Month: February 2013

The Festival of Creative Arts brings you a hilarious new stage play.

 

Dirty Sexy Money takes place at the Kenya National Theatre on 1st and 2nd March. On Friday, it shows at 6.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. On Saturday, it shows at 3.00 p.m., 6.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. Tickets are Kshs. 500 for adults and Kshs. 400 for students. The student price also applies for advance tickets.

Synopsis: As campaigns heat up for a leading politician, his new wife accuses him of infidelity and plots his murder hoping to share the life of insurance payout with a hired killer. But turns out she is not the only one plotting – everyone, it seems, is double-crossing each other.

Check Out John Sibi Okumu’s New Play

The play stars Tony Kukuni, Mary Mwikali, Andrew Muthure, Juma Williams, George mwaura, Liz Ngugi, Fridah Muhindi. It is produced by Abuto Eliud, and directed by Andrew Muthure and Mbeki Mwalimu.

In our quest to preach peace during and after this general election period, we came across this hearty letter from Rwanda to Kenya, as shared by Sauti Sol.

This is a must read for every Kenyan.

 

URGENT LETTER TO MY SISTER ,KENYA…

Morning Sis, My name is RWANDA..Your small Sis…This letter is a bit long…nway,How are You? Hope you are good…Just like Me…Sis, Its long since we talked but this letter is urgent ! You have to do what I say!

Sis, in April 1994,the worst happened to Me. After the death of My President,Juvenal Habyarimana, who was a TUTSI,My people went totally crazy!

You see,The TUTSI and HUTU were the major tribes that I had…Now,the HUTU were smaller than the TUTSI and the TUTSI had held on to power for so long! And in April,madness began!

After a fierce campaign propaganda by the angry HUTUs,who wanted power too,I watched as the HUTU bought 581,000 machetes(pangas) from China.

I sadly watched as the HUTU also bought rocket launchers,mortar bombs,grenades and ammunition worth £18M from Egypt.

My heart was beating. My soul was scared. I watched,with sadness and fear,the media spreading false propaganda ,lies and innuendo to the public!

I even watched the CHURCH preaching hatred,ethnicity and war.

I couldn’t believe this was happening. The stage was set for War.My children were getting prepared for the worst! Hate Leaflets were being spread. The HUTU were getting armed. The TUTSI were getting scared.

Sis, one sad morning, IT HAPPENED!

I heard children screaming! I saw women crying! I heard men wailing! MY HEART ALMOST STOPPED!

Sis, within 100 days, My children turned into animals! They butchered each other! Slaughtered each other! Ambushed each other!

I watched as 1,000 TUTSI children were burnt alive in a Polish Catholic Church!

I watched as 2,500 TUTSI men were bombed to death while hiding in a tiny,crowded Church!

I watched sadly as around 250,000 girls were mercilessly raped and beaten to death!

I watched as 400,000 TUTSI men lost their manhood after it was cut in public by the HUTU!

I watched as 2,000 women were thrown into a pit of fire like dead houseflies!

I watched endless rivers of blood flow in my streets!

I watched children crying,children mourning their parents,children being slaughtered with machetes!

I watched as USA President ,Bill Clinton and the U.N peace keepers ignored Me! Letting Me destroy myself!

I knew that’s was the END OF ME.

It was sad! Painful! Unbelievable!

For 100 days,My children did the worst! It was blood,tears,sorrow,pain,death and agony!

And Finally,I LOST A MILLION PEOPLE! Yes,A MILLION Tutsi and Hutu died in just 100 days!

When the madness stopped,I knelt and thanked God!

They were fighting for a politician! Fighting for a tribe! Fighting for power!

BUT what did they gain? NOTHING! Absolutely NOTHING!

Until today, I HAVE NEVER recovered from the madness! I have so many scars,so much pain!

Sis,

I see Your people are holding elections in 3days. I see You guys are getting ready! I see two major Kenyan tribes,LUO and KIKUYU,have the major Presidential Candidates.

Sis, take My Word;

.Whatever happens ,

.Whoever wins

.Whoever loses

.Whether they rig or not

.Whether the loser accepts the results or not

.Whatever they tell You

.Whether they incite You or Not

.Whatever grudge you may have towards the winning tribe or Candidate

Sis,

I ASK YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD,

Please,DO NOT DO WHAT WE DID!

.Do NOT burn that church

.Do NOT rape that woman

.Do NOT slaughter those children

.Do NOT mutilate those hands or legs

.Do NOT use that panga

.Do NOT massacre those poor kids!

Sis,I LOVE YOU! Am always praying for You, I want the BEST for you!

Take it from Me Sis,

Sis, am crying as I write this….my eyes are wet…My heart is heavy….

Sis,AM DOWN ON MY KNEES: I ASK YOU IN THE NAME OF JEHOVAH GOD,DO NOT DO WHAT WE DID!!! Do NOT!

I would NEVER wish that ANY COUNTRY goes through what I did! NEVER!

Kenya,I LOVE YOU SIS!

You are BIGGER than any tribe or any politician!

Have a fun election day.

LOVE,
RWANDA.

The Tujuane-Mirfat melodrama has been thrown into another twist. Just hours after Tujuane issued a statement denying the allegations by Mirfat that the show follows a script, Citizen TV’s Julie Gichuru has added her voice to issue.

