NEWS: Stop Talking Like An American! Best Selling Kenyan Author Slams Jim Iyke

Jim Iyke, known for his ‘peculiar’ accent, has been advised to ‘stop talking like an American’ by a best selling author.

John Kiriamiti, a Kenyan author whose book is been adapted for a film where Jim Iyke would be playing the lead role, has advised the actor to ‘stop talking like an American’ and ‘learn how to talk like me to be able to play the role well.”

Adding further, John said, ‘Whoever has read the book has told me they read it thrice or four times and as you know in the book I wasn’t acting I was doing it for real. I hope that translates also in the movie.’
Jim, has been casted for the lead role of Jack Zolo in the screen adaptation of Kiriamiti’s crime thriller ‘My Life In Crime.’

The movie, is an adaptation of three novels written by John Kiriamiti based on ‘his life as a real gangster’, according to sources.

The three books are: My Life In Crime, My Life With A Criminal and My Life In Prison.
Jim will be joined by top Kenyan acts that include Ainea Ojiambo, Janet Kirina, Abubakar Mwenda, Melvin Alusa, Jeff Koinange, Lenana Kariba and Eddy Kimani.