Author: Eva Nyambura

A body believed to be that of Labour PS Miriam El Maawy’s nephew has been found following Thursday’s attack by al Shabaab. The terrorists pounced on a car transporting the PS and her nephew at Milihoi area on Lamu-Mpeketoni highway at about 3pm. They were driven into Boni Forest. The PS’s nephew has been identified as 21-year-old trainee pilot Arif Kassim. An administrator noted Arif was reported missing shortly after the ambush. “We are making burial arrangements at Arif’s home in Mokowe,” the source told the Star on Friday. Unconfirmed reports indicated two more bodies believed to be of police…

Our very own Lupita Nyong’o will be part of the Black Panther cast and will be playing Nakia, T’Challa’s love interest. Black Panther will hit theaters next year.  We will see the king of Wakanda facing off against a number of his classic villains like Ulysses Klaue and Erik Killmonger. But in order to include Man-Ape, one of the Black Panther’s more iconic foes, Marvel had to be thoughtful and get creative to avoid racial stereotyping. The Oscar winner will take on the role of Nakia who’s ‘an undercover operative traveling the world to protect Wakanda’s interests and hunt its…

Mary-Ann Musangi is Chris Kirubi’s daughter but the stunning 46 year old is a business woman who owns the Olpul restaurant at the Two Rivers Mall and is a holder of an MSc in Management from the University of Surrey. She had for 15 years been in branding management at Coca-Cola, KCB, GlaxoSmithkline and Ogilvy & Mather before venturing into the murky waters of entrepreneurship. Ms Musangi is a mother, a wife and a director at Sidian Bank and sits on various boards. The business woman had a sit down with Jackson Biko and revealed that she is her father’s…

A woman was charged with assaulting her friend by biting her lip after discovering that she was sleeping with her boyfriend. Esther Waithera was on Friday accused of beating Lucy Mbadi and injuring her that on June 24 at Embakasi area in Nairobi. According to the police, the two women are friends and also run a business together. On the said day,Waithera beat Mbadi senseless. “She pulled her down and started beating her on the face.” “The accused also scratched her face and went on to bite her friend’s lower lip warning her never to kiss her boyfriend again,” the…

Nyali MP Hezron Awiti’s billboard at Buxton was on Friday destroyed by more than seven thugs, armed with machetes and other crude weapons. The youths riding on a white Probox – registration number KCL 613X – tied a rope to the metallic structure and pulled it down. Some of the thugs took cover at strategic points as others diverted traffic away from the scene. This happened at 12am, two hours after welders and masons who were working on the billboard, had left the area. Police manning the Nyali Bridge roadblock watched from a 10-metre distance as the structure tumbled. Awiti…

NASA will announce its tallied presidential results if the IEBC does not release them on time, Siaya Senator James Orengo has said. He said this will prepare Kenyans should the commission try to doctor the results. Orengo said the law does not direct the opposition to wait for the IEBC results to make known its tallied version. He spoke in Gem and Alego/Usonga constituencies on Wednesday. Orengo said NASA will give its agents high-tech phones for scanning presidential result forms for transmission to their secure servers. “As IEBC will be counting, we will also count. When they transmit, our agents…

Stacy Michuki is the late John Michuki’s grand daughter who is currently the crown holder for the Face of Nairobi Top Teen Model title. Her grandfather, will forever be remembered for streamlining the matatu madness. He is also remembered for the infamous quote, ‘If you rattle a snake be prepared to be bitten by it.’ The late minister died in 2012 due to a heart failure and his wife, Josephine Watiri shortly after. Stacy has however cleared her own path and is signed to Aftermath Modelling Agency. The young lady will be heading to France this September to represent…

Jacqueline Wolper recently introduced her new man to the world and he is not bad looking but Harmonize is way, way hotter and super talented. Harmonize broke up with Wolper and got himself a White girlfriend who until a few days ago was pregnant but it seems like the pregnancy is no more. Jacqueline’s boyfriend looks way younger than her but so was Harmonize. The actress’s new boy toy was however caught in a compromising situation where he was a little bit too close to another man than we would have it. A post shared by wolperstylish fan page (@wolperstylish.daily)…

Sir and Rumi Carter posed with mommy, Beyonce surrounded by a rose-filled trellis in an oceanside location. It looks a lot like the grounds of the Malibu palace where Queen B and Jay Z have been living since the kids were born, reported TMZ. It’s been about a month since the little boy and girl came into the world. Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month today. ??❤️?????????? A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Jul 13, 2017 at 10:10pm PDT The twins were hospitalized for a while after birth to get treatment for jaundice. The babies look healthy and about…

Dush Nyau hitmaker, Timmy Tdat was over the weekend arrested at the airport after the police stopped him and searched his luggage as he was believed to be carrying an unlicensed gun. The rapper was traveling to Eldoret ahead of his show. He apparently had to put his show on hold as they went through his belongings only to realize that he had nothing on him. According to a local tabloid, Timmy Tdat confirmed that indeed he had trouble at the airport and from how he saw the whole situation is that they could have suspected him due to the…

Bonfire Adventures CEO, Simon Kabu on Thursday surprised his wife, Sarah Kabu with a new Range Rover for her birthday. Mr Kabu took the birthday surprise to the next level with one humongous six tear cake. The icing on the cake was the motorcade leading to their offices at Yala Towers. The tour company recently sponsored a couple that had the cheapest wedding in the history of cheap weddings and sent them on a romantic getaway to Diani. The couple started their multi million shilling company with only 20,000 and a desk. Bonfire now has five branches in Nairobi and…

Excitement has gripped Tanzanian football fans ahead of a friendly match between English Premier League side Everton and Kenyan top side Gor Mahia at the 60,000 seater National stadium in Dar es Salaam. Everton players have been given near royal treatment since their arrival on Monday in the the East African nation. England international and former Manchester United player Wayne Rooney has specially been a draw to the crowds and many are looking forward to see him in action. The Democratic Republic Congo winger Yannick Bolasie rivalled Rooney in the popularity stakes with a band of Congolese fans on call…

Citizen Tv’s 10 Over 10 host, Willis Raburu has denied rumours of him leaving the Royal Media Services owned station. Raburu is one of the most versatile journalists Citizen Tv has at the moment. He has been hosting the Power Breakfast, 10 over 10 show and hosts a mid morning show on Hot 96. The very funny host has been one of the fastest rising journalist in Kenya since landing the lucrative job at only 24 years old, fresh from campus. Earlier reports indicated that Mr Raburu ‘resigned a few weeks ago and is now serving notice. It is however…

We are living in some interesting times where relationships are born just by sliding into ones DM. Brenda Wairimu is living proof that sliding into the DM can sometimes be worth it. The super talented Actress and TV host revealed that she was in fact the one who made the first move. The mother of one revealed how since way back she loved Juliani’s music and whenever he visited the school she went to she would braid her hair to look like his locks. Brenda Wairimu and a fan. A post shared by Brenda Wairimu (@brendawairimu_) on Jun 13, 2017…

Babu Owino’s wife Fridah Muthoni is not letting her husband do all the work. In fact she has taken lead in campaigning for the former SONU chairman. Se is keen to see Babu clinch the Embakasi East parliamentary seat on an ODM ticket come August 8. The former SONU chairman revealed in a recent interview revealed that his wife was the one who urged him to allow her join his campaign team. Fridah has visited several areas in Embakasi to distribute water and to interact with the constituents. On Monday, Mrs Ongili distributed water to residents of Vumilia, Kamola, Kisumu…