Tosh Gitonga’s new football drama series "Kito", is set to premiere on TV. The series centres on a gifted young footballer who is drawn back into the sport he loves, and a life he believed he had left behind.
The official synopsis reads: Following his mother’s tragic death, a talented but disillusioned 17-year-old footballer is forced to return to Nairobi, where he must adapt to life with his estranged uncle—an idealistic yet struggling banker who runs a high-stakes, community-based football academy. Together, they confront fractured family bonds and long-buried, dangerous secrets.
According to Tosh, the series's executive producer, “Kito” was born from a desire to tell a deeply human story, one that uses football as a language, not merely as a sport.
“At its core, the series explores themes such as family, responsibility, power and the quiet battles we inherit and choose to fight,” he says.
It was not the game itself that drew Gitonga to Kito, but everything that surrounds it. “I was interested in the relationships, the silences, the compromises, and the hope that persists even in difficult circumstances,” he added. “Ultimately, Kito is a family drama, rooted in community and shaped by ambition, love, and consequence.”
For head writer Mona Ombogo (“Volume”, “Kash Money”), who co-created the series alongside Gitonga, Kito is a labour of love that deliberately departs from convention. “We see many telenovelas on our screens today, and I respect all of them,” says Ombogo. “Kito moves in a different direction; it's long-form storytelling with a strong dramatic spine.”
Ombogo is joined in the writers' room by Joan Tecla (Ensulo) and Octavious Onyango (“Volume”), with Winnie Adisa (“Mo-Faya”, “This Is Life”) serving as producer.
Like many recent Kenyan series aimed at the country’s growing youth audience, including “MTV Shuga Mashariki” and “Tuki”, “Kito” features a predominantly young cast. According to director Morrison Mwadulo (“Kina”, “Jela 5-Star”), many of these actors are “first-timers fresh out of high school.”
The cast includes Rogers Otieno (The Agency), Wangui Ndirangu (“Salem”), Sahara Mohammed (“Pete”), Tobit Tom— who made his breakthrough in the 2025 Netflix series “Mo-Faya”, and Vanessa Okeyo (“Second Family”), alongside newcomers Joan Kenduywa (“Hollow”), Prince Jude (“Lulu”), Isaac Juma, Anastasia Kirathe (“Neema”), Michael Sanchez Voiya, Ian Mumo, Marcus Ochieng and Henriques Katema (Bobo).
