Legally Clueless

Legally Clueless

Legally Clueless is a weekly podcast by Kenyan media personality & social activist: Adelle Onyango!! Here, she documents her raw human journey as an evolving unapologetically African woman. The podcast is a space where people get to know just how okay it is to not know or not have it all figured out. It is also a space where Africans share stories from their lives; stories that teach, make us cry, make us laugh - real, authentic African stories. The #LegallyClueless hotline is +254768628790

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April 12, 2026 33 mins
In this episode of the Legally Clueless podcast, Loise Njeri shares her journey of becoming a mama fua, and how what started as survival slowly turned into a business. Raised in Nyandarua by a single mother who did everything she could to provide, Loise grew up watching firsthand what it means to work hard, adapt, and show up for your family, even when resources are limited. From navigating culture shock in a national high school, ...
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This week on For Mannerless Women, Adelle sits down with Sarah Mukabana (Plus Wanga Princess) for a raw, honest, and deeply relatable conversation about self-worth, validation, and what it really takes to come back to yourself. From losing herself in a relationship where she constantly sought to be chosen, to navigating the messy aftermath of a breakup, Sarah opens up about the moments many women experience, but rarely say out loud...
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Healing is beautiful but it’s not always soft. In this episode of The Mid Week Tease, Adelle Onyango unpacks the side of healing no one really talks about, the part where growth costs you relationships, comfort, certainty, and even the version of yourself you once needed to survive. If you’ve been feeling lonely, confused, or like your life is shifting in uncomfortable ways, this episode will help you understand why. Because what i...
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After spending 2 years at home recovering, Patricia is told it’s time to go back to school. But how do you return to life when you’re not sure you can keep up? In Part 2 of this powerful story on the Legally Clueless Podcast, Patricia shares what it looked like to rebuild her confidence, her identity, and her future, step by step. From doubting her ability…
to being questioned by teachers,
to rising through the ranks,
to eventually ea...
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This week on For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango is joined by Mandi Sarro for an honest, empowering conversation about value, money, and the mindset shifts every woman needs to make when it comes to charging what she’s worth. From the concept of “b*tch tax”, charging more for difficult clients, to unlearning the need for external validation, this episode dives into the real reasons so many women underprice themselves. Mandi shares...
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This week on The Mid Week Tease, Adelle Onyango unpacks the limiting beliefs that quietly shape how you see yourself, your work, your money, and your life. A lot of what we call self-doubt, fear, or “not feeling ready” isn’t random. It’s learned. Formed in childhood. Reinforced over time. And often… never questioned. In this episode, Adelle explores how early experiences shape core beliefs like:
  • “I’m not good enough”
  • “I have to p...
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In this powerful episode of the Legally Clueless Podcast, Patricia shares how her life completely paused and how she slowly, courageously rebuilt it. From learning how to walk again, to returning to school filled with fear and self-doubt, to rising through the ranks and rediscovering her brilliance. This is a story about resilience, identity, and what it really means to start over. And if you’ve ever felt like life delayed you, pau...
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She was told she was “useless.” In that moment, everything shifted. In this episode of the Legally Clueless Podcast, Terry Muikamba-Gitonga shares her journey from shrinking in toxic work environments to choosing herself and building something of her own. From navigating self-doubt and people-pleasing to doing the inner work and trusting her intuition, Terry opens up about what it really takes to walk away from spaces that diminish...
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What if the patterns you struggle with today… started long before you even realized it? In this week’s episode of The Mid Week Tease, Adelle Onyango sits down with accredited psychologist Faith Guchu for a powerful, eye-opening conversation ahead of the upcoming wellness talk: Becoming The Woman You Want To Be Together, they unpack how childhood wounds, including subtle emotional experiences like criticism, comparison, and lack of ...
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In this episode of the Legally Clueless Podcast, we continue with Part 2 of Blessing’s story. After leaving Kenya in search of a fresh start, Blessing shares her experience working in the Gulf as a domestic worker, navigating culture shock, isolation, and the emotional toll of being far from home. Despite her determination to rebuild her life, she found that the feelings she was trying to escape: instability, loneliness, and the se...
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In this week’s episode of The Mid Week Tease, Adelle shares the three simple statements she says every morning that have transformed how she experiences her days. Inspired by a neurosurgeon’s insight into how the brain works, this episode explores how your thoughts influence what your brain pays attention to, and how you can gently rewire your mind to notice more joy, progress, and possibility. In this episode, we explore:
  • How t...
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In this episode of the Legally Clueless Podcast, Blessing shares the first part of her deeply personal story. Born in Nairobi to very young parents, Blessing grew up moving between homes, from Nairobi to Nakuru, Thika, and relatives’ houses, searching for stability in a childhood filled with uncertainty.

After losing her father at a young age and navigating an emotionally distant relationship with her mother, Blessing struggled with...
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In the final episode of Difference She Makes, we sit down with South African human rights lawyer Sibongile Ndashe, founder of the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), whose work sits at the intersection of feminist legal strategy, instit...
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In this episode of Difference She Makes, we sit down with Odunoluwa Longe, Founder of TLP Advisory and Co-Founder of DIY Law, to explore how women are shaping the legal frameworks powering Africa’s tech ecosystem.

Odunoluwa was part of the collaborative p...
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In this powerful episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango sits down with Waceke Nduati, founder of Centonomy, to unpack the real reasons many women struggle with money and how to reclaim financial agency without shame. This conversation goes far beyond budgeting.

Together, they explore:
  • How money trauma shapes women’s financial decisions
  • - The limiting beliefs women are socialised to hold about wealth, ambition, and depende...
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Some days we forget. We forget how loved we are. We forget the moments that made us proud.
We forget the days we laughed until our stomach hurt. And it’s not because those moments didn’t happen. Psychology shows that our brains have a negativity bias, meaning painful experiences stick longer than joyful ones. Over time, our minds can begin to tell us a story that life has mostly been difficult, even when joy has been present all alo...
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In Episode 368 of the Legally Clueless Podcast, we share Part 2 of Nkirote’s remarkable story.
In Part 1, we heard about her unstable childhood in Meru, the loss of her grandmother who raised her, and the gradual deterioration of her eyesight due to glaucoma. Teachers stepped in when family could not, raising funds for surgery and eventually helping her join Saint Lucy’s School for the Blind.

Part 2 continues her journey of resilienc...
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In this week’s episode of The Midweek Tease, Adelle reflects on a powerful idea from the final episode of Difference She Makes with South African human rights lawyer Sibongile Ndashe. While Sibongile spends her career challenging institutions and pushing legal systems to protect women, one line from the conversation stayed with Adelle long after the interview ended: “We must be gentle with each other. But first let us be gentle wit...
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In Episode 367 of the Legally Clueless Podcast, we share Part 1 of Nkirote’s powerful story. Born fully sighted in Meru County, Nkirote’s childhood was marked by instability, moving from one household to another, losing her primary caregiver, and navigating neglect and emotional hardship at a young age. At just 12–13 years old, her eyesight began deteriorating. What started as subtle vision problems would later be diagnosed as glau...
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What if your job disappeared tomorrow? Who would you be? In this week’s Midweek Tease, we unpack a powerful idea inspired by my recent conversation with Odunoluwa Longe on Difference She Makes: Your purpose should be your life, not your job. For many high-achieving women, identity and productivity have become intertwined. We are praised for being exceptional, indispensable, reliable. But what happens when performance becomes the on...
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