Author: Eva Nyambura

20 MPs are currently in Russia for the World Cup for a ‘bench-marking’ exercise. The legislators, led by nominated senator Millicent Omanga strongly came out to defend themselves claiming that some of them including herself are self-sponsored. Omanga says that she has been attending the World Cup since she was 20 years old and she always saves for the trips. National Assembly Speaker, Justin Muturi has defend the legislators saying that the visit is not a bad thing and that the Sports and Culture Committee as well as the Bunge FC members were the only ones attending. Read: Video Of…

Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi, KFCB CEO Ezekiel Mutua and social media influencer Xtian Dela have lost a significant number of Twitter followers after Twitter locked accounts whose activities they say are have changed over time. Twitter announced that most people would only lose four or fewer followers while those with larger follower counts will experience a more significant drop. Nyakundi who had a little over 1 million followers now has 696,000 followers, NRG radio presenter Dela was left with 521,000 followers while the moral policeman Ezekiel was left with a meager 34,000 followers up from 106,000. “This week, we’ll be removing these…

Police officers have nabbed drugs in Nairobi’s Muthaiga North Estate. The afternoon raid in the posh estate saw the officers discover an unknown amount of drugs and elephant tusks of unknown value. Reports indicate that the home or scene of crime (House Number 65) belongs to a man identified as Joseph Wanjohi alias Muthie, who lives right opposite Education Principal Education Belio Kipsang (House Number 60). The officers could not immediately establish how much the drugs and tusks are worth but say that Mr Wanjohi’s family members are also drug lords. Wanjohi’s sister, Elizabeth Njoki, the officers say has a…

The Taurus Events and Songa Music presents United Sounds of Africa concert that will see Nigeria’s Peter Okoye, one half PSquare, perform at the Carnivore Grounds on 28 July 2018. The 36 year old pop star will be performing alongside Kenya’s Kagwe Mungai, Naiboi, Gin Ideal, Trina Mungai and Viola Karuri; The lineup also includes US-based artiste King Kanja, South Africa’s Sho Madjozi and Tanzania’s Ben Pol. Read: Diamond Hangs Out With Billionaire Brett Berish At His Palatial Home (Photos) This year’s event has been dubbed the King’s and Queen’s Edition. United Sounds of Africa aims to bring African artists…

Uber Kenya has now introduced Phone Anonymization, a feature which involves the hiding of both the driver and rider’s contacts. This new feature will however ensure that the driver and the rider can still communicate with each other without their phone numbers being exposed to each other. In case either party needs to contact the other after a trip, they will use an in-app support system to communicate. The feature was introduced on Thursday morning, and a new change that users will notice is that both party’s numbers will appear as landline numbers and the same anonymized number will be…

Illegal structures along Fedha Road, Embakasi East constituency have been brought down by the Nairobi county in conjunction with the police. The kiosks which are apparently sit on the road reserve are owned by criminal gangs who charged between Sh5,000 and Sh.10,000. The gangs which are common in the area depended on the kiosks to hide their real criminal activities including land grabbing, rape, murder and robbery. The Embakasi OCPD provided security while county government operations were coordinated by Sub-County Administrator Selina Ogalo. Governor Mike Sonko has insisted that residents must respect road reserves as he seeks to expand major…

Unilever Nigeria has responded to a video that has since gone viral showing Blue Band Spread under heat. A scoop of the margarine is put in boiling water but does not melt. Critics said that the spread only margarine was “poisoned” as is the sugar that is apparently laced with mercury, copper and lead. But Unilever has clarified the difference between the Blue Band original margarine and the Spread only variant. The Spread variant, the company noted is very delicate and sensitive low fat product. Apparently, the company uses emulsifiers, ingredients commonly used in the manufacture of food and confectionery,…

