How Morris Ongere beats age and Mombasa heat to stay strong

Morris Ongere performs seated hammer curls at the Shaza Fitness Centre in Shanzu, Mombasa on November 8, 2025. 

Photo credit: Kevin Odit | Nation Media Group

Most people would blame the Mombasa heat for skipping workouts. Ordinarily, you will be wiping sweat that formed before the warm-up even begins. However, Morris Ongere has lived in that heat his entire life, and somehow, he has carved out a physique that defies both the weather and the passage of time.

At forty-nine, with his fiftieth birthday looming, he has remained what the young men at Nyali Beach call “fit like a dhow sail”— taut, purposeful, and seemingly defying the natural laws of aging.

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