Reunited Kenyan Family Wins $50,000 on US Comedian Ellen Degeneres TV Show [VIDEO]

Reunited Kenyan Family Wins $50,000 on US Comedian Ellen Degeneres TV Show [VIDEO]

A Kenyan family has won $50,000 (Sh5 million) cash prize on American comedian Ellen Degeneres’ The Ellen Show.

This comes after Degeneres reunited a Kenyan woman in the US with her family after two years of living apart and not seeing each other.

In a video uploaded to YouTube, Achieng Agutu, a Kenyan-born woman studying in the US is seen dancing on set before the beginning of Denegeres' show.

The comedian then invites her on stage where she reveals how she learned the English language by watching The Ellen Show as a young girl.

“I moved here (to the US) about five years ago for higher education and it’s been amazing but it’s also been really hard for my family back in Kenya because they’ve honestly done every single thing from selling land to taking loans to be able to pay my school fees and make sure that I’m comfortable,” notes Achieng.

“I work one full-time job, I’m an admissions counselor at Holy Cross College, but then I babysit for two families; I wash people’s cars and clean their houses; I’m an Uber driver; I also teach English to international students.”

Ellen then pretends to link Achieng with her parents, who are supposedly in Kenya, and her brother in South Africa through a video call before the signal is lost.

She then pretends to head towards the video control room to fix the signal, but surprisingly, Achieng’s brother and parents emerge when the door opens.

Later, the excited family is asked to play a game where they are required to select one card from a group of three labeled 1,2 and 3 with different figures written at the back.

The four pick the card labeled 2 which comes bearing the highest amount of cash out of the three; a staggering $50,000.

Comments

formerlyguest2 (not verified)     Fri, 05/03/2019 @ 03:51pm

Lucky for her, many others doing same shit Kenyans, non Kenyans etc to get by and attend school ...............................

MjuAji (not verified)     Fri, 05/03/2019 @ 04:15pm

Sio kwa ubaya na nisieleweke vibaya, lakini maneno mwanamke huyu ayasemayo hayaongezeki yakawa ukweli. Eti alijifunza lugha ya Kiingereza kwa kutazama kipindi cha "mwanaume" huyu aitwaye De Degeneres. Achieng Agutu ni kama Mkenya yeyote yule aliye halisi: mchoro mchoro udaku. Achieng yuaonekana kana kwamba ana miaka ishirini na minne hivi, na kuwahadaa watazamaji wa kipindi hiki maarafu cha "bwana" De Generes ni aibu kwa Wakenya wachache ambao hutegemea ukweli kutafuta riziki yao. Kila Mkenya anapofika darasa la tano hivi, aweza kuzungumza na kuandika sentensi inayosomeka na kueleweka. Kuna baadhi ya Wakenya walioko Marekani ambao hawakubahatika kuendelea na masomo zaidi ya darasa la nane, lakini wanauwezo wa kukiongea Kiingereza kwa usanifu kabambe. Swala kubwa ni hili? Alipata wakati upi wa kukitazama kipindi cha "mme" huyu ikizingatiwa kazi hizo zote azifanyazo? Eti jamaa yake iliuza mashamba na kukopa madeni kumwezesha asome? Ni bahati kwake lakini ajitahadhari wasimchunguze baadaye. Kutumia mbinu za hadaa na udaku kujipatia makuu ni aibu isikuwa na ncha. Ulaji mlungura umekidhi katika damu na mshipa ya Wakenya wote kokote na momote walikosisi na MjuAji hajiepushi pia.

Those Us (not verified)     Fri, 05/03/2019 @ 05:25pm

In reply to by MjuAji (not verified)

Your guess is as hood as mine, Mjuaji. What a good analytical suspicion. Achieng Agutu, if rumors are anything to go by, is a former student at Braeburn International School. Fees? Oooo boy, sh2.7m per year. Yet she learnt how to sprak English by watching "mr" de generes show. Kenyans conmen and women will never stop amazing this Mjuaji.

Mgeni (not verified)     Fri, 05/03/2019 @ 07:20pm

Happy for you na familia yako. Hata kama umeongeza kasukari ati ulijifunza English kwa Ellen na wewe ni nyako, daughter of the Lake ISORITE, ISOKEI. 😎

Ufisadi (not verified)     Fri, 05/03/2019 @ 08:24pm

That’s the daughter of my high school teacher. She definitely didn’t learn no English watching TV lol. Her parents were here two years ago for her graduation. Nothing but love for them. Gotta hustle any way you can. Ruto and co should take note and stop stealing from the needy

10X (not verified)     Fri, 05/03/2019 @ 09:45pm

Hold up now....
I know Bullshit when i hear it and most definitely Ellen fell her lesbian ass right into it.
She claims her family sold land back in Kenya to help her pay her tuition over here....WHAT???!!!
I know dozens of international students who put themselves through school without their people selling. Goddamn thing back in Kenya.
Hogwash at it's finest.
They fed into it and fifty grand fell off right on their lap.
Shit, i should have thought about pulling a fast one like that when i was in college

Mucang’ang’a (not verified)     Fri, 05/03/2019 @ 10:15pm

Gotta do what you gotta do. I graduated in Moi University many years ago, but the day Ellen or Oprah invites me to their show, l will tell them the same. I learned English and public speaking from watching them. Do not forget l was an English teacher. In fact, l will say that either of them is my role model come goddess. Gotta hustle.

Kisha (not verified)     Fri, 05/03/2019 @ 11:22pm

I thought l was the only who thought yako story did not add up.English watching TV liar liar and the weng....child stop lying.

Kisha (not verified)     Fri, 05/03/2019 @ 11:23pm

I thought l was the only who thought yako story did not add up.English watching TV liar liar and the weng....child stop lying.

mkenya halisi (not verified)     Sat, 05/04/2019 @ 02:24am

I will never take money from shoga woman knowing.Wacha nikufe na shida zangu.This lady is a representative of the devil iliuminati himself.Stay away from mashoga mashetani money.

Maumauagain (not verified)     Sat, 05/04/2019 @ 10:31am

it was a pain to watch this show, why lie like that, this is soon to be exposed and will paint a very negative image for us all.

Stop insulting Ellen, she is just trying to be kind and nothing to do with her sexuality, she is a victim of this opportunistic lady.

Thirdly, we focus on people's lifestyle other than focus on these people who are raping our country like a laser, nothing right now is as urgent as fighting these people in everyway possible

Mugikuyu (not verified)     Sat, 05/04/2019 @ 11:54am

I sense a lot of crab mentality in some of the comments above. This girl even though she knew English while in Kenya she must have misspoken. She meant her acquisition of American prononciation of words was via watching Ellen's show and music etc. Her energy, positivity and willingness to submerge herself into all American will take her far. If you go to Rome do what the Romans do. She is doing exactly that. Lets hope she does not forget her own culture. Ellen is trying to do good in this world and she is a kind human. Your energy is misplaced, go deal with the thieves of tax payers money in Kenya.

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