Malawi's Code is the latest BBAS evictee
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Code joins other evicted housemates in the barn: Lerato (South Africa), Hannington (Uganda), Sheila (Kenya), Tatiana (Angola), and Ethiopia's Yacob, who has decided to quit the game and return to Addis Ababa. Code was up for eviction, alongside Nigeria's Uti, and Zimbabwe's Munya, who has survived possible eviction a number of times, indicating that he was a very strong contender. Code was saved by Malawi (his home country), while Uti was saved by eight countries of Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda, and the one who many had assumed was the strongest player, Munya, was saved by a total of six countries, namely Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Rest of Africa.
Like all the other evictees, Code was given his chance to throw a dagger at one of the housemates and he decided to choose Mwisho. The dagger thrown at Mwisho dictates that he must crow like a cock, and moo like a cow for five minutes every breakfast, lunch and supper time for a whole week.
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