Author: Cyrus

Three more Nakumatt stores have been closed in Uganda. The supermarket chain which is facing an acute cash crisis has now decided to close three stores at Acacia Mall in Kololo, Village Mall in Bugolobi and another at Victoria Mall in Entebbe. The news was broken by the property managers for the respective malls, Knight Frank. According to the notice posted online, there is no clear explanation for the closure. Notice of closure of Nakumatt sores in Uganda; Nakumatt has been facing some cash problems in Kenya after the exit of Harun Mwau. The investor sold his 7.7% valued at approximately…

Sometime back, Ida Odinga who is the wife to NASA supremo, Raila Odinga openly claimed that ODM will never give nomination to someone who has already been nominated as there are many people to benefit from the gesture. This seems not to have been the way as ODM has gone back to nominate a good number of those who have been nominated before. Ida Odinga is know to be so influential in ODM that her word is always law. The Odinga family’s strong arm control of ODM has made many question Raila’s democratic credentials as he and his family are…

Sassy and no nonsense singer Akothee has dared any man willing to impregnate her to do it soon but know that he will never escape paying for the upkeep. ??? men already perfoming miracle babies , & expect baby mamas to perfom magic on upkeep , Arrest all A post shared by Akothee Kenya (@akotheekenya) on Jun 30, 2017 at 11:29am PDT In what is considered an invite in the middle of extreme sex drought, Akothee has come out with the invite without any man having asked her if she is willing to dish the goodies. In her Instagram page,…

Since the launch of the SGR train service christened Madaraka Express, many have been finding it hard waking so early to catch a seating in the place. Something which technology should have easily resolved. Many of implementers in Africa never think of convenience when developing some of these products and services. So after the launch of the SGR is when authorities are thinking for ways of developing the complementing services like bus and boda boda. The Madaraka Express was launched without even something as basic as an online booking service for the same. Kenyans who tried to fill the gap…

Search engine giant Google has been fined a record €2.42 billion (Ksh 280billion) by the European Union regulators for skewing search results to boost it’s own shopping service. Further to this, the European regulators have given Google 3 months to stop the illegal acts or face a daily fine of 5% of Alphaebet revenue. The EU opened the anti-trust case in 2010 and is also probing Google’s Android mobile-phone software and AdSense online advertising service. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager of EU said: “Google has come up with many innovative products and services that have made a difference to our lives. That’s a…

Raila’s family is having uncontrolled desperation to accumulate as much wealth as possible. This is not the first time this is happening. The same happened in 2012/2013 when Raila Junior was openly demanding upto Ksh 350 for each T-shirt imported by the party to be given to supporters for free. Today, Raila Junior, Winnie Odinga and Nelly Okatch are openly demanding a minimum of Ksh 10,000 from party supporters to get invites for the NASA Manifesto Launch which is set to happen at the Ngong Race Course Waterfront. The invite campaign; So brazen is Raila Junior in his demands that…

Uganda’s dancing group Ghetto Kids was in last nights BET Awards live. Their performance with French Montana was so impressive that everyone of the A-list stars present just wanted to watch them dance all night. Unbelievable, unforgettable & awesome for the @ghettokids_tfug. From grass to grace. @FrencHMonTanA, will indeed be unforgettable #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/FmR7WVjzte — The Nubian Prince (@WasikeAbdu) June 26, 2017 French Montana brought along Ghetto Kids who featured in the music video for his smash shit “Unforgettable” which is also featuring Swae Lee. The kids were so happy to be in USA and receive that VIP treatment right from the airport;…

An Embakasi East parliamentary candidate, Joshua Obiende collapsed on Wednesday and is still in a coma at the Coptic Hospital after reportedly getting poisoned at one of the rallies he attended the same day. According to security sources within the sub-county, the candidate was in a campaign forum attended by Governor Evans Kidero, Babu Owino, deputy governor Jonathan Mueke and Wiper party Embakasi East candidate, Haji. PICTURES: Joshua Obiende arriving at the Coptic Hospital in a coma. While Obiende was peaking, someone switched off his microphone after which a replacement was given to him. After addressing the gathering, Obiende was…

Kenyans are to attempt a fete which will see them in the Guinnes Book of World Record. In the attempt which has officially been registered by Guinness, Kenyans are going to attempt to have the most number of people shaving in one location at the same time. The current record of Most Number of People Shaving is around 2,374 and that is what Gillette Kenya is trying to break next week. The current record is held by Gillette in Mexico where they organised the same event. In the run up to the attempt, Gillette has rallied many young Kenyans and…

President Uhuru has signed the Basic Education Amendment Act which seeks to see schoolgirls receive free sanitary towels from the government. The new law is aimed at decreasing instances where girls miss school because of the embarrassing periods. The responsibility of providing the sanitary pads has now been placed on the government and not the student/parent as before. The bill also compels the government to provide a safe way of disposing the same. The government removed tax on sanitary pads some few years back. Stella Nyanzi celebrated the news; The news of Uhuru signing the bill has been celebrated in…

Babu Owino is bringing all his negative side to the Embakasi politics. After the death of Mwenje and the exit of Waititu, Embakasi has experienced the non-confrontational politics which seems to be creeping back with the entry of the empty-headed and obnoxious former student leader, Babu Owino. According to sources in Embakasi East, Babu Owino hired some layabouts common in Tassia estate to target the campaign convoy of the Deputy President, William Ruto, in Embakasi East where they made sure that they heckled the second most powerful man in the country and shared the video with Babu Owino who happily…

A woman called Baraka FM to complain about her boyfriend. She spoke to Billy Miya accusing the Mombasa man of being a witch as he shaved her in the most sensitive of places while she was asleep. The boyfriend, Noel revealed to Billy Miya that he thought that his woman was so untidy. So he decided to shave her and then flush the hair down the drains while she was asleep. Some weird things happen, especially at the Coast, but this incident is bordering on the extreme.

Nairobi governor, Evans Kidero is under police investigations after one of the men who coordinate NYS youths cleaning Kibera accused him of slapping the young man in the slum on Tuesday evening. According to eye witnesses, Dr Kidero was giving money to youth in Kibera when he recognised Brian Itenya as one of the people believed to be the Jubilee head of campaigns in the sprawling slum. The governor gave some women lining the road money but when he reached where Brian was, he slapped him so hard that even his security wondered what wrong Brian did. The governor hurriedly…

While Nation Media Group has turned their guns on people they believe shared Walter Menya’s photos, it’s clear that we need to gauge from the available facts and evidence whether Walter Menya did wrong or not. We shared a voice recording of Walter Menya. We have the second recording which our source indicates to be a phone call between Walter Menya and his contact whom we assume to be Kennedy Koros. Our source is a deeply embedded operative who knows the going ons. 2nd VOICE Recording of Walter Menya It seems like Nation Media Group angered powers that be with…

A voice recording  said to be of Walter Menya and another person has emerged this evening. In the recording, a voice said to be of the Nation Media journalists demanding Ksh 50,000 and a minimum of Ksh 40,000 to have a story in the headline is heard speaking to unidentified individual suspected to be the Kennedy Koros mentioned in the court papers. VOICE RECORDING: While we cannot independently verify the details, the recordings might be the reason why CID is so determined to have Walter Menya spend an extra night behind bars. The journalist has been remanded until tomorrow when…