 (2015)
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Lies that Bind

Mali also known as Mali: United by Blood: Divided by Greed is a Kenyan television series and a soap opera in East Africa. It premiered on October 12, 2011 on NTV (Kenya) and was broadcast in Uganda starting in 2012.^[1] Mali is the first Kenyan programme in its genre to run three times a week on NTV.^[2] It is written by Alison Ngibuini and Damaris Irungu.

Premise

Mali revolves around the lives of an affluent family, rich to the bone but like every family of this nature, plagued with deeper public hidden issues. The polygamous patriarch of the family is a chauvinist who runs his two homes like a military camp.

The family members are different in character, cultural, social and economic status but are all embroiled in effervescent tales of love, money, power, self gain, seduction and success.

The drama unfolds when the patriarch, Mr. G Mali, collapses and dies without leaving a will behind. This leaves his two families embroiled in a journey of greed, deceit, division and discovery of horrifying family and personal secrets that would have best remained hidden.

Mali is a story of obsession to do what is right but also get what is owed. MALI will take audiences through a journey of extremes that society, the family unit and the individual would go to in the pursuit of love, money and ultimate happiness.

Mali takes its audiences beyond the trappings of affluence to the reality of a family broken and divided and the personal and collective journeys each member makes to reunite the single family unit despite personal odds and societal differences.

Cast

Main cast

• George Ohawa as G Mali
• Mary Gacheri as Mabel Mali
• Mkamzee Mwatela as Usha Mali
• Carolyne Midimo as Bella
• Mumbi Maina as Nandi Mali
• Brenda Wairimu as Lulu Mali
• Kevin Samuel as Richard Mali
• Daniel Peter Weke as Arthur Mali
• Abel Amunga as Mwambu
• Tony Mwangi as Tony Babu
• Conrad Makeni as Fadhili
• Gerald Langiri as Don
• David Gitika as Bishop

Recurring cast

• Natasha Likimani as Clara
• Hamza Omar as Zolo
• Nic Wang’ondu as Ron
• Marielyn Perez as Nikita
• Joan Arigi as Miriam
• Carolyne Ngorobi as Selena
• Dan Kimiti as Big Boy
• Kate Khasoa-Kole as Lucia
• Charles Ouda as CJ

Featured cast

Awards and recognitions