Author: Eva Nyambura

MultiChoice Group is launching M-Net Movies Afro-Cinema, a pop-up movie channel dedicated to showcasing and celebrating contemporary African films. The Afro-Cinema Channel will be available from Friday to Sunday on Channel 198 for DStv customers on Access to Premium packages across the continent and on channel 29 for GOtv Plus and Max customers. The Afro-Cinema Channel is curated to celebrate Africa’s cultural diversity, aptly reflected and captured in the work that is being produced by filmmakers all over the continent. Through collaboration and turning challenges into possibilities, local film industries across the continent have produced award-winning productions that have launched the careers of many directors, producers,…

MultiChoice is set to launch its first African-focused telenovela channel, Novela Magic, to share the best African telenovelas on one easy-to-access platform. The channel will also honour the vast range of cultures and languages on the continent through a diversity of original homegrown stories and local creative talent. Novela Magic on DStv channel 165 will launch on Friday at 6 pm for all DStv customers. The channel will air from Monday to Sunday with the last programme ending at 9.30 pm. Timothy Okwaro, M-Net Channel Director for East and Southern Channels believes that it is the growth and success of local…

Kiambu governor James Nyoro has denied claims that he instigated the chaos witnessed in Juja on Tuesday night. The county boss told reporters that their opponents were shouting at them hence the police intervention. He further alleged that votes from two polling stations where the Jubilee Party candidate, Susan Waititu enjoyed a strong following, were not counted. “Votes from Gachororo were thrown in the field and not counted,” Nyoro alleged. “I condemn in the strongest terms possible the insinuation that I’m a violent person. I have never been violent even during my campaigns.” “We were not involved in creating disturbance…

Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai has been ailing for the past six days but his illness has been kept under wraps. According to People Daily, the IG was rushed to Aga Khan Hospital on Thursday night when he fell ill. He was immediately admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Two days later he was transferred to the High dependency Unit (HDU). On Monday he was taken to the general ward at the same facility. Senior ranking officers, the daily reported, declined to comment on the matter. Some claimed they were unaware of Mutyambai’s hospitalization. Others said the IG…

Herman Gakobo Kago alias Prof Hamo has apologized to all parties involved in the drama witnessed in the last couple of weeks. In a social media post, the Churchill Show comedian who apparently absconded duties at his former workplace, apologized to the mother of his two children, comedian Jemutai. “A big thank you to Jemutai for agreeing for us to sit-down and have a peaceful discussion on how we are going to raise our kids,” he said. “To my young ones, life is not an easy road, papa is very sorry and he hopes one day when you are old…

ODM party leader Raila Odinga has condemned abuse of police as witnessed in Juja and Bonchari on Tuesday. According to the AU special envoy, the use of police to mete violence during the mini-polls was “an arrogant display of impunity by a few overzealous” government operatives. He stated that an election was a chance for the electorate to express themselves and not an avenue to pursue “imaginary and short-legged political interests.” “Security forces exist to serve the people and not the interests of those out to conduct political experiments,” he said. He urged the rogue officers to not take for…

A Nakuru Court on Tuesday postponed the sentencing of Jane Muthoni, the former principal of Icaciri Secondary School in Kiambu. Muthoni was last month found guilty of killing her husband, Solomon Mwangi, who then was the principal of Kiru Boys Secondary, Murang’a County. The former school head will be sentenced on June 3. The prosecution asked for the death sentence. She and her co-accused Isaac Ng’ang’a alias Gikuyu were alleged to have committed the offence on diverse dates between November 6 and November 11, 2016, at Karakuta Coffee Estate in Juja sub-county, Kiambu County. She claimed it was her husband’s…

The Attorney-General Paul Kihara has withdrawn an application to the High Court to suspend its annulment of the BBI process. In a letter dated May 18 to the Deputy Registrar, the AG said he will instead seek the same reliefs at the Court of Appeal. Earlier, a five judge bench certified as urgent an application by the AG that sough to have the judgement on Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) stayed pending appeal. The bench directed that applicants serve their written submissions by close of business this Thursday with the other parties directed to file and serve their submissions by the…

