After impressing President Uhuru with his ‘Otongolo Time’ narration at State House Mombasa, Daniel Awira of Highway Secondary School has continued being in the limelight. Over the weekend, Awira was hosted on NTV by Larry Madowo, where he gave the story of his journey to stardom. Apparently, his getting into drama was mostly by accident....
Omar Borkan Al Gala A few days ago, Omar Borkan Al Gala was deported from Saudi Arabi for apparently being too handsome, as he posed a danger to the morals of the good women of Saudi. Days later, the pictures of the man were all over Facebook and Twitter timelines, with Kenyan ladies particularly leading the efforts. His Facebook page was...
As the national drama festivals came to an end, one young man managed to shift attention from Butere Girls’ play ‘Shackles of Doom’. Daniel Awira, a form two student at Highway Secondary School impressed the audience at State House Mombasa, including the president and his wife, with his narrative ‘Otongolo Time’.Below...
Probably the richest artiste in Kenya, Jaguar is not exactly a car enthusiast, but has his fair share of fuel guzzlers. Jaguar is known to own various businesses including a cab company and real estate spread across Nairobi. This is believed to earn him more than he makes from music (which is itself a lot). His deal with Safaricom for the ‘Niko...
Musician Jaguar is clearly living life to its fullest. As if having the president as his buddy is not enough, the singer has reportedly acquired a brand new Bentley for about Sh 20 million. The flashy cars aside, Jaguar seems to have gotten himself somebody; literally. This week, he has been posting pictures of himself and this unidentified lady. Some...
When such pictures of ordinary Kenyan ladies doing extra ordinary things surface, we all sit and wonder who what our country has turned into. Today’s Nairobi woman clubs any day, every week. Though nothing is exactly wrong with having a nice time, it is how they do it that is quite worrying. Here are some pictures of some good ladies doing...
When President Uhuru was revealing the names of his cabinet secretaries, he decided to take questions from journalists. The exercise was going smoothly (at least on Twitter), until Oliver Mathenge picked the microphone to ask the president a question we still cannot recall. As with all journalist before him, Mathenge had to introduce himself, but...
Attached below is the now famous play by Butere Girls, Shackles of Doom. It was initially banned by the organizers of the drama festivals for alleged tribal (anti-kikuyu) sentiments. The court however brought it back to the competition and on Sunday, it was finally performed. Below is the entire video. ©...
On leave Citizen TV news presenter Julie Gichuru has opened up about her alleged wife battery, blatantly denying the age old rumour. In a post published on her personal blog on Monday, Julie poetically rubbished at least 5 rumours surrounding her marital life. Below is the poem titled ‘Talk is Cheap’.First they said,“She is married...
On Friday, popular Facebook page ‘Nairobi Exposed!!!’ posted claims by an unidentified individual, alleging that comedian Fred Omondi impregnated her and refused to take responsibility, and also gave her HIV. According to the ‘whisle blower’, Omondi kicked her out of his house, when she confronted him. This was the entire...
Tim Bergling, professionally known as Avicii, has dropped a hint that he may be coming to Kenya soon. On his Facebook page, the Super DJ wrote. Hey KENYA! What do YOU think about the new album songs? I would love to hear YOUR thoughts specifically! https://soundcloud.com/aviciiofficial/avicii-promotional-mix-2013 Hope to see you soon! The last...
Boniface Mwalii is no stranger to looking for faults. A few weeks ago, he attacked K24’s news anchors for wearing mitumba shoes, and its management for failing to poach a graphics guy as it poached everyone else. Read: Sunday Nation Disses K24’s Poached News Anchors For Wearing “Mitumba High heel Shoes” On Sunday, the writer...
Kenyan photographer Barbara Minishi is to be featured in Al Jazeera’s 6 part series The New African Photography. The series premieres today (Monday 22nd April) on Al Jazeera’s Artscape. It looks at a fast changing Africa through the eyes of its most acute observers: its photographers.The six episodes are as follows.1. Invisible Borders (22...
Citizen TV child actor Ian Munene, who plays Almasi in Machachari has released his first song, titled ‘dance’, and though the video is not out yet, it is a decent song to listen or dance to, good even. The Brookhouse International School pupil seems to have gotten his lyrics right, and its clear he’s not just a good actor.Here’s...
Kiss 100 presenter Caroline Mutoko recently wrote an article urging President Uhuru to reconsider his laptop promise, and hopefully use that money to fund more urgent needs. She however clarified that she was not dismissing the whole idea, and actually thought it was a brilliant one, but just thought it was not a priority at this time.Though she believes...
Last week, Kenyans were hit with tens of pictures of first daughter Ngina Kenyatta clubbing with friends. The pictures were released through a Facebook page opened in the name of Ngina Kenyatta. By the time of this writing, we could not confirm whether the page is owned by the first daughter or just some impostor. Read: First Daughter Ngina Kenyatta...
SEOUL, Apr 14 – “Gangnam Style” star Psy’s new music video had been watched more than 10 million times on YouTube less than 24 hours after he unveiled his much-anticipated new dance in Seoul, the website showed Sunday.The South Korean pop star on Saturday performed for the first time the new hip-swinging dance aimed at replicating the...
Below are pictures of Kenya’s first daughter Ngina Kenyatta having a good time at an unnamed club. If you’re one of the many who think she’s a teenager, then you’ll be surprised to know she’s only 2 months shy of her 23rd birthday. In the pictures, she has worn different clothes, meaning they probably were taken on different...
Comedian Eric Omondi has come out to deny rumours that he is Illuminati. A message that was spreading on Facebook and WhatsApp, caught his eyes, and he issued an immediate response on his Facebook page.The text suggested that the Illuminati were using the skinny comedian to advance several ideologies, for example, that it is okay to be skinny. His...
You only got one mamaYou only got one paYou only got one life to liveNo matter who you areYou can go the whole world overEvery city has its dawnBut everybody living has one place where he was bornAnd mine is Kenya, so warm and wild and freeYou’ll always stay with me here in my heartMy land is Kenya, right from the highlands to the seaYou’ll...