Author: Cyrus

On Thursday last week, Dubai Bank chairman Hassan Zubeidi appeared in Court to answer to claims about his forged nationality. But what followed thereafter was a fiasco. One Griffins Omwenga, an investigative reporter with Daily Nation went on a spree calling every senior court reporters in all the media houses asking them  to “kill that story ata nunua chai”. He did this even to court writers within NMG but hit a rock after word leaked to editors about the campaign. The NMG editors in fact ran the story prominently in protest of the apparent plot to compromise coverage of the case. The…

Sensational singer and top talent judge Juliana Kanyomozi has this morning lost her pillar, Keron , after asthma attack. Keron who Juliana called her “little angel” has died this morning at Agha Khan hospital in Nairobi after being admitted in the hospital after strong asthma attack while in school. Juliana confirmed the death in a message on Facebook post “My angel has just gone to the lord. What was spreading earlier was a rumour. He passed away at 10:25am this morning. He has been such a fighter. Thank you for praying for my lil angel. I will try and be strong as…

Look, there are women and there are exceptional women. Anyone who knows Gina Din Kariuki will tell you that she is not an ordinary woman. Gina is almost a genius in her field. She is the mother of Public Relations in Kenya. Talk of any serious PR campaign or successful company or individual and you will see that there is GinaTouch somewhere. From Raila Odinga (the most influential political leader), Safaricom (most successful company in East and Central Africa), GM (most successful motor franchise in the region), CMC Motors, Equity Bank, CFC Stanbic, ICEA Lion and the list goes on.…

UN Kenya coordinator, Nardos Bekele is drawing the wrath of her colleagues elsewhere for being part of Kenyan government propaganda machinery against its own citizen. UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association who is also a Kenyan, Maina Kiai, has described Ms Bekele’s actions as reackless and amounts to denying Kenyans their rights which are enshrined in the constitution. Mr Kiai asked Ms Bekele to leave Kenyans to voice their concerns because “the country is lurching towards a one party state.” Nardos Bekele was part of KEPSA’s press conference team where all manner of…

After Matiangi decided to curb government spending on the media, the same government has been covered less but Raila covered more even though the chauvinists in the media run with ethnic lenses have not given the CORD leader any positive coverage. Now government is planning a fight back with major adverts slotted for the media in the coming weeks. National and county governments will run serious campaigns in the media with a key segment of those adverts reserved for PR articles and clips. In the meantime, there is strong evidence that Nation Media Group (NMG) might be trying to resurrect…

Airtel Kenya has now partnered withApple to enable it sell the iPhone range of smartphones. The provider has today launched the iPhone 5s on the Airtel Kenya network. This means that Airtel will officially stock the iPhone 5s handset in its outlets. iPhone is one of the best smartphones out there. The availability means that clients have choice. Problem might be pricing as local providers still seek to make a huge margin out of the device price. Airtel Shops to stock iPhone 5s: Showroom Location Moi Avenue shop Moi Avenue Sarit Sarit Centre,  Westlands Koinange Uniafric House, Koinange street Parkside Parkside Towers, Mombasa Road Nyali Nakumatt Nyali, Mombasa…

Why is it that there is a group of men out there willing to impregnate women then escape from responsibilities? It seems simple abandonment is not enough anymore these people including medical doctors are fleeing the country in a bid to avoid pay millions of shillings to support their family. This is the story of one Dr. Mohammed Ali Abdulrehman Abdalla who ran away to Canada escaping his parental responsibilities and duties after getting into a marriage with a lady he was sure he was not ready to stay with. Mohammed was then jobless, hungry, desperate and just from being deported…

Esther Arunga and Quincy Timberlake are now evading media and public attention in Australia after death of her son. The controversial couple are said to have moved from their Goodfellows Road town house in Kallangur to an unknown location with neighbours completely kept in the dark. The couple were staying in a house where the rentals are ranging between $250 and $350 per week. This is considered non affluent by Australian standards. The couple are said to be leading a life where few know what they are actually doing. Some of our sources in Australia have indicated that Esther Arunga is…

600 General Service Unit (GSU) police officers who graduated from their Embakassi based training school are yet to get their salary. The police officers who were host to the President during the graduation are suffering as they are deployed all over the country and have family to support but non of them has been able to lay hands on his first salary. The officers are asking for the intervention of President Uhuru to help them get their first salary. Some of the officers are deployed in Mombasa, Kwale, Malindi, Kisumu, Mandera, Wajir and Turkana. They now rely on government rations…

The President of Ghana has flown up to $3million in cash to Brazil to please the country’s restless World Cup squad who were getting more agitated over a bonus payments dispute. The cash which arrived in Brazil on a private plane on Wednesday as Ghana will see each team member get between $75,000 and $100,000. The money might be a big boost team’s morale as it prepare for their decisive Group G game against Portugal tonight. It is not clear how Ghana was able to bring such a huge amount of money into Brazil without paying Tax. Individuals are allowed to…

According to reliable sources within NTV, Shirleen Samat has finally resigned from NTV. She is expected to join her mentor and friend, Ian Fernandes at K24. Shirleen previously worked at KTN before moving to NTV. She is one of the longest serving TV broadcast veterans Click here for our full prediction.

Lupita was announced as the new face of Lancome in April. She has now debuted her first campaign for the beauty brand where pundits have desribed her new campaign as “flawless.”  Lupita is shown in the new adverts as an ambassador for Lancôme’s Teint Idole Ultra 24H foundation. The chocolate-hued complexion brings out the true African beauty in the new ad. .@lupita_nyongo joins Lancôme! #lupitaforlancome #beautyicon © Alexi Lubomirski for Lancôme pic.twitter.com/oFLA2YiuoX — Lancôme USA (@LancomeUSA) April 4, 2014 The ad touts the product as “available in 29 shades for all skintones” making it one of the most diverse products in the market. Some celebrities…

After news went round recently that Tanzania had banned Sheesha aka Hookah, Kenya is following suit by banning selected flavours of the common recreational drug. Through the anti-drug abuse agency, the country has with immediate effect banned 19 sheesha flavours found to contain hard drugs like heroin, bhang and cocaine. National Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada) Chairman John Mututho has indicated that they arrived at the decision after doing a test of 100 samples of different flavours with officers from the Ministry of Health. Some of the banned flavors include Al Fakher strawberry flavour, Al Fakher orange flavor, Al Fakher two apples…

Governors from 11 counties in the Western region of Kenya are looking to stat their own investment bank. The 11 counties have already linked up with professionals in USA and Europe who are advising them on the best way to execute such a plan. The move is likely to meet stiff opposition from the central government led by Uhuru Kenyatta who is just not interested in seeing any development in the region. A section of governors have sought the services of US-based company to help them start an investment bank for 11 counties in western Kenya. Each of the 11…

Did Esther Arunga and her husband Quincy Timberlake knowingly cause the death of their son? That is what the Australian police is investigating. According to a TV news report from Australia’s channel 7 news, the 3 year old boy was said to be playing with his two year old sibling when he fell down the stairs. His parents thought that the injuries were not so serious and so they just gave the poor boy and had him sleep. That was unfortunate because the condition of the boy worsened prompting the Esther and Quincy to call medics. The boy died while being…