Kenyan Legislators are in Russia enjoying the World Cup at the taxpayers expense. A local daily reports that at least 14 Members of Parliament and six senators have traveled to Russia with the first batch having left on July 2 and the next on July 5. Among those catching all the action live are Senators Millicent Omanga, Cleopha Malala, Aaron Cheruyiot and Judy Pareno. The MPs are: Peter Kaluma, Wafula Wamunyinyi, Victor Munyaka, Sylvanus Maritim among others. Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja was supposed to join the legislators but is reportedly still in the country. But according to Parliament the trip is an official…

The Great Lakes Orchestra, an Ignite Afrika program that aims at identifying and nurturing kids’ talent in music, dance and circus is all set for the grand reveal on August 24, 2018 at the Aga Khan Hall, Kisumu. The initiative carries out training over the weekends and boot camps during the school holidays. The kids are between the age of 8-14 years. The orchestra is made up 50 instrumentalists and 10 dancers. The program also teaches kids how to be professional guitarists, playing the saxophone, drums, pianos, trumpets among others. Read: Bharti Airtel to Offer E-Learning to its Employees Across 17…

Police engaged the traders in a teargas run on Thursday morning as they held a protest around Wakulima market to complain about hefty rates by the county government and the arrest of their Chairman on Wednesday evening. The traders closed off a section of Landhies road at Wakulima market and Muthurwa bus terminus where they lit bonfires to air their grievances. Read: ‘I Was Arrested For Making A Wrong Turn,’ Musician Timmy TDat Comes Clean Police urge motorists to use alternative routes to access the city center. Here’s a video from the chaos: https://twitter.com/RoadAlertsKE/status/1017274491397988352

Diamond Platnumz wants his baby mamas to hug it out and make peace. The bongo musician has declared that he loves and respects the mothers of his children and has called for them to not create conflict between his children. He said that he loves his children equally and would love to see them have play dates and even attend each other’s birthday parties. “Nawaomba wajitahidi sana, wasitengeneze chuki baina ya watoto wa huku na watoto wa huku kwa sababu at the end of the day we are family. Wote ni watoto wangu na mimi kama mzazi nawapenda watoto wangu…

Absa Bank, a subsidiary of Barclays Africa Group Limited has introduced to its digital banking strategy, WhatsApp Banking. Absa, South Africa clients will henceforth perform instant transactions using the bank’s ChatBanking services, which are available on Facebook Messenger, Twitter and now WhatsApp. The service will allow clients to get their bank balance, buy electricity, purchase airtime and data via Whatsapp. Whatsapp recently launched its banking and transactional services in India but on trial basis. Kotak Mahindra Bank was among the first banking institutions to adopt the idea. For the service to work, clients need to register on their Absa banking profile. Barclays Africa Group…

Moi Girls’ School, Nairobi male teachers and casual laborers did not sexually assault the form 2 student on June 1, 2018. The 32 men including the Drama teacher have been exonerated following DNA test results that have been released by the Government Chemist. The samples taken from the men, the results state, did not match samples taken from the girl who told detectives that she was defiled inside her dormitory. The results should have been released by July 2 but there were delays due to “the problems in getting some of the reagents required for the tests.” A local daily…

Did singer Avril get engaged to her mystery man on Sunday, July 8 along the sandy beaches of Diani? According to a picture the “Nikimuona” singer posted on her Instagram, she could be walking down the aisle pretty soon. Avril, 32, posted a shadowy image of what looks like a ring and on the side is a person on bended knee, and captioned it with a smiley emoji. The mother of one who also doubles up as an actress is allegedly said to be dating music producer J Blessing. The producer has been in relationships with Chantelle and radio presenter Mwende…

Three Busia County officials charged alongside Governor Sospeter Ojaamong have filed a petition to the Employment and Labour Relations court to stop the County government from suspending them. The three suspects, Bernard Yaite, Allan Ekweny Omachari and Samuel Ombui are fighting the decision by county government to suspend them because Ojaamong who is facing the same charges is not being suspended. They claim that the Busia County Service Board is being selectively discriminative by suspending them as per section 62 of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act (ACECA) which provides for the suspension of any officer facing criminal charges, until the…