Author: Eva Nyambura

The Oliech family has finally settled on the burial date of their mother Mary Auma popularly known as Mama Oliech. Mama Oliech was mother of famous football stars, Dennis Oliech, Andrew Oyombe, Kennedy Oliech, Nixon Onywanda, Kevin Oliech and the late Steve Okumu Oliech. She also had one daughter, Dennis youngest sister, Elsie Oliech. The family had wrangles of when their mother would be buried, disagreeing on the date and also posting different obituaries in the Daily Nation. Read: Veteran Vitimbi Actor Masaku Passes on The family released a statement saying that they had settled for August 18 as the date…

Former Machachari actor, Ian Nene is most definitely raising eyebrows, posing hard questions to Kenyans and fans are wondering, “Warrathooose”! The young lad earlier declared that he is on a quest to find himself but many now believe that he is past the quest of finding himself and is just sharing who he is now. Ian, famously known as Almasi shared photos of himself doing “satanic” poses and fans are just left scratching their heads questioning if he has joined the illuminati. He captioned the photo using a line from the recent Avengers movie, Infinity war. “As a person puts…

Former Nairobi Governor, Evans Kidero’s son Ronald Kidero was on Thursday evening arrested hours after the ex county boss was charged with three corruption related cases. Ronald is said to have been momentarily held at Central Police Station before being moved to Gigiri police station. Sources say that the businessman who runs the Kidero Foundation was apprehended for selling adulterated fuel to a motorist along Kiambu Road. It is said that the unidentified motorist complained that after fuelling his car at the petrol station did his car start malfunctioning. According to a local daily, Ronald will most likely be charged…

3 people were killed and 12 others injured after a 14- seater matatu hit a trailer from behind while trying to overtake a fleet of vehicles at Chumvi in Machakos County. Machakos County Commander, Samuel Mukindia confirmed the reports, saying that the driver was overtaking and tried to return to his lane but instead hit a trailer from behind. The trailer also lost control and hit another matatu from behind. “The matatu was unable to overtake a number of vehicles before the accident that involved a multiple of vehicles happened,” Mukindia said. The accident occurred at around midnight, causing heavy…

Hubert Nakitare alias Nonini has resigned as chairman for Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK) effective August 8, 2018. The “Wee Kamu” hitmaker cites the Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP) board and that of PRISK of not having the best interest of music artists at heart. “I cannot continue serving the PRISK board as chairman, on a board where politics of not collecting royalty in line with KECOBO directives is more important that the future of the Kenyan music industry collecting royalty jointly,” Nonini, who was appointed to the post in April said. In his resignation letter, the seasoned genge…

The government will continue to demolish properties sitting on riparian lands and punish those who approved their construction, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said. Speaking at the inauguration of the Prism Towers, the head of state said that his government is “doing everything to discourage corruption.” “It is possible to do clean business in Kenya, this is what we want to encourage,” Uhuru noted. This comes after a multi-agency task force of the Nairobi River regeneration brought down the Sh1 billion South End mall owned by former Bobasi MP Stephen Manoti. Also marked for demolition is Westgate Mall, Taj Mall. On Wednesday, owners…

Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi has run into problems with the law every now and then and the repercussion is mostly spending a few nights in jail and a court case. His Twitter account has been suspended a number of times but that did not deter him from acquiring his account back. His Twitter got suspended after he posted nude photos of Radio Maisha Manager, Martin Khafafa. His efforts to acquire his account back have proven futile, leading him to open a new Twitter account. His new account had attracted a following of upto 5000 twitter users, also got suspended on Wednesday.…

