Author: Eva Nyambura

Suspended NHIF chief executive Geoffrey Mwangi has been arrested again. Mwangi who was sent on compulsory leave by the insurer’s board, was apprehended on Sunday by DCI officers over a Ksh1.1 billion contract for provision of the integrated revenue collection services. According to DCI George Kinoti, at least 30 sleuths were on Saturday deployed and are on the look out for 17 NHIF officials whose phones have remained switched off from Friday. The officials, the DCI told Citizen TV, are implicated in the billion shilling scandal. Mwangi was released by Nairobi Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi on Sh500,000 cash bail alongside Chief Finance Director Wilbert…

ICT CS Joe Mucheru has instructed Communications Authority (CA) to investigate Saturday’s MPesa outage in liaison with Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). “The Ministry has instructed CA to liaise with CBK the cause of this outage and forward a report to the government, including remedial measures that Safaricom will take to ensure this outage does not happen in the future,” a statement by SC Mucheru reads in part. The outage began in the morning hours of Saturday and persisted till 11.30 pm the same day. The telecommunications company Safaricom explained that the loss of services was “due to a database…

An Australian night club has been ordered to pay a Kenyan man Sh221,000 for racially discriminating against him. Ivan Kibet, a second year Law student at Victoria University told the court that Empire Nightclub on October 7, 2017 denied him access into the facility because of his skin colour. Mr Kibet explained that he was in the company of his Caucasian friends when they were allowed in, and he left outside. He further explained that he has since then cut ties with his friends to save himself the shame. The court also heard that Kibet suffered from anxiety and has been…

Telecommunications company Safaricom has restored its MPesa services after leaving millions of its customers stranded for hours on end. The mobile service provider apologized to its customers after the outage lasted for more than 5 hours. “We regret to notify our customers and partners that Mpesa services are currently unavailable due to a database degradation leading to loss of service,” the statement read in part. In a late night notification, Safaricom informed its customers that the services were back up and running. “We wish to notify all our customers and partners that all MPesa services are now back up. We…

Zari Hassan has throwsn a birthday party for Nillan and Princess Latiffah, days after Nillan turned 2 years old and months after Tiffah turned 3 years old. The party is being held in her South African home in Pretoria, which is just one of the four houses she owns in South Africa. View this post on Instagram Tee and Nee day ????? #NillanTurns2 #latiffahturned3 #birthdayparty #villadecasa? @princess_tiffah @princenillan A post shared by Zarinah Tlale ?‍♀️ (@zarisnapchat) on Dec 8, 2018 at 7:27am PST Back in August, Diamond was forced to postpone Princess Tiffah’s birthday, due to Zari’s commitments…

Speaking during the Annual Editors Convention 2018, CS Joe Mucheru has promised that the government will pay back money owed to the media for advertising services offered. This was after Nation Media CEO Stephen Gitagama urged the government to pay the huge debt as it was crippling the media’s activities. “The government should uphold its stake to support journalism and pay the debt they own the houses as soon as possible as a show of commitment to support us and not because it’s a decent thing to do,” he said. CS Mucheru acknowledged that the media debt is something he was…

TV Presenter Betty Kyallo ensured her comeback on TV was started with a grand VIP escort to her new office location with revelers lined outside waiting to welcome her. View this post on Instagram How we arrived! That was sooooo special! I’m soooo happy my heart is full and I thank God! A post shared by Betty Kyallo ?? (@bettymuteikyallo) on Dec 7, 2018 at 11:45am PST On her convoy line up were Mercedes Benzes and a Rolls Royce Phantom, which first took her together with her team, to Villa Rosa Kempinski before taking her to K24’s production…

Milele FM Breakfast show host, Alex Mwakideu has been promoted to be the Head of Radio at the Mediamax owned station. The radio presenter was promoted just a few months after he joined the station and got back together with previous co-host, Jalang’o. Mediamax’s Joyce Wa Gituro shared the news on Instagram, congratulating the new head of radio and his deputy, Samuel Ngunjiri. “Congratulations @alex_mwakideu, Head of Radio and @ngunjiri_s, deputy Head of Radio on your new roles. May God guide your every step. Together let’s take @milelefm higher! My brand, our brand! #ItambeMilele,” Ms Gituro captioned. Read: Trouble at Nation…

The Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) Chairman, Eliud Wabukhala announced that the commission had recovered KSh 20 billion of public funds from corrupt cartels. Between the months of July and December, the Commission recovered KSh207 million of public funds from corruption networks. “Many cases EACC is handling demonstrate that the fight against corruption does not spare anyone by virtue of status or position,” the commission said. Read: Queens Counsel Khawar Qureshi Appointed To Exclusively Handle DCJ Mwilu Case This year has seen a risen number of public fight against corruption, after President Uhuru declared that he will not go slow…

One member of the Kansoul group, Madtraxx got married on Friday, to his long time girlfriend and baby mama in a celebrity studded ceremony. The couple, George Muigai and Salma, have dated for many years and have two children together. They welcomed their second born daughter last year. The wedding was attended by many celebrities, wit Madtraxx’s brother DJ Stylez being the best man while his long time friend and group member, Mejja was one of the groomsmen. Read: Nairobi Diaries Star Pendo Dumped By Norwegian Fiance In attendance was also Big Pin, Joe Muchiri, DJ MR.T and Miano Muchiri. View…

Nairobi County Woman Representative Esther Passaris was on Thursday night confronted by a drunk St Mary’s Hospital, Lang’ata staff member. Ms Passaris, clearly angered by the staffer took up the issue with the hospital security guards. “What is he doing in the facility if he’s drunk. He is an employee, he is drunk, he’s confronting me, you are security, you have let him go in,” she protested. https://twitter.com/EstherPassaris/status/1070798707774242816 The legislator was there to help a mother and child clear their hospital bill. They had been detained since November 19 when they were discharged but could not raise the money needed. The…

YouTube Kenya has released the statistics of how both music videos and non- music videos posted on the platform, performed. This year’s most watched Non-music video in Kenya was Mark Angel Comedy’s video titled, ‘Who Died?’. This was followed closely Best Wedding Dance Ever video by MC Gospel and Njugush Ame Nduthika by Comedian Njugush. “This year’s Top Trending Videos are a testament to the adeptness of Kenyan YouTubers in creating content that entertains, informs and inspires their audiences,” says Dorothy Ooko, Africa’s Head of Communications & Public Affairs at Google. Other trending non-music videos which topped the chars include: Miguna Miguna…

Starehe member of Parliament Charles Njagua Kanyi alias Jaguar on Friday graduated from the Mount Kenya University (MKU). The singer turned politician was among thousands of graduands who received their degrees during the institution of higher learning’s 15th Graduation ceremony. An excited Jaguar shared the news on his social media pages saying: “Beginning of my lifetime fulfillment.” It is however not clear what course he majored in. The legislator received congratulatory messages from his followers and his close friend, NACADA chairperson Chipukeezy. “Congratulations Mheshimiwa,” said Chipukeezy. Read: Joho Wants Us Out Of ODM Party, Alludes Aisha Jumwa The singer won the parliamentary…

Anyang’ Nyong’o’s youngest son, Junior Nyong’o stepped out in a red thong and red heels in a series of photos titled, “what if Adam was Eve?” Fans had different reactions with many gushing over his creativity while others thought that this was too much. “Hahaha. I have never EVER thought of that!” his sister Lupita Nyong’o commented on one of the photos. Read: Steve Mbogo’s Alleged “Side Piece” Purportedly Dating Governor Amason Kingi This is not the first time that Junior is dressed in a binary fashion, as he stepped out wearing a dress to the Blankets and Wine event, last…

39 year old actor, Kevin Hart has stepped down from hosting the 2019 Oscars Awards after derogatory tweets from the past, against the gay community resurfaced. Hart tried to defend himself saying that he has apologized for the tweets many times before but people keep using it against him to bring him down. He later apologized and stepped down citing that he would not want to be a distraction on  night that should be celebrated by many creatives. Read: Uganda Blocks Internet Users From Accessing 25 Porn Sites “I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year’s Oscar’s….this is…