His role as a cross-dresser made him a household name having attempted something no other Kenyan had dared to do. So perfectly did Mwangi assume the role of Shaniqua that controversies came about ...

"The cross-dressing bill is a very dangerous bill that ... There is clearly the feeling that a man wearing women's clothes or vice-versa would somehow encourage people to have a same-sex relationship.

A pre-operative transgender woman and a man, both from Singapore, jailed in the United Arab Emirates for cross-dressing have had their sentences reduced to a fine and deportation, officials say.