All of DiamondPlatnumz kids, Princess Tiffah and Prince Nillan have had a grand party to celebrate their first birthdays. Well, this was not the case for his last born, Prince Dylan. Dylan had a small intimate cake-cutting event with his parents, Hamisa Mobetto and the Wasafi CEO. The two along with other WCB records, signees: Harmonize, Lava Lava and Mbosso cut cake as they sang a happy birthday song to Dylan. Read: Wilbroda Opens Up About Being An Alcoholic Here are photos from the party: Social media users attacked Mama Dangote on her wall, accusing her of ignoring Dylan’s birthday…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has put on notice those accused of grabbing public land. The county boss on Thursday ordered that the below land owners vacate the premises and remove their valuables from the public utilities. Among them are: proposed land for Gigiri and Ruaraka firestations, Highridge hospital in parklands, New muthaiga thigiri ridge county dispensary and Nursery school. Sonko has also asked those occupying the grabbed Pumwani hospital expansion structures, Eastleigh county Market, Mwariro county market, Lang’ata primary school land, St. Catherine primary school land, Buruburu girls school land, Martin Luther primary school land and Kamkunji Secondary school land…

Tanzanian singer, Diamond Platnumz has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Top Tanzanian Football club, Simba Sports Club. The Club’s spokesperson, Sunday Manara has announced on social media that Diamond had been appointed to represent the club as the official brand ambassador. Read: Wizkid Lands Major Endorsement Deal As Ciroc Brand Ambassador “Yes ni heshma kwa @diamondplatnumz kukabidhiwa hadhi ya ubalozi wa Simba kwa kulikuza jina letu..SIMBA IN DA HOUSE leo hapa Taifa… #SimbaDay #KibingwaZaidi” shared Haji Sunday Manara. Simba SC is the sports club that recently took Gor Mahia striker, Meddy Kagere. Do you have a story you want told? Do you…

Tanzanians are in mourning the death of popular, veteran actor and comedian, Amri Athuman, popuarly Mzee Majuto who died on Wednesday evening. The actor passed on while undergoing treatment at Tanzania’s Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Mzee Majuto has appeared in various films such as Kondakta, Mama Nitilie Movie and King Majuto Returns Home among others. He was diagonized with Hernia back in April and had sought medical care in India before being admitted in the Intensive Care Unit at Muhimbili National Hospital where he passed on. Read: “President Fitzgerald” of TV Hit Series “Scandal” in Kenya,…

Residents of Tassia estate woke up to fire in Mabatini area in Embakasi. Over 200 houses were burnt down completely. The fire broke out at 2 AM and is suspected to have started from a hotel nearby, igniting the gas cylinders that were in surrounding areas, causing the fire to spread quickly. The incident happened in the area next to Mobil Petrol station along outer ring road. Many residents lost their properties during the incident. No casualties have been reported so far. Read: Kitale Traders Count Losses After Fire Rages Kamukunji Market (Photos) Do you have a story you want…

Kenya Association of Stockbrokers and Investment Bankers CEO, Willie Njoroge has been accused of poorly managing the organisation, which is now on its deathbed. The lobby group which is supposed to be rivaling Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) in terms of lobby power for stockbrokers has been mismanaged for years now, according to an inside source. Mr Njoroge is said to have used monies from the organization to run personal businesses instead of running the organization’s affairs. Some stockbrokers are said to be preparing evidence to have Njoroge charged in a court of law for crippling the organization. The situation is so dire…

It looks like things are still rocky with actor Brad Pitt and his almost ex-wife, Angelina Jolie. Brad has hit back at his ex- wife over reports of him being a deadbeat father to their six children. Jolie filed a report in court on Tuesday, accusing Brad Pitt of not paying meaningful child support for the past one and a half years, asking the court to establish a retroactive child support to the actor. “Given that the informal arrangements around the payment of the children’s expenses have not been regularly sustained by [Pitt] for over a year and a half,…

Durex has recalled the Real Feel condoms over results showing that they did not pass the shelf-durability test. The company posted on their media page saying certain products sold in the UK, Poland and Ireland do not meet the international ISO standards. ​ “Our internal testing has shown that a limited number of non-latex Real Feel condoms may not meet the international ISO standard throughout their shelf life,” said Durex. The batches with expiry dates between December 2020 and February 2021 have been recalled as they may become unsafe to use as they approach their expiry date. Read: Gideon Moi…