Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has been in Kenya for the past one week, as reported by Nairobi Wire on Tuesday. The footballer is here for a private visit, and with him was his mother and girlfriend Colleen Rowlands. He has been staying at the Maasai Mara. Today, Ramsey was in Nairobi, where he told Goal.com that we should expect Arsenal to do...
A man at the centre of a love triangle with former cabinet minister Raphael Tuju has been arrested for trespassing. Anthony Ogunda, a GSU officer mentioned as the second respondent in Tuju’s divorce case, was arrested at about 9 pm Thursday night after they were found together with Tuju’s wife Ruth, at the the politician’s residence. He...
President Obama’s older half-brother Malik Abongo “Roy” Obama is selling two of Barack’s handwritten letters to his relatives in Kenya for $15,000 each, Page Six has exclusively learned. Malik is selling the two letters on White House-headed note paper, which both say, “Thanks for your prayers and support” and are signed “B.O.”...
Days after Kiss 100’s Linda Nyangweso was cyber bullied because of her weight, another celebrity yesterday suffered the same fate.Ogopa Deejays’ Marya was the victim of twitter attacks after a recent photo of her surfaced.People could not understand how a celebrity can just suddenly get fat and below are some of the funny tweets. Marya...
In an official circular yesterday, Harambee House will no longer house the president’s office. Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Kimemia has now been left in charge, with the office getting a new title of Cabinet Affairs Office – under the Office of the President. Retired president Mwai Kibaki was a regular at Harambee House, where he...
Members of Parliament are now threatening to slash President Kenyatta’s salary, if their demands for a higher pay are not met. The MPs this week voted to nullify gazette notices by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, thereby awarding themselves big payoffs. It was estimated that a single MP would take home a maximum of Sh 28 million this...
Spot the little blue mark? President Uhuru Kenyatta has become the first Kenyan to have a verified Facebook page, just one day after the internet giant launched them. The latest move by Facebook is set to crack down on hundreds of fake pages, most established to impersonate public personalities. Kenya’s journalists have particularly...
Secretary to the cabinet Francis Kimemia is now on twitter, at least through his office. @CabinetOfficeKE joined twitter yesterday and has already been followed by some of the biggest names on the micro blogging site. Its first tweet, though belated, was this. UHURU APPOINTS Francis Kimemia as Secretary to the Cabinet— Cabinet Affairs (@CabinetOfficeKE)...
1- Mr. Perennial Bachelor This guy’s well-mannered, smart, attractive, witty, successful, and his kisses melt you like ice cream in July. 2-Mr. Marry-Go-Round Unlike Mr. Perennial Bachelor, this guy’s all about getting married. Unfortunately, he treats marriage like a luxury car lease – and you can be sure that in a few years he’ll be...
This video will probably go down as Kenya’s most viral video on YouTube, after gaining over 1 million views in just 5 days. The video shows a high jump competition during Secondary School Games at the Rift Valley. Part of its YouTube success is because it was posted by some of the biggest websites in the world, among them Yahoo, Elite Daily,...
The government has identified 6000 primary schools to pioneer the laptops – for – schools project, in just six months. The project will be implemented in three phases, with the first phase projected to cost Sh 22 billion. Officials in the Education ministry estimate that 425,000 pupils will be provided with the laptops next year, out...
East Africa’s largest supermarket chain Nakumatt, is giving new meaning to retail shopping, by introducing Nakumatt On Wheels (NOW). The Nakumatt On Wheels ‘branch’ will be transported to any location in Kenya, atop a 12-tonne truck. Nakumatt Holdings Managing Director Atul Shah, confirmed that the first, NOW store, will be, on...
After 30 years of its existence, what was once an iconic Jack and Jill supermarket in downtown Nairobi is no more. It was demolished to the ground in a matter of minutes last week, to the merry of opportunists who looted millions worth of goods as a handful of police officers stood guard. The story of this iconic...
K24 news anchor Anjlee Gadhvi has spoken about a vice common with Kenyans. On her Facebook page, the journalist wondered why she is now getting calls from people quick to seek favours from her, yet they were not as quick to congratulate her on her new job at K24. When it comes from a public figure, maybe people fond of doing this can think of changing.Here...
This is one of the least seen photo of Kenya’s first president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. Standing with him is Njoroge Mungai, Muiga Chokwe and Tom Mboya. By the look of things, they either were about to have a good swim or had just had one.If you want to see more of such photos, pay a visit to the Kenya National Archives in Nairobi. Photo – Courtesy©...
NAIROBI, Kenya — As the African Union celebrates its 50th anniversary, its position on the International Criminal Court (ICC) shows how little has changed from the bad old days when its members’ fondness for looking after each other at the expense of their people earned it the nickname the “Dictators’ Club.”Dictators are harder...
EAST African Legislative Assembly members want Lake Victoria renamed as part of decolonising people. Eala MP Abubakar Zein Abubakar of Kenya said the lake should be renamed Lake Jumuiya, a Swahili word for unity, integration, harmony, brotherhood and communion, according to Uganda’s The New Vision newspaper. Abubakar said the new name will...
About two weeks ago, tens of thousands of Startimes subscribers were shocked to find none of the major local TV stations was available on whatever package they had paid for. What seemed like a one night technical hitch has now dragged for two weeks. Calls to customer care are only answered with the usual ‘we’re working on it’ phrase.The...