Ken on 29th Feb

G6 / 7 presidential aspirant Eugene Wamalwa got evicted from his house in Kileleshwa over the weekend. It is alleged that Eugene has not been able to pay his rent for a considerable amount of time and on Saturday, he was thrown out. The story became more interesting when Wamalwa sought some help from this old rich man, who immediately gave him another...

Ken on 29th Feb

Charlie Sheen is expected to be back on TV with a new sitcom, “Anger Management”, this June. Charlie Sheen will most probably be remembered for his time at Two and a half men. He was replaced by Ashton Kutcher who has been less than perfect. Anger Management will premiere on FX on June 28th with two episodes airing at 9 and 9:30 p.m....

Ken on 29th Feb

The national broadcaster KBC has seen its employees down their tools. Hundreds of staff went on strike demanding various reforms in the station including the sacking of managing director Waithaka Waihenya. They presented a petition to several mp’s led by Bonny Khalwale. The communication department of KBC was however mostly working. All its station...

Ken on 28th Feb

A 95 year old Chinese woman has been christened “zombie gran” after ‘coming back to life’ six days after her death. Li Xiufeng was found motionless and breathless by a neighbor a few days after she had tripped and suffered a head injury. She failed to wake up and it was assumed she had passed away in her sleep. “No matter...

Ken on 24th Feb

Parma midfielder McDonald Mariga recently bought himself a 2011 Cadillac Escalade Luxury SUV Platinum Edition. The car is worth about 8 million and is very rare on the Kenyan roads. The white Cadillac arrived in Nairobi on Tuesday in anticipation of the owner who is expected to be in Kenya by Sunday. It is heavily customized with Double din head unit...

Ken on 23rd Feb

While William Ruto’s United Republican Party was launching its website, someone was bringing it down. The site that was launched today was hacked and message dissing its security posted. The website is quite ugly to say the least and as of this writing, almost all the links are not working right, despite the site having been restored. Perhaps...

Ken on 23rd Feb

This is a National Enquirer exclusive photo of Whitney Houston lying dead in her casket. As the headlines go, she was buried in her favourite dress and in jewellery worth $500,000. National Enquirer has been slammed for publishing the photo. ...

Ken on 22nd Feb

Chris Brown and WWE superstar CM Punk have gone bare everything in the newest celebrity beef. CM Punk pulled the first shot when he went tweeted his dissatisfaction over the way Chris Brown assaulted Rihanna. He tweeted, “I would like @chrisbrown [to] fight somebody that can defend themselves. Me curb stomping that turd would be a #wrestlemania...

Ken on 17th Feb

Homeboyz Radio has allegedly been bought by Alex Kosgey, politician Henry Kosgey’s son. The radio station which belonged to Henry Otiende, (‘Sir Henry’) will be converted to strictly hip hop, but will keep its 91.5 frequency. Alex Kosgey is also the owner of One FM. Homeboyz is thought to have been experiencing problems having just...

Ken on 15th Feb

Pat Baker, a 68 year old granny appeared in 3 TV quiz shows in 2 weeks and won nothing. First was  Pointless airing on BBC1 on February 1, where she and her son went all the way to the finals, only to lose.Then last week she failed to impress on BBC2 quiz Perfection. Then come Friday and she’s on Mastermind, another quiz show, and it’s...

Ken on 15th Feb

3 days after her death, the 30 year  old rumour of Whitney Houston being lesbian has began to surface all over again. It has previously been reported that Whitney Houston had a female lover, Robyn Crawford, who was also a very close friend and doubled as her assistant. It should be noted that both Houston and Crawford denied being lesbians but that...

Ken on 11th Feb

Singer Beyonce has finally given the first photos of her daughter Blue Ivy Carter. The photos were posted on helloblueivycarter.tumblr.com. The striking resemblance between Blue Ivy and Jay Z is clearly visible. Here are the photos. ...

Ken on 09th Feb

Two of Hollywood’s biggest names, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone , were coincidentally in the same hospital at the same time in the same room. They were incidentally both having shoulder surgeries. The Terminator star had gone to receive shoulder treatment after he was injured while filming his latest movie. Rambo was also at the...

Ken on 08th Feb

3 girls in India have been living with what is called Werewolf Syndrome. The 3 sisters have been regarded as outcasts in their village of Bangalore for having this condition believed to have affected less than 10 people in the world, or 1 in a billion. The three, inherited the disorder from their father, but four of their siblings escaped it. The...

Ken on 07th Feb

The late Zulu traditional music singer Khulekani Khumalo, popularly known as ‘Mgqumeni’, is back to life. The musician who died in 2009, causing a frenzy among his many fans plus a flooding of condolence messages, arrived at his home last week at Nqutu village in east South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. News of his resurrection...

Ken on 06th Feb

It was another year of the annual women’s conference hosted in London,UK. It was time for selected women to give a report of the previous year’s conference. An American woman was first to go. “When we met here last year, we resolved that we would give our husbands a piece of our minds as their valentine gift, so when I went back to...

Ken on 05th Feb

After the embarrassing claims of Njenga Karume’s death by NTV, it has been rumoured that the man behind the Facebook and Twitter update has been fired. Albert Gachiri is reported by Jackal News to have faced the sack for updating an incorrect ‘status’. NTV quickly retracted the report of Njenga Karume’s death, but since it’s...

Ken on 04th Feb

Jeff Koinange is the undisputed talk show king in the region. Very few would actually match his prowess in Africa. For this he has been at the centre of various entertainment shows, including Keff Joinange of XYZ show (voice done by Nick Odhiambo), and some unsuccessful attempts to mimic his voice by various acts on Churchill live. His show capital...

Ken on 04th Feb

Around, 2 months ago, Nairobi wire was launched. It was intended to be a blog breaking down national and global news in a manner depicting ease in understanding. Stories that have appeared on Nairobi wire for the last 2 months are carefully selected for the Nairobi and Kenyan market. Unlike other blogs, filler stories or what you may call junk is...

Ken on 02nd Feb

7 years ago, a painter got a day’s job. Graffiti artist, David Choe was given the job of painting, Facebook’s headquarters and given the option of either getting paid in cash or in stock. Though Choe did not believe in the then young Facebook, he decided to accept stock. That was in 2005 and 7 years later, the stocks which were then a...