Author: Eva Nyambura

Eastleigh residents are displeased with the government’s decision to ban movement in and out of the area. Residents woke up to heavily manned roadblocks on their way to their work stations. Some thought the partial lockdown would only affect them at night but not during the day. “We woke up and found we had been locked down and we were all going to Eastleigh, as usual, to look for jobs. We thought that they would only close down Eastleigh in the evening and not during the day,” a resident by the name Oliver Brian said. Others wondered why the government…

On Monday, Citizen TV news anchor and the 10 Over 10 host Willis Raburu was the talk of town. Well, Raburu a churchgoing fellow is no longer living with his wife of three years, Mary Ngami alias Marya Prude. The delightful host left Marya over a certain Ugandan woman. So serious are things between them that they are cohabiting in Kileleshwa and Marya now at a rented apartment in Thindigua, Kiambu county. The separation happened in March immediately after they returned to Kenya from the United States. The now estranged couple had just lost their daughter, Adana. According to social…

Kenya’s virus cases now stand at 582 after 47 persons tested positive for the coronavirus. Addressing the press from Afya House, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said that 32 of the new cases are from Mombasa, 11 from Nairobi, 1 from Kiambu. Busia had two cases and Kwale one. One of the new cases traveled from Tanzania. 18 of the Mombasa cases are from Old Town while 5 of the 11 cases reported in Nairobi are from Eastleigh. As such, the CS said, the government has banned movement in and out of Eastleigh and Old Town starting today at 7 pm.…

The government will soon start moving citizens living in floods prone areas, Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has said. Speaking on Wednesday, Matiang’i said that those who do not need to government directive to move to higher grounds will be forcibly removed from their homes. “We have an operation and we are moving people away from danger and that level of alert will be addressed until we are out of danger. If we don’t move people along water bodies it will be disastrous. We have no option but to move those who live there by force,” he said. “We have been…

The Ministry of Education has announced measures they will take so as to recover the seven weeks lost due to the COVID-19 crisis. Responding to queries posed by members of National Assembly’s Education Committee on Tuesday, Education CS Prof George Magoha said they are planning on shortening the mid term break by four days and the August holiday by two weeks. So as to complete the syllabus within the set time limit, learning periods will be increased, he said. “The outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya led to the closure of schools on March 15, 2020 three weeks earlier than…

After testing 1077 samples in the last 24 hours, COVID-19 cases have risen to 535, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said. Addressing reporters at Afya House, the CS noted that 45 people have tested positive for the respiratory disease. 29 of the new cases are from Nairobi, 11 from Mombasa and 5 from Wajir. 44 cases are Kenyan nationals while one is a Somali national. A total of 30 of the new cases are male while 15 are female. In Nairobi, Easleigh has so far registered 63 cases, Kawangware 24. “There is community spread in three key areas: Eastleigh, Kawangware,…

K24 TV news anchor Betty Kyallo has taken a liking to Instagram Live as COVID-19 confines people to their homes. Recently, the bubbly mother of one admitted to calling her ex lovers especially when intoxicated. She told her followers that she does not call to get back together but just to make sure things are okay between them. “I call my exes. I have called a couple of them. I am like ‘Hey Pete, what is up?’ And it is like 1:47 a.m. and I tell them that the way we broke things off was not the best,” she said.…

Motor vehicle importers want clearing and forwarding services to be classified as essential services. This is after National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) halted the services in Mombasa over the rapid spread of COVID-19. In a letter to the Deputy Commissioner of Revenue and Regional Operations at the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the importers, represented in the Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association (KIFWA), the importers protested the high storage fees as units are yet to be delivered to their owners. “Motor vehicles imported through the port of Mombasa for both local and regional countries are stuck at various container…

Out of 1012 samples tested in the last 24 hours, 25 have tested positive for the coronavirus, Health CAS Dr Mercy Mwangangi announced. Speaking during the daily COVID-19 briefing, Dr Mwangangi said the number of cases now stands at 490. 15 of the new cases are from Nairobi and 10 from Mombasa. In Nairobi,  the cases were picked up in Eastleigh 8, Mathare, Umoja, Kahawa West and Kariobangi South. 13 of the new cases are male and 12 are female. In terms of age, the youngest case is a six month old baby and the oldest a 60 year old.…

For over three years,  Eunice Wanjiru Njoki alias Mammito Eunice has been rumoured to be dating fellow comedian Eddie Butita. The alleged couple has never confirmed nor denied the rumours. On Sunday, however, Mammito shared pictures of herself and Butita in what many have assumed is a confirmation of the relationship. The pictures, the Community Development and Social Work degree holder said, were taken before the deadly COVID-19. Fans and fellow celebrities shared their conglaturatory messages. Teacher Wanjiku said, “Aaaaaaw love birds.” Mulamwah on his part said, “Wee, goals…Najua umepeleka aone maji.” “Power couple, couple goals,” Milly Chebii wrote. In…

As the country grapples with the spread of the novel COVID-19, Kenya’s largest telecommunications company Safaricom is making sure health care providers in the frontline stay connected. In a statement on Monday, the teleco’s chief executive Peter Ndegwa said medics will receive 12GB monthly data, 600 voice call minutes and 2,000 SMSs for a period of three months. Cumulatively, the telco will give for free 195 terabytes of data, 10 million voice call minutes and 33 million SMSs. Further, Ndegwa said the teleco will ensure Ministry of Health, the Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund and frontline healthcare workers both at national…

The ever playful Citizen TV news anchor and 10 Over 10 show host Willis Raburu is no longer cohabiting with his wife Mary Ngami, aka Marya Prude. According to sources, the couple separated immediately after they lost their daughter, Adana, earlier on this year. They first took a vacation in the States where Raburu’s brother resides with the wife. A local blog does however indicate that the couple ended things in March when Marya found out that her now estranged husband was having extramarital affairs with a Ugandan woman. It is then that Raburu demanded that she leaves their home…

Mombasa governor Ali Hassan Joho scolded the people of Old Town for among issues, taking lightly the mass testing drive. Addressing the people, Joho who has been applauded for his efforts in curbing the spread of the novel COVID-19 said that out of the 28,000 area residents, only 130 have been tested. The governor wondered why the people could not commit to the mass testing. “What kind of laziness is this. You get to social media and oppose everything. You are not protecting me my friend. I  have my mask, I have my gloves.. Everybody talks of being tested and…

Kenya Film Commission Board (KFCB) chief executive Ezekiel Mutua reckons CNN gay news anchor Anderson Cooper’s decision to have a child via surrogate is “warped logic”. In a tweet, the moral cop wondered why Cooper and his husband had to get a woman to bring forth life. “CNN’s Anderson Cooper and his husband yesterday broke the news of their first born son Wyatt Morgan Cooper, but they had to get a normal woman to get pregnant using his normal seed and carry the child in a normal womb and give birth in a normal way….see the warped logic?” he posed.…

A fierce shootout in Kakamega’s Kisumu Ndogo estate on Friday night led to the death of two armed robbers. According to the DCI, the robbers stole from an Indian family some Sh400,000 and mobile phones. “The gang was able to steal about Sh400,000 and three mobile phones before the gang escaped on the said car towards Mumias Sugar Nucleus estate,” DCI tweeted. https://twitter.com/DCI_Kenya/status/1256457910344921089 The gang deflated the family car using two AK47 rifles and blocked it using a Toyota Axio Reg. No KCA 650J. They escaped towards Mumias Sugar Nucleus estate but were pursued following a tip off. https://twitter.com/DCI_Kenya/status/1256457915776581632 While…