President Uhuru Kenyatta has congratulated Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o for her Oscar nomination in the Best supporting Actor/Actress category. This is  for her role in the movie 12 Years a Slave Lupita Nyong’o was nominated for the Academy award last Thursday and went ahead to bag the Critics Choice Award in the same category the same...

Deputy President William Ruto’s official house will cost taxpayers an extra 100 million  shillings for renovations.The residence comprises a main house with a master bedroom, three other bedrooms and two guest wings. Apart from the main house, the residence has a state-of-the-art office block, gazebo, gym, garage, generator house, swimming pool...

Gospel singer Willy Paul is set to tour the US to promote his music. The 20 year old singer told Nairobi News that he is scheduled to tour California, Texas and Atlanta. “It is quite amazing that God keeps pouring his blessings on me and that is why I believe that when He says  yes nobody can change it.” He said. Willy Paul first rose to...

Churchill Show is without a doubt one of the most watched television  shows in Kenya . Though it has changed a lot from its first season, one thing has remained constant, its shooting location. It is recorded at Carnivore every Thursday (previously Tuesday)  from 6. 00 pm.. Last week, the show got some new furniture, and Churchill sought to get his...

Mellow voiced singer Mr Lenny officially released his new song ‘Randa Randa’  during  the Straight Up show on Saturday. The singer confirmed he had returned to the music scene after a six year absence. Mr Lenny said that he had put his music career on hold in order to concentrate on some family business. He recently signed with Grandpa...

Two people were injured on Tuesday morning after one of the vehicles in Rwandan President Kagame’s motorcade crashed. The accident took place along Nairobi – Naivasha highway.  According to The Standard, the vehicle was racing along the highway when it crashed in Ngara Riga area in Limuru at around 7:30 “The driver lost its control before...

Flamboyant Kenyan rapper Jaguar last week flew to Tanzania in his private jet to promote his new video  ‘Kioo’. Jaguar first introduced his fans to his jet in the music video ‘Kipepeo’. Allegations emerged that it was not his but Jaguar silenced his critics saying that the only thing he did not own in the video was the airport....

Gorgeous Ogopa Deejays singer Marya has decided to be a lesbian. In a recent tweet, the ‘chokoza’ hit maker hinted that she had had enough of men and she might be going for the same team. Marya was in a serious relationship with rapper Colonel Mustapha and reports were that they would get married. It was however rumoured that religious differences...

First rising Meru comedian Kanana Kagwiria is dead. According to Ghafla, Kagwiria fell ill over the weekend and was admitted at Consolata Nkubu Mission Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Kagwira shot to fame after she appeared in the tenth episode of KTN’s Hapa Kule news ‘ Keeping up with the Kagwirias’ . Watch the episode here. Abel...

Festive seasons come with lots of fun but they can also be hectic . For singer Wahu, this is the busiest time of the year. She has to perform in numerous shows across the country and take care of her family at the same time. Last year’s  festive season was no different. She had shows lined up for her as usual and as if that was not enough for...

KTN ‘s Hapa Kule show is one if the most hilarious shows these days. Last week, they had this parody of the  advertisement by volvo, which had  legendary Jean Clude Van Damme performing a 180  degrees split between two moving Volvo trucks. Heres the clip. Hapa Kule host Freddie, who’s a former Tahidi High star, attempts the stunt. He...

Two men, suspected to be the armed robbers who broke into KISS 100 presenter Caroline Mutoko’s home have been arrested. Caroline Mutoko and her daughter were asleep when the thugs got past the wall around her house. The thugs captured and tied the security officers before breaking into the house. They got away with jewellery estimated at around...

On Tuesday, a rather embarrassing thing happened to Kiss TV when DSTV reminded them to pay their bill on screen. According to Kachwanya.com, this happened during their Iive on Blast programme at night. The payment alert message apparently ran for the entire time the music was playing. Surely, even if a station is struggling, such embarrassing scenes...

An Evangelist in Bungoma has prophesied that President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto’s cases at the ICC will be dropped. In an interview with the Standard Newspaper,  57 year old Pastor Wafula of The Exodus Church in Matili said that he had seen the vision when he was deep asleep at the beginning of this year. He also talked of...

Popular actor and radio presenter Nick Mutuma has landed a new job at M-net. Nick, who shot to fame when he starred  in the popular series ‘Shuga’ alongside singer Avril and later ventured into music as a rapper will now  host the show Mashariki Mix alongside the beautiful Sarah Hassan. The show keeps you updated on the latest fashion...

Rapper Jaguar and mellow voiced gospel singer Ringtone  have  revealed that they have been advising the President on Youth matters for some time now. In an interview with Nairobi News, Jaguar said that his most recent meeting with the President was three weeks ago. “I told him that if something is not done in delivering their promise to the...

2013 was a good year for the Kenyan film industry as it saw the production of some of the good programs and movies such as House of Lungula. As a result more and more Kenyans are taking on acting as a career and the local film fan base has increased enormously. The industry can now boast of A-list actors from the likes of Catherine Kamau alias ‘Celina...

Former University of Nairobi student leader Babu Owino has refuted claims that he is a drug dealer.  Babu has been marred by controversies  concerning  the source of his massive wealth. Last  year he is said to have paid the hospital bill of one of his student’s mother amounting to 768,000 Kenyan shillings. During  this year’s general...

The economy is hard on everyone. The job market is saturated and those that are lucky to get a job the pay is really really low. As a result graduates are now taking every opportunity they get to earn a living and this includes applying for jobs that they are clearly not built for. When military and police jobs are advertised, thousands flock in the...

Ugandan singer Juliana Kanyomozi is quite a familiar figure in East Africa. This is mostly so because of her job at Tusker Project Fame. She shot into the limelight years ago after she collaborated with  mellow voiced singer Bushoke in the song ‘usiende mbali’ which was a massive hit not just in Uganda but also in East Africa. As with every...