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A Kenyan who is working as a police service assistant with the Arlington Police Department in Texas was on Thursday honoured by the department for her outstanding long service Dorothy Ouma who marked her 30th anniversary with the US Police service, was congratulated for her tenure recognised at a meeting where the Police Department’s Manager, Assistant Chief Jaime Ayala, was present. In a message posted also on Facebook, Chief Ayala said, This week, we congratulate Dorothy Ouma on her 30-year service anniversary. Dorothy was recognized at yesterday’s Manager Meeting by Assistant Chief Jaime Ayala. She is one of the department’s hardest working Police…

Gifted pencil artists, Collins Okello aka Jaduong’ is set to visit President Uhuru Kenyatta in State House on Monday. After having drawn the President on canvas and shared his artwork online, State House noted his talent and invited him to visit the head of state in a move which is more PR than substance. RELATED: Daniel Owira of “Otonglo Time” Made Over Ksh 200,000 in this Naivas Supermarket Ad President Uhuru will lead Jaduong’ on a tour of State House after which he will hold a short meeting with the President. Sources within State House reveal that the President was…

Talented MC, Luo Festival host, K’Ogalo supported and comedian Felix Oduor aka Jalang’o is set to leave Nairobi for the lakeside city of Kisumu. Jalang’o is in talks with the 102.5 FM Urban Radio. He is set to join Grace Makosewe in the morning team after getting an offer of around Ksh 1.85 million from the station. The move might be great considering that Grace is also a talented presenter and she might have great chemistry with Jalang’o on air if you consider her line of jokes. The comedian and current Radio Maisha breakfast show host has refused to comment on this…

A Cameroonian known to be a drug lord and criminal with many cases pending in various courts in the country has been spotted in Nairobi just months after being deported in one of the biggest security operation. The Cameroonian who previously went with the original names, Malcolm Magloire Cyr Fouasso, was deported in 2013. He has many pending drugs and robbery related cases in the country. Malcom is known to change names severally. He is probably using a fake passport now. Top immigration and police service officials are believed to be in his payroll. The drug lord who was once…

After exiting her great performance on Churchill Show, Teacher Wanjiku is set to launch her own animation series which will either run on YouTube or will be shown on local TV stations. The talented lady is not giving up yet. RELATED: Teacher Wanjiku Says Citizen TV Informed Her through a Blog that Her Show Was No More  Having earned a good amount of money from the Airtel Kenya endorsements, Teacher Wanjiku whose real name is Caroline Wanjiku Tharau, is putting her investments in the right place. Her career faced a turbulence when she relied on veteran director Victor Ber for counsel.…

Six female students have reportedly been kidnapped from a school in Nakuru. The students were reportedly kidnapped on Wednesday night but the school administration just informed the parents after more than 24 hours. During the kidnap, one of the watchmen at the school was reportedly killed. An orphan, Edith Akinyi together with 5 other girls were kidnapped from Royal Girls School in Nakuru.  Edith is supported by a group of well wishers who became worried that they were being told of the disappearance of the girl after more than a day. Edith’s aunt who is living in Nakuru was called on Thursday…

Moses Mbasu aka Buddha Blaze is the man behind Nairobi Hip Hop Raphsody. So this week (tonight) he is hosting American hip hop guru Talib Kweli at the Ebony Lounge in Westlands. The weekly musical event seeks to promote hip hop in the region. With Talib Kweli coming, many showbiz journalists were eager to cover the event. So two journalists, one from Nation and another from Standard, called Buddha Blaze asking for details on how to get the tickets or media accreditation. On hearing that, Comrade Mbasu, decided to pour his heart out how most journalists who were looking for…

It seems that Facebook has decided that the DeadBeat Kenya group is not going to exist. It was a thin line the moderators were walking but the group is no longer available on the platform. A search for it yield only a message of “The Group was removed.” It is not clear what exact case prompted the removal but we are waiting for the group’s founder, Jackson Njeru. The group gained popularity since the September 11th when it was started to publicly shame fathers and mothers who never take care of their children after giving birth or siring them. The…

Kenya Airways is nowadays very stricts with the requirements that all traveling passengers carry IDs or they not be allowed to fly. So Senator Moses Wetangula was on the 8.30pm flight on Thursday (this evening) when he was informed that he couldn’t be allowed to fly without an Identification Card (ID). This is the second time in one week Kenya Airways has embarassed people who consider themselves VVIP or the powerful. Last week, former Assistant Minister and Igembe South MP Dr. Kilemi Mwiria was ejected from a KQ flight to Mombasa for not producing a proper photo ID card. The…

As its popularity continues to shoot upward, Radio Jambo presenters are targets by Mediamax, Standard Group and Nation Media’s radio stations for poaching. Already QFM and Radio Maisha have shown strong interests in the breakfast (Gidi and Ghost) and mid morning teams at Radio Jambo. MediaMax’s Milele FM has also interviewed at least 3 presenters, hoping to convince them to jump ship. The rise of Radio Jambo has confounded even industry analysts leaving key FM stations managers clueless on how to manage the Radio Africa group offering. Tom Jappani who is in charge of Radio Maisha is said to be…

Someone sent Daily Nation a photo claiming that it was from Chepkeche Village in Uasin Gishu County. The photo above was said to be of two lambs suckling a cow. It was celebrated as a rare occurrence in Kenya. Using good old Google image search, you realise that the photo was uplifted from this link http://bit.ly/10qz2X9. The photo is shamelessly credited to one Jacob Owiti. Kenyan journalism is on its deathbed. Apart from being bought by State House, which is now acting as news editor in 3 top media outlets, there is not much investment in research. Leading journalists are frustrated and…

There was a spat between Bharat Thakrar who is the CEO of ScanGroup – a PR, advertising and communications agency – and the local franchise holders for Land Rover, RMA Kenya. Apparent Bharat bought a 30 million shillings Range Rover in 2012 from the then franchise holders CMC Kenya. The vehicle has never ending mechanical problems that is stressing the owner. According to a colleague of Bharat, the 2012 Range Rover is ever in the garage. So when Bharat had a problem during the long Shujaa Day weekend, he saw it best to engage the dealership through social media. It is not clear what…

As news broke that one of the most rare species of the Rhinos nears extinction, questions are being asked about what the people charged with conservations are doing with the money entrusted to the. One such body is Kenya Wildlife Service and another which is a charity is the Rhino Ark Trust. The Rhino Ark Trust has been holding annual charity events to raise funds for conservations. Using common sense, their use of a Rhino in their branding would make you think that they even focus on the endangered animals. This year alone, the trust raised over Ksh 102 million…

The struggling socialite Huddah Monroe is trying to up her game. With Rispa Faith and Vera Sidika getting all the headlines, Huddah who has not been getting the same of late decided to attend the WizKid performance in Nairobi this weekend. She managed to get a picture and a great one as WizKid was photographed kissing her. A plus for the lady. She is still in the game.

Shit happens. Fools are all over. Two fools driving airport traffic marshal cars on the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport tarmac were so careless and stupid that they decided to fight for space within the airport. The result was a serious accident which almost burn a whole Kenya Airways plane. The CCTV footage sent to us by airport staffers shows how stupid some employees can be stupid. Watch the video below. Pay attention to the right-hand bottom corner of the footage.