Author: Cyrus

South Korean phone maker Samsung has today launched an app which discourages use of smartphone while driving. The Android mobile app prevents you from texting while driving. The app which is available currently only Singapore might be rolled outside Asia as Samsung is exploring its full potential. The “Eyes on the Road” app uses your smartphone’s sensor fusion technology and GSM cell towers to measure your speed to determine if you’re driving. If you are, it hides phone calls, SMS text messages, and social media alerts until you reach your destination.  What if you are a passenger in a fast…

The green army or K’Ogalo as they are famously known should now breath a sigh of relief as their Premier League winning coach has just inked a new deal with the club ending months of speculations of whether he would stay. Kenyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia have won Bobby Williamson back with a three year deal warding off the likes of Tanzania’s Yanga who were waiting for a moment to sign the Scott. Yanga even claimed to have agreed with Bobby on terms of the yet-to-be-signed deal. K’Ogalo’s able chairman Ambrose Rachier has confirmed to this blogger that a…

A Kenyan woman from Nyeri has appeared on a British TV show to accuse her son of breaking everything in her house including her sex toys. The 47 year old Nyeri born woman who has been living and working in UK accused her teenage son of destroying her stuff during a live screening of the Jeremy Kyle TV show. She accused the son of breaking her toilet seat, car, sex toys and other pricey possessions as her son defended himself vehemently on the TV show. She claimed that the son cut off the tickling spikes on her dildo making them…

Now everybody knows what happened at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in 2013. The Kenya Defence Forces which has been variously accused of incompetence and looting during the crisis, released a report which many pundits did not agree with. The FBI released a report yesterday where the Bureau talked to its legal attaché based in Nairobi. In the interview, FBI Legal attaché in Nairobi Dennis Brady say that more than 80 FBI officers were involved in the Westgate crisis to support the Kenyans. The FBI’s role was to facilitate, enable, and assist the Kenyan investigation and prosecution. In the interview, the FBI agent claim…

StarTimes has revealed that it will allow access to at least six Free To Air channels upon the expiry of subscriber’s monthly subscription. But the catch is that the access will only be for two weeks. I smell something very wrong. Free channels must be free whether the decoder is for Pay or not. There is no reason free channels should be disconnected for non-payment of a subscription fee. Why should free channels be charged? StarTimes, through a statement, claim that they will allow a two-week access to KBC, Citizen Tv, KTN, NTV, K24, GBS and STV-Guide upon the expiry of subscribers’…

I felt like sharing the nasty experience I had yesterday in Nairobi – my 1-hour ordeal in the hands of armed criminals in Nairobi! Yesterday, 10th at around 9.20am I was among the first customers to be served at Co-op Bank – City Hall branch; at around quarter to 10 I visited a Forex Bureau housed just across at EcoTowers then crossed to Gulf African Bank along Kenyatta Avenue. From there I walked to Co-op Bank again but this time around the one along Kimathi Street. At around 11.30am I got into Turkeys Beba Beba and did some shopping. Thereafter…

I know that in a moment, Samsung will launch their Twitter army on me to try to clear their name on this but I smell a stinking dog on this Jaza Keja promotion. Samsung has been running some promotion called Jaza Keja. From what I can gather, Samsung was rewarding one LUCKY shopper who bough a Samsung electronic, with a full house worth of electronics and a pick-up. This pick-up had goods worth over KES. 800,000/= including: – A Samsung 46″ SMART Tv – A Samsung BluRay 3D Home Theatre System – A Samsung Washing machine – A Samsung GalaxyNote 10.1 -…

It looks like the Jubilee government is going to limit people’s freedoms with queer laws. The recently appointed NACADA chairman, John Mututho has insisted that all house parties must have permits. The permits are currently being issued. A Twitter user has posted an image of such a party on the social networking platform. One of the conditions on the permit is that there will be no political discussions during the house party. This sounds bad. Kenyans be ready!!! You are in for a rough ride.

The truth must be said however painful. Kidero is growing balls and not balls which will help him. First, know that I hated the candidature of Kidero. He will never help Nairobi, the country or his supporters. He is engaged in trivialities and pettiness. His arrogance and the above-the-roof ego cannot be matched by any living politician’s. So Evans Kidero personally called Raila to attend the Governor’s ball at the KICC 11th December (eve of the Kenya@50 celebrations). He called more than once and personally signed the invite which was delivered to Raila. He even insisted that Raila arrive at…

A controversial US church is out again with negative tweets and videos during the Mandela memorial. In a series of tweets, the Westboro which plans to picket during Mandela’s burial claim that Mandela has been sent to hell for adultery, due to his divorce of his first wife Evelyn, and his marriages to the “wild murderess” Winnie Mandela, and the “young widow” Graca Machel. “Mandela’s in hell! Evelyn his wife. Bare him 2 sons. He fooled around & threw her out like trash. 1 Son died in crash. The other of AIDS” The church criticised the media and other world…

Gangster rapper Jayceon Terrell Taylor aka “The Game” has further added some ink to his already so tattooed body. As the world mourns Mandela, The Game decided that he is not going to do it in a temporary way. He has tattooed a great image of Mandela on his body. He showed what he did through his instagram saying, ” #NelsonMandela #RIP #Legend #Leader #Freedom #Peace #Equality #Tattoos #SouthAfrica.” This is not the first time The Game is doing this for people he admire. He recently tattooed the image of the slain 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. He was also in the news recently…

Nairobi is readying itself for the impending Digital TV Switch-Off on Friday 13th December 2013. Most broadcast players are well prepared for the switch-off except for the 3 major broadcasters who believe that they should only sabotage the impending migration. MultiChoice under the GOtv brand, StarTimes Media and Zuku have all been running campaigns encouraging the switch-off while Nation is leading the likes of Royal Media and Standard Group in resisting the attempt to introduce sanity in the broadcast sector by freeing up spectrum previously occupied by analogue TV signals. GOtv, launched in September 2011, has been the biggest champion of…

The embattled KQ CEO is in the new for the wrongs things. Now a former senior employee he sacked has taken him to court for stripping him naked just because he wore his favourite football team’s jersey during a staff get together. He allege that he was wearing an Arsenal T-Shirt with the “Fly Emirates” wordings which angered his boss as the T-Shirt promotes a rival airline. Kepha Bosire, formerly the Corporate Communications Manager, was having a good time during a party during the Maasai Mara Lemeck Conservancy marathon which is title sponsored by KQ. In the suit filed at…

Kenyans working at The Hemingways in Karen are unhappy lot. There is one person who spoils the day for all the workers at the facility. His name is Barry Tonks (on Twitter as @BarryTonks) who was employed by the Hemingways from the Bonds Restaurant in London. Barry has fits of rage where he calls the black Kenyans working at the premier hotel all manner of names (cunts, fucking twats, cavemen, calls a bartender black pudding coz he’s dark). And as if that’s not enough, he throws plates and anything near him to whoever cooked it if it’s not good enough for him.…

Uganda’s parliament has bought iPads to all its 375 MPs at a cost of Ksh 32 million ($370,000), saying that the tablets will make the lawmakers more efficient by allowing them to access official documents while travelling.The total number of iPads delivered to the parliament is 384. The MPs who voted themselves more salaries (now earns Ksh 700,000) like their Kenyan counterparts are also set to receive Ksh 3.5 million ($41,000) in car loans. They can as well afford iPads but they decided to put the bill on the already heavily burdened tax payers. Parliamentary commissioner Emmanuel Dombo claim that…