Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was once again prevented from accessing the VIP lounges at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Raila had just arrived from Kisumu, and was to catch a connecting flight to Johannesburg, South Africa. Reportedly, when airport officials learned of his arrival, they vanished so that Raila could not access VIP III...
After reports surfaced that former prime minister Raila Odinga had been denied VIP lounge access at JKIA, the Kenya Airports Authority came out to clarify things. According to them, Raila was not denied VIP treatment, but only access to the airside was denied for his convoy. Apparently, only the president, deputy president and visiting heads of states...
President Kenyatta recently recorded a message to promote Kenya as film making destination. This was aired at the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival in France. In the video, Kenyatta appeals to film makers to come make movies in Kenya. He describes some steps taken by the government to make the country favourable for this industry.Watch it below ...
Peter Kenneth has resurfaced – Repeat, Peter Kenneth has resurfaced.The former presidential candidate, has broken his long silence on social media, and posted photos of himself having some wonderful time in Norway. PK posted the following pictures in an album titled Team Building in Bergen, Norway. © nairobiwire.comFollow @nairobiwire ...
President Kenyatta with Microsoft Global President, Jean-Philippe Courtois and Dr. Fred Matiangi [Photo||PPS] Microsoft, the company that has made Bill Gates the richest man in the world, is not willing to be left behind in President Kenyatta’s free laptop program.Yesterday, the president hosted Microsoft Global President Jean-Philippe...
Controversial author and former Nation TV Swahili news anchor Ken Walibora, is said to have returned to the ‘twin towers’.According to sources, Walibora will be the group editor Swahili, as well as manage their Swahili paper Taifa Leo.The journalist, best known for his book Siku Njema, has been teaching African studies at the University...
When Nigeria national football team Super Eagles landed in Nairobi on Tuesday, all security and accommodation arrangements were complete. FKF had booked 680 hotel in Nairobi’s CBD for the 24 players and 10 officials. However, the team had other ideas because upon landing, they rejected the 3 star hotel located at the heart of the capital, and...
Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko on Sunday surprised everyone after he boarded a matatu from Westlands to town. Early in the morning, Sonko was dropped at Radio Jambo offices in one of his expensive SUV. After completion of the interview, his driver had not returned and an impatient Sonko walked out of the Lion Place and boarded a City Centre bound matatu. The...
President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday pulled a first one, when hosted Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at the Sagana State Lodge. President Mohamud is in the country on a three day official visit. From the press release, the two discussed a wide range of issues of mutual interest to the two neighbouring countries. The two first ladies were also...
Four Kenyan women were last week arrested in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after a Television investigative series exposed their ways. The four were taking part in prostitution and other illegal activities among them consumption of alcohol – a crime in the Arab nation. The women were arrested by government authorized religious police (cleric police)...
Architect David Mutiso playing golf at the Karen Country Club When I dropped in the first call to request an interview with David, he was at the parking lot of Karen Country Club, just about to switch off his phone and head to the changing rooms. He politely asked me to call the following day so that we set a date for the interview.I did...
[Photo||Robert Alai] Controversial blogger Robert Alai has admitted that the frequent court cases have taken a toll on his finances.The common denominator among Alfred Mutua, Francis Kimemia, Safaricom, NCIC and William Oduol, is the fact that they have court cases against Alai.In almost all of them, the blogger is out on Sh 100,000 bond.Alai...
Deputy president William Ruto has been in Japan for the Tokyo International Conference On Africa Development. He being the DP is entitled to state security in whatever country he goes to. Part of this arrangement is in the form of a motorcade, and the below has been Ruto’s during his time in the Asian country.Coming from the makers of the world’s...
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.”...
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...