Shuga Mashariki: OffScript
Shuga Mashariki: Off Script is an intimate, youth-driven audio experience that dives into the real conversations shaping young people’s lives today.
Hosted by Makena Kahuha and Muchina Maloba, the podcast is produced in a community-style radio format, where each episode reflects a generation in its own voice spotlighting stories often overlooked and unpacking the complex realities young Kenyans navigate.
Recorded over a month across three universities the University of Nairobi (Nairobi County), Egerton University (Nakuru County), and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (Siaya County) the series captures raw, unfiltered conversations from campuses where these stories are lived every day.
Shuga Mashariki: OffScript
Latest Episodes
No shame kwa hustle
The pressure to “make it” is heavier than ever. This episode explores how money, family expectations, and hustle culture shape identity, relationships, and mental health and what it means to find hope when the journey feels slow.
Sema na mi basi
Love isn’t just about feelings, it’s about how we communicate them. By comparing two relationships, this episode explores emotional intelligence, conflict, and accountability and asks whether better communication could change everything.
We listen, we don't judge
Why are women judged more harshly by society and each other? Through Nyokafi’s journey, this episode unpacks purity culture, internalised patriarchy, and what it really takes to unlearn judgment and choose empathy.
