Author: Manuel Ntoyai and Timo Muthuri

When your favourite influencer suddenly drops two dress sizes and blames it on “discipline and hydration,” you might want to look closer. In Nairobi’s salons, high-end gyms, and influencer WhatsApp groups, a new kind of secret weapon is trending – the jab. It is called Ozempic, a diabetes drug that has somehow morphed into the latest status symbol for Kenya’s body-conscious elite.  From TikTok tutorials to hushed clinic visits in Lavington, Kileleshwa, and Kilimani, “Ozempic” has become shorthand for effort-free weight loss. Marketed online as the miracle jab that melts fat without sweat, it is the new code among the fit and…

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