{"id":4046,"date":"2025-11-02T18:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T18:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/?p=4046"},"modified":"2025-11-02T18:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T18:10:10","slug":"luck-pours-in-nairobi-as-two-winners-bag-kes-1-million-each-in-coca-cola-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/luck-pours-in-nairobi-as-two-winners-bag-kes-1-million-each-in-coca-cola-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Luck Pours in Nairobi as Two Winners Bag KES 1 Million Each in Coca-Cola Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Nairobi businessman and an online freelancer have become the latest millionaires in <strong>Coca-Cola\u2019s Funua Flava Pata Mita<\/strong> promotion, each walking away with a <strong>KES 1 million<\/strong> grand prize.<\/p>\n<p>The two winners, <strong>Paul Onyango<\/strong> and <strong>Sharon Ndunge<\/strong>, were announced as the 8th and 9th weekly grand prize winners in the ongoing national campaign, which has so far rewarded <strong>nine millionaires<\/strong> with a combined <strong>KES 9 million<\/strong> in cash prizes.<\/p>\n<p>They received their cheques from the <strong>Coca-Cola Beverages Kenya<\/strong> team led by <strong>Ampher Apidi<\/strong>, Experiential Marketing Manager, and <strong>Alfred Mabu<\/strong>, Revenue Growth and Trade Marketing Director.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Turning Bottle Caps into Big Wins<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sharon Ndunge<\/strong>, a virtual assistant based in Nairobi, said she began participating in the promotion immediately after its launch on August 15 at Kenyatta Market. Every time she bought her favourite 200ml Sprite, she would send the code under the crown to 40111 \u2014 a small routine that turned into a life-changing win.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI will use the winnings to buy building materials for my mother\u2019s house and start a small business to generate some income,\u201d said an excited Ms. Ndunge after receiving her cheque.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For <strong>Mr. Onyango<\/strong>, the news came as both a surprise and a blessing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI heard about the promotion on radio and decided to participate. Honestly, I didn\u2019t believe I could win \u2014 but here I am today,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cThis money will help me clear my sons\u2019 school fees, support my church, and celebrate with my family. I encourage others to keep drinking Coca-Cola \u2014 you never know when your turn will come.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Celebrating Consumers Across Kenya<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>According to <strong>Ampher Apidi<\/strong>, Experiential Marketing Manager at Coca-Cola Beverages Kenya, the <strong>Funua Flava Pata Mita<\/strong> promotion has attracted enthusiastic participation from consumers across the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSince we launched the campaign, we\u2019ve crowned nine millionaires from counties including Baringo, Uasin Gishu, Meru, Kisumu, Migori, Mombasa, and Nairobi,\u201d said Apidi. \u201cThis diversity shows how our consumers across Kenya are enjoying Coca-Cola\u2019s range of flavours.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added that beyond the weekly millionaires, <strong>thousands of consumers<\/strong> have continued to win cash prizes of <strong>KES 100,000<\/strong>, <strong>KES 10,000<\/strong>, and daily <strong>data bundles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe truly appreciate our consumers and urge them to keep taking part \u2014 because with Coca-Cola, you never know what\u2019s coming next.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Previous Winners and Ongoing Rewards<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Previous grand prize winners include <strong>Linet Moraa Mugire<\/strong>, a boutique saleslady from Eldoret; <strong>Miriam Wakio Kidungwa<\/strong> from Mombasa; <strong>Millicent Wanjiku Mwai<\/strong>, a mitumba trader from Nairobi\u2019s South C; <strong>Lauryne Jemutai Birir<\/strong>, a honey trader from Baringo; <strong>Jacob Ochieng Liech<\/strong>, a boda boda rider from Kisumu; and <strong>Emmanuel Kerario Gikumi<\/strong>, a 21-year-old automotive engineering student from Migori.<\/p>\n<p>Each of them has shared how a simple bottle of their favourite Coca-Cola beverage turned into a life-changing opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion runs until later this month, with <strong>three more millionaires<\/strong> expected to be crowned before it concludes.<\/p>\n<p>To participate, consumers simply need to buy a <strong>300ml glass bottle<\/strong> of <strong>Coca-Cola<\/strong>, <strong>Fanta<\/strong>, <strong>Sprite<\/strong>, <strong>Stoney<\/strong>, <strong>Krest<\/strong>, or <strong>Schweppes<\/strong>, and send the unique code under the <strong>yellow crown cap<\/strong> via <strong>SMS to 40111<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Daily prizes include <strong>cash rewards of KES 100, KES 50,000, and KES 100,000<\/strong>, as well as <strong>instant data bundles<\/strong>, while the weekly jackpot offers a <strong>life-changing KES 1 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Nairobi businessman and an online freelancer have become the latest millionaires in Coca-Cola\u2019s Funua Flava Pata Mita promotion, each&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[159],"class_list":["post-4046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-coca-cola"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251102-WA0118.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4048,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4046\/revisions\/4048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}