Ahmed Ali Muktar has been sworn in as Wajir Governor. Muktar’s swearing in was gazetted shortly after the impeachment of Mohamed Abdi. Shortly after taking oath of office, Muktar said the ceremony is a turning point for service delivery for the people of Wajir. “I commit myself to prioritize services especially in the health, education and water sector. I promise to strengthen the bond of unity between the people of Wajir,” he said. https://twitter.com/citizentvkenya/status/1394589383592976387 Abdi was removed from office after the Senate upheld his impeachment on Monday. In a special sitting held on Monday, 25 Senators out of 47 upheld…

Eight movies. Ten days of roaring engines and screeching tires. M-Net Movies this May welcomes back the legendary street racing crew whose law-breaking talents lead them to become world-saving spies. In the lead-up to the highly anticipated global cinematic release of Fast and Furious 9, M-Net Movies will be revving up its pop-up channel offering with the return of the Fast & Furious franchise. However, unlike when it first debuted to DStv Premium customers, the M-Net Movies Fast & Furious pop-up channel will now also be enjoyed by DStv Compact Plus and Compact customers. Launching on Friday, May 21, and running until Sunday, May…

ODM party secretary general Edwin Sifuna has claimed that there are four boxes full of marked ballots stuffed at a senior politician’s residence in Kisii town. In a tweet shared by the party, Sifuna warned that attempts to sneak the election material into any polling station will be met with “full force.” “SG @edwinsifuna says he has information of the presence of four boxes full of marked ballot papers at the residence of a Senior Politician in Kisii town. He warns that any attempt to sneak those ballot papers to any polling station will be resisted with full force,” wrote…

A man was reportedly fatally shot by OCS Garissa County Michael Munyalo Wambua on Saturday night in DRC area along Bula Sheikh Road. Speaking to the Standard, the victim’s wife, Stellah Makena was shot dead following a tussle at the DRC Club. Kimathi Morris Kaliunga was allegedly shot in the back while crossing the road. Garissa County Commander Ranson Lolmodoni said police have combed the scene of crime for evidence and the matter is now being handled by the DCIO. “We have not turned away anyone as you are claiming. We attended the scene and in fact, it is our…

Police have arrested three men for being in possession of 13 kilograms of ivory worth at least Sh1.5 million in Maralal, Samburu County. According to Samburu Central sub-county Police Commander Sylvester Rotich, the culprits were nabbed on Sunday evening in Kirisia with four elephant tusks. The police, Mr Rotich said, received a tip off from members of the public. The suspected poachers are believed to have killed two elephants. They are currently being held Maralal Police Station awaiting arraignment. Read: Deputy Headteacher Among Five People Arrested Selling Elephant Tusks In Kajiado Last month, a Kwale County employee was apprehended with 12 pieces…

ODM party leader Raila Odinga has broken silence after a five judge bench declared the Constitution Amendment Bill 2020, unconstitutional. In a statement on Saturday, President Uhuru Kenyatta’s handshake partner said BBI proponents will appeal the ruling. He also asked BBI supporters to refrain from attacking the court and its members. “Supporters of the Constitution Amendment Bill, including myself, have been disappointed by the High Court ruling,” he said. He added, “We may disagree with the court but we must respect its ruling and its freedom to exercise its judgment as it understands the legal and constitutional matters before it.”…

Homicide detectives on Friday arrested a police officer suspected of killing a matatu conductor in April. Police Constable Edwin Oscar Okimaru was apprehended following an extensive investigation into the death of Ongata Rongai, Stage One conductor, Joshua Mungai. According to DCI boss George Kinoti, Cybercrime and Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau, forensically placed the officer at the scene of the gruesome murder. “In our findings that involved investigative interviewing of eye witnesses, forensic autopsy analysis by Chief Government Pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor and combing of the scene, the detectives indeed concluded that the suspect was at the scene of the…