Author: Cyrus

Boniface Mwangi is set to join Nairobi’s Ghetto FM as a radio presenter a project which will see him make a weekly appearance on a show which is yet to be announced. The photo journalist turned activist who recently announced that he will not fight for Kenyans any more because Kenyans are foolish and selfish for anyone to sacrifice for them will be on a free lance contract. He will make an appearance on a weekly show as the host.

Former VP, Kalonzo Musyoka, was in some unspecified mission in South Sudan recently. His Fokker plane then made a mistake of landing at a rebel controlled airstrip in the war torn nation. He was forced to ditch it and the plane was only released after 7 days. The visit seems to have been Kenyan government sanctioned as it took the intervention of key people in Uhuru’s government for the plane to be released. The plane landed in Nassir, Upper Nile State. But the rebels are reportedly not happy as it has been reported that Kenya is set to lead an…

NTV’s Dennis Okari is slated for a major appointment at BBC. The former Kiss TV presenter and now NTV reported is expected to join the BBC London team for training for a continental post which might see him be the next authoritative voice telling the African stories like Komlar Dumor did. Dennis who is “married” to the voluptuous KTN presenter, Betty Kyalo, presented his last assignment at NTV last night igniting a strong social media reaction. The Foul Winds documentary about terrorists and terror cells at the Coast earning the presenter accolades and some barbs online. Betty is 6 -…

A weirdo has invaded Nyayo Embakassi. The man has been walking inside the estate and grabbing the behinds and private parts of the female residents in the estate. Most victims have reported that the guy walks towards the victims then either pinches the breasts, butts or private parts of the women in the estate. On Sunday March 23rd, some women assisted by the estate guards from Gillys Security managed to apprehend the guy, beat him senseless and take him to the Embakassi Police station. The guy was booked in under OB No. OB. 63/23/3/2014. One of the women who complained went…

UBA Kenya is set to launch a virtual savings account tomorrow at an event in Nairobi. Not much has been revealed about the products but most tech pundits believe that it is just the usual web interface of the actual savings account and not anything new. But it would be great to see what they launch when they do.

Story emerged recently about what the state spent in Mt Kenya Safari Club. Standard Group claimed that more than Ksh 100 million was spent in the one week retreat while State House insisted that it was just Ksh 8.4 million. Standard Group CEO personally penned an apology to State House. Before the apology, 3 people were summoned to State House.They were Chacha Mwita, Irene Kimani (Group Commercial Director) and Enock Wambua (Managing Editor – Sunday Standard). A day before the story came out (Thursday 13th March), Standard Group Commercial Director Irene Kimani was in State House pushing some advertising deals…

You remember the many cases of plagiarism where Kenyans have made their voice be heard that they don’t want con writers. Yes it seems the practise is still very prevalent. A tip from a friend sent to him by an anonymous user reveals that Nation Media still has the largest number of con writers. The latest culprit being Jackson Biko aka @BikoZulu on Twitter who is being accused of plagiarising an article from The Economist. Jackson did not lift off the whole article but just part of it. He is those cons who are trying to be creative in the…

A video of some South African women mourning their dead friend by twerking at her funeral has gone viral. The women from Soshanguve region are known to respect their dead friends by twerking at their funerals. According to City Press, mourner shot the video and loaded it on to YouTube – and it’s become so popular an enterprising businessperson created a DVD that sold like hotcakes for R10 (Ksh 100) at bus stops in the neighbouring areas. The video shows the women, wearing matching skintight dresses, twerking, dancing and kicking their legs up in the air. Loud music is blaring and…

According to Sun FM Zambia’s Facebook Page, a 19-year-old Kenyan and Kabarak University student has confessed to have deliberately infected 324 men with the HIV virus. The page further reports that the lady is on a mission to “destroy the society by infecting 2000 more by the end of 2014.” Among the 324 she claims to have infected, 156 are students, 3 politicians and the rest are married men, lecturers, lawyers, some celebrities among others. She says not a day passes before she has sex with at least 4 men and without protection. Read her here

As you already know, Governor Evans Kidero slapped Nairobi County’s women rep Hon Rachel Shebesh. The embattled Nairobi Governor then was taken to court and he also went to report Hon Shebesh for some assault which he couldn’t explain well. So each camp decided to show its political and financial strength. Hon Kidero didn’t have the political connections Rachel Shebesh but had the money while the latter had nothing but her mouth and strong political connections. So each one of them started pulling strings. Kidero realised that his money wouldn’t help him so much and Shebesh’s political connections in the…

Essar is looking to sell its stake in the telecom market in Kenya. It seems that it’s that season when everybody is strategising as Orange has also appointed a transaction advisor, Lazard LTD, to enable it sell its stake in Uganda. Orange is rumoured to be planning to exit Kenya, DRC, Niger and Uganda as the two markets have proved to be a liability in their books. Orange plans to exist also other markets where it doesn’t hold a number one or two slot. Orange Uganda is the smallest operator in Uganda behind MTN (8.5 million), Airtel Uganda (7.5 million)…

Kenya Airways has announced that it will cease Eldoret – Nairobi flights from April 1st. The national carrier has not revealed reasons behind the move but it is said to be one of the most unprofitable routes. All those who were booked to fly the Nairobi – Eldoret route will either be transfered to Jambo Jet or given refund for part  of the journey which has not been utilised. All refund penalties will be waived according to a statement from Kenya Airways. The route will now be served by Kenya Airways’ low cost arm, Jambo Jet from 1st April. Jambo…

Michael Fassbender 36 and Lupita Nyong’o 31 are reportedly dating. Michael and Lupita both starred in the 12 years a slave movie with Michael playing Edwin Epps  who was the cruel slave master who went ahead and raped his subject whom he was obsessed with, Patsey (played by Lupita Nyong’o). Michael and Lupita have reportedly been in an ON and OFF relationship but Michael now claims that he wants to take it seriously as he believes that they have genuine chemistry. Sources close to the two have intimated to The Independent magazine in UK that the couple “have an incredible connection…

BY now you know that yuMobile, owned by India’s Essar, is being sold to Safaricom and Airtel Kenya. The deal is not yet penned as Safaricom and Airtel are still in disagreement with yuMobile on the modalities. Employees of yuMobile have gone to court to block the sale until their interest is catered for. They are demanding more than Ksh 1.2 billion  in severance pay before the sale of Essar Telecom Kenya (ETKL) is concluded.  Safaricom looks to buy the infrastructure arm of yuMobile while Airtel Kenya will acquire its numbering prefix and the over 2.7 million subscribers. yuMobile has…

Nameless Kenya’s most celebrated and long lasting singing couple Wahu and Nameless might be in that season when they have string personal issues to deal with. Friends of the couple are questioning the paternity of their last born daughter, Nyakio. Wahu is reported to have revealed to a close confidant that the child was not sired by Nameless a rumour which leaked to the media. She had to face questions recently when she appeared on a TV interview even offering to clear that air about the issue despite the host not asking about it. Wahu offered that Nameless is and…