Author: Cyrus

Sources within the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology have revealed that the Cabinet Secretary has now recruited an army of hackers who have been tasked with hacking the accounts of key government critics including bloggers, journalists and activists. Some of the hackers have been drawn from the IEBC as they were successfully used to hack the system and tamper with the tallying process changing the process a great deal. Apart from hacking and monitoring activists and bloggers, the army has been tasked with inflitrating the computers of the critics ensuring that the government can remotely manage their email, social media…

Weston Hotel which is associated with William Ruto has grabbed an acre of land belonging to Lang’ata Road Primary School and marked it for use as the hotel’s parking space. The grabbing of the land has shocked teachers, parents and students of the school as officials of Nairobi County have been part of the grabbing. Nairobi County approved the construction of a perimeter wall carving out the playground from the school. A private developer fenced the hived piece of land in December sparking protest from stakeholders. The school’s headmaster says that they have been intimidated especially during the four days when the hotel management fenced…

Paul Kobia was early this week heard bragging to some patrons and the owner of Buffet Park, Mr Muya that he killed Hon Raila Odinga’s son, Fidel Odinga. In one of the most stupid showmanship, the thug and runaway killer who has connections right inside State House confessed to the patrons that he killed Fidel because he organised his assault. The confessions were heard by friends of Fidel who have revealed this to security officers. Kobia made the confession on Monday night at Buffet park. The security officers have refused to act because Paul Kobia enjoys State House protection. He…

To those with little historical background, this is Jubilee Government rule policy: In 1991, after brutal, painful and costly fight to return country to multi-partyism, former despot Daniel Arap Moi, woke up one morning and announced to the amusement of his troops of KANU sycophants that he ‘accepts’ repeal of section 2A of constitution. Superficially, multipartyism was re-introduced. However, Moi had more ideas. He won 1992 elections. How? Moi ensured colonial laws, which were bedrock of KANU dictatorship, remained intact. The laws included Public Security Order Act, Chief’s Act, Sedition laws and dentition powers. These totalitarian laws enforced unquestioning political…

Questions have been raised from various quarters as Raila Odinga’s family now mourn the death of Fidel Castro Odinga. Fidel died in his sleep Sunday morning after a night out with friends in various entertainment spots. Fidel was last seen at Capital Club in the company of one Maureen Thiong’o whom he said to have dropped home. Fidel later went back to Capital Club where he stayed for a while before calling for Smart Fellas taxi services to drop him at his residence inside Bel Air County Homes gated community along Miotoni Road in Karen. Some friends who had contact…

Allan Wadi Okong’o who was recently arrested while crossing or in Uganda was apparently presented to court, convicted and jailed for two years without a fine for “undermining the authority of President Uhuru.” According to police sources, Allan was psychologically tortured and bullied into admitting the offence with a promise that he would only get a light sentence for the offence but he was surprised when the final verdict was delivered in the case. According to the charge sheet which quoted Section 13 (a), (b) and 2 of the National Cohesion Act, the charge sheet read as in the picture…

The new Inspector General designate of Kenya police, Joseph Kipchirchir Boinett has a CV which would make him a great candidate for the job. But there is a slight problem on his CV. One of the Universities he has listed on his CV is a known unaccredited diploma mill. According to the information available online, Joseph Boinett graduated with a Bachelor of Arts International Studies and Diplomacy from the Washington International University. The said university is listed as unaccredited and a name variously used by fake universities to market their courses online to the gullible. This is the CV of…

Radio Africa seems to have been emboldened after recent acquisition by the South Africa’s Times Media Group. Just as we predicted on this blog post, Radio Africa is seeking to disrupt the Pay TV market with a revolutionary “free premium TV” which they have christened Bamba TV. With Bamba TV, all a subscriber needs is a Ksh 3,299 for the decoder and there will be no other payment ever. There will be no regular subscription fees like DSTV, GOtv, StarTimes or AzamTV. The recent launch of Bamba TV disrupted the market that DSTV reduced its decoder price to just Ksh…

Kenyan TV viewers might be slated for the biggest surprise of their lives as the regulator Communication Authority (CA) insists that the digital migration deadline is 31st December 2014 and not suspended as supposedly ruled by Judge Kalpana Rawal. Analogue TV sets will go blank on Wednesday evening as the country migrate to a more versatile platform which the leading media houses have refused to embrace as it will sabotage their market dominance. With digital TV, the choice is wider and at a more affordable rate. Don't get it wrong! Digital migration still on.Analogue switch off for Nairobi and environs…

The Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC) has adjusted domain prices following deliberations made by the cTLD manager and registrars on 31st October 2014. TESPOK also attended the meeting. The Kenya Network Information Centre, Kenya’s .ke registrar, said that the new prices will be effective as of 1st January 2015. The adjusted domain wholesale prices are as follows:- Domain registrations: KES. 650/= Domain renewal: KES. 580/= Recommended Retail Price: KES. 1,000/= +VAT These new prices will apply to sub domains while the current pricing structure and ongoing registrar offers will be withdrawn on 31st December 2014. The new prices are aimed…

You probably have seen the scary pics of the Range Rover lying on its side after running over or hitting more than 7 cars in South B’s Hazina Estate. Charles is the guy behind Day Break events. He has managed some colourful events including those of Paul Kagame’s re-election campaign in Rwanda. He is known to do all manner of stunts with his car but they didn’t know what made him hit so many cars. The car’s insurance expired on 23rd November so he will be paying all the damage through his own pocket. Charles was married to the current…

Sheikh Mohamed Ali Kheir alias Sheikh Dawara who went missing three days ago from Garissa near post office was found dead last evening in Embu. Ali is a cousin to Hon Aden Duale. According to relatives of the Sheikh, “the killing is a pure case of extra judicial killing as result of the newly passed draconian law.” The leader of Majority in parliament, Aden Duale has also taken to Twitter to complain about the killing even going as far as demanding action o the police which he claim that might also be the killers. My condolences to the family of…

Mama Sarah Obama believes that Mrs Margaret Kenyatta surely doesn’t have even a little bit of respect for her. The humble old lady has told close confidantes that what the Kenyan First Lady showed her true self when she didn’t honour an invitation she promised she will honour. According to sources close to Mama Sarah Obama, the first lady visited the grandmother of the US President in November 2013 and promised to grace the launch of 2nd edition of K’Ogelo Marathon which is meant to support widows and orphans. The launch was to happen in December. Money raised from the…

Tuskys Supermarket employees are planning to go on strike from tomorrow. According to some workers, they plan to protest the removal of some of the perks they used to enjoy as management cite low business. Some 1,500 employees plan to ground services at the retail giant, to a halt as they target the festive season when the traffic in the retail stores is as its highest. But the managment might be planning to fire the employees. Already some senior staff members have seen adverts being circulated in some quarters for stand-by employees to apply.  Some of the Tuskys stores which will…

The following has been adapted from a press release by ZUKU Wananchi Group which is the leading internet services provider in Kenya announced their partnership with the leading world provider of cloud computing services, Akamai. This has been under the advisory of Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK) which operates the Kenya Internet Exchange Point (KIXP). The partnership will achieve increased productivity for Wananchi Group consumers as they will be able to access critical applications locally without having to connect to Europe hence making information access faster. “We must say this is an indispensable partnership for Zuku and we…