Sanyu (TV series)

The Kirunda textile factory where Sanyu's father works is damaged in a fire. Nalweyiso, Sanyu's step-mother, forces Sanyu to sign a contract she hasn't read through. It's a contract to work for the Kirunda family as a maid. Little did she know, life with the Kirundas was much more complicated than it appeared.

At the Kirundas', Sanyu finds the complicated family that owns Kirunda House of Designs. The youngest son of the family, Oscar Gume, falls for Sanyu and she reciprocates his feelings although she tries to hide it. She later helps troublesome Melissa, youngest daughter of Linda Kirunda, with her outfit to appear on a magazine cover.

While the rest of the maids, Karungi, Nanziri & Kakai enjoy Francis Kirunda's company, Sanyu doubts he's a good husband as she had earlier seen him in the company of Patience who Sanyu suspects to be his mistress. This is later proven right when Francis goes to meet Patience in a hotel room; Patience then threatens to expose the truth to the media. To stop this, Francis takes her home which annoys Linda and she fights with Patience causing her to stress out and leads her into drinking. However, Sanyu stops her from consuming alcohol by advising her to draw and take orange juice instead. Patience lies about carrying Francis's baby but Sanyu overhears her talking to a doctor to forge pre-natal scans.

Oscar sees Sanyu's fashion designs - which are of very high quality - and suggests they are used in Kirunda house of designs. Later, Sanyu encounters Oscar's fiancée Kirabo who, from insecurity, instantly hates her; Kirabo's brother Pius falls for Sanyu. Kirabo later leaves Oscar at the altar and runs away with business tycoon, Steve.

The eldest son of the house, Patrick together with his wife Lucy attempt to steal Linda's assets but are unsuccessful. Sanyu and Linda partner and create designs preparing for a fashion show. Lucy, with maid Karungi's help, steals designs from Linda and makes the exact same clothes and signs up to compete in the show. Lucy's models go first and she is devastated when Linda's models are wearing completely different designs made by Sanyu hence Linda wins. But as the police arrest Lucy for theft, she accuses Sanyu of giving the designs to her causing her imprisonment when none not even Linda believes her.

Sanyu loses her job and meets her friend, Atwine who started out as an enemy but after Sanyu saves her, they become good friends. Sanyu gets bailed out by her father and she later gets a job at Lightning design company where her boss, George, falls for her and her designs. George is Oscar's cousin.

Later, Patrick starts drug abuse due to stress from Lucy and Lucy desperately wants a child yet she bears curses of her abandoned child Kule. In an attempt to prove her innocence to the Kirundas about the theft, Sanyu pretends to be "Sasha" and works as Oscar's assistant - as Sanyu, she still works as George's assistant.

"Sasha"'s double identity is exposed after Sasha leaves her bracelet at a crime scene; the bracelet is similar to one Sanyu wears. Pius notices the bracelet on Sanyu's hand; in a fit of rage he accidentally pulls off her wig, confirming Sasha is Sanyu. Sanyu bangs Pius on the head causing him to lose his memory. Kirabo then sees Sasha without her wig and exposes her in front of the Kirundas as Sanyu.

However, other than being surprised, George is instead amazed at the fact that she could run two different companies at the same time. George allows Sanyu to keep her job and she starts living with her workmate and friend Anita. However, on the date they are supposed to clear their rental fees, burglars attack them and steal the money, so the landlady kicks her and Anita out of the house.

Patience, Kirunda's former mistress comes forth with a deal for George to help Adeyinka illegally export precious stones by putting them on clothes. Meanwhile, troublesome Mellissa gets drunk and hurts her eye as she returns home. Sanyu starts spending the night in the office, something George is furious about when he finds out and he takes her to his apartment for shelter.

When Oscar sees Sanyu at George's apartment, he leaps to the conclusion that she is sleeping with George. In a fit of rage, Mr. Batte, asks Sanyu to marry George as she is already "carrying his child." At first, Sanyu is reluctant at this but she later agrees. On the due date of their "kwanjula" (introduction ceremony) two things happen: Adeyinka's consignment is stolen by robbers and George disappears and everyone concludes Oscar has a hand in his disappearance.