Lies that Bind

Plot

Cast

Main cast

• Lucy Nyaga portrays Joyce, a good wife, the kind that will stand with a man through thick and thin, helping him build his empire. She is one that commands respect from people around her. She has a daughter named Esther.
• Ruth Maingi as Salome, the third wife and Richard Juma's true love, and the third wife. She is calm, a good wife and mother. She is very soft and kind. Others like Edith treat her kindness as a weakness. She has two kids, Patricia and Allan.
• Florence Nduta as Edith, the second wife and the centre of all the chaos. She is the second wife. She is extremely malicious, greedy and wants all the fortune to herself. She doesn't care who she steps on. All she wants is the rest of the family to give up on all the fortune so that she remains at the spotlight. She is also overprotective to his son Joseph, as she expects him to take over her late husband's empire.
• Justin Mirichii as Joseph, he is a grown man, but still a mama's boy. He is lazy, less disciplined and a drunkard. He is the kind that waits for his mother to fight what he believes belongs to him. His mother is the one that fights for him, and fighting she does. When Joseph is not fighting the rest of the family with his mother, he drinks.
• Tom Osongo as John Juma a manipulative and calculating brother of Richard Juma. He has always been envious of his late brother. He has a great ambition of becoming a Member of Parliament. As his character suggests, he plays the saviour yet he is the villain.
• Irene Ayimba as Esther, she is the CEO of RJ Investments. She is generally independent. She is still a bachelorette despite being the eldest on the Jumas clan.
• Maureen Koech as Patricia on the other hand is the bubbly young girl in the family who is on a journey to discovering herself. She is experimental, a typical school girl trying to find her way in a world marred by family drama.

  Supporting cast

• Lenana Kariba as Joseph Juma
• Maqbul Mohammed as Ben Juma #1
• Joseph Thuo as Allan
• Alan Oyugi
• Eclay Wangira as Tabitha
• Charlie Karumi
• Oyondi Lawrence
• Dantez Mwenda
• Maureen Obae
• May Wairimu
• Stella Mungai
• Olympia Owira
• Naomi Ng'ang'a as Mama Sweetie
• Joseph Omari as Richard Juma
• Brian Ogola as Ben Juma #2

  Broadcast

Awards