According to Julie, Mirfat is being subjected to online bullying just because she followed the script of the show. Expressing her disappointment that the Kenyan online community is victimizing the poor lady for what she terms as “a choreographed TV show”.

“The current hideous and relentless online bullying of a young lady for a choreographed tv show is simply sad. We must reject #bullying” tweeted the Citizen TV anchor.

So, can the allegations by Mirfat that she works for Julie Gichuru be true or was Julie simply coming to the rescue of a misconstrued lady? Be the judge….

Having made a debut this month complete with a name overhaul, the Churchill Show has in deed lived up to its promise of being bigger and better. Despite having a false-start but eventually taking off to an improved first episode, the organizer of the show, Laugh Industry, has made sure its fans are not disenchanted.

With live recording of the show every Tuesday at the Carnivore, Churchill Show has continued to pull crowds. Take a look at some of the scenes from Tuesday’s show (which will air on Sunday on NTV);

 

MC Jesse leads the other comedians in a prayer backstage

 

Eric Omondi (L) & Churchill do a jig

 

Eric Omondi on stage

 

MC Jesse articulating a point

 

MC Jesse (L) & Ghetto Radio’s Mbusii

 

A section of fans

 

The production room

 

Big Ted sipping some water before getting on stage

 

And finally on stage

 

Churchill engages a section of the audience

 

A delighted fan laughs her heart out

 

More laughter

 

Just days after releasing her latest sexy photos, socialite Vera Sidika is receiving so much hate on her Facebook page. Apparently some malicious faceless guy created Facebook and Twitter accounts dedicated to abhor the bootylicious swimsuit model.

Fed up with the detestation that had gravitate to family, Vera decided to address them in finality. Take a look;

“Haters can kiss my ASS…Long heels…Red bottoms” (and posted the following photo)

 

 

 

That was last night, this morning Vera posted this;

It’s one thing to hate on someone.it’s another to be disrespectful and insult.n abuse their parents.Especially when you don’t know them…I woke up to a page that was created yesterday. &its sad how someone would take their time to hate so much. n abuse my mum n dad. (I don’t care if u call me all sorts of names n insult me) just don’t bring my mum n dad into the picture.

It’s hurtful…very. but I’m a strong lady.I will just continue praying for them. (though I think I know who is behind this)

Fab day y’all.

Barely a week after convening a meeting with his mischievous neighbours where he addressed the election issue, Larry Asego turns his attention to his boss to bring him up-to-date with the latest state of affairs in politics and requests him to pay them before the elections.

Here’s his letter to him;

Dear Boss. What’s up? Not as in hovering in the air but as in of greetings. We hear Njoro the accountant wants to go to Nyandarua to vote before signing our salos, tell him to stop those ones of bogus. He’s such a dwanzi. A dwanzi is a guy who is not there his all. Not as in absent but as in doesnt know what’s cutting, not as in with a knife but as in wassup. Anyway Feb is the illest month coz you pay us mapema. You are the illest, not as in you are sick but as in you are the top shutter my guy, not top shutter like for the door but like DNG. DNG is an artist who shaved his dreadlocks. You don haffi dread to be rasta by the way.

Anyway Vomiting Joyce aka Vomz is sad bars will close two days before elections. Her busaa joint is closed coz Mama Nyanduse aka MaPlank has gone to Kisii to vote. Kisii is a place where people talk loudly on the phone and threaten girls not to dump them. So we will see if her morning sickness that started at 3pm will resume today or if she stops vomzing. By the way Oxford acceptesVomzing as a word to replace vomiting so they will send us compensation money. Hehehehe we gonna make it rain up in here over there in your office. Not as in pour water but as in get jiggywid it.
Speaking of office, Kama wants to organise a bash in your office after elections to celebrate whoever wins. A bash is a get together where people just show up with their friends without being invited. He has a new squeeze by the way, her name is Magdaline but you can call heMagdalish. Not squeeze as in oranges but as in gachugwa. Gachugwa is a romantic term that means oranges. Not as in on Delmonte but as in of yellow yellow. Not as in of airport taxis but as in a shorty. Not as in heightwise but ngaofliend.

Johnny is also standing in Kibra. Kibra is a place where everybody knows welding. It used to be Kibera until after the debate. Anyway Not standing as in not seated but as in politically. He wants to be Women’s Rep since he has qualifications. He is Mama Yao remember. And he is also illuminati and he has connections, not as in electrician but as in grassroots. Not grassroots as in farmer but he is so on top bad. He says he will be back to work if things bite themselves each other so dont advertise his post. By the way we will not be in next week since we will go to vote and we are voting far far. So incase we dont show up the whole week dont catch feelings. We will be back like Swazneger, he is an alien.

Anyway pay us by today Johhny wants cash to campaign. We love you and your wife. You are the illest. Not as in sick. But if you dont vote then you are the illest that one of sick and we will laugh at you like Maragolis khikhikhikhikhikhi.

Cheers Big Boss. Not big as in you are fat, infact you are my weight mate.

With the general polls just around the corner, Kenyan media houses are tightening their belts to outclass each other in elections coverage. Last night, KTN unveiled a state-of-the-art studio that can only be likened to the ones owned by CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera.

Dubbed the “Election Centre”, the studio has a Google Hangout and two other venues; The Summit and the main studio all harmonized to bring their viewer up to speed with election goings-on. With the Election Centre in place KTN has made interactivity very easy not with its local viewers but also those streaming live.

Here are some of the images of the Election Centre;

 

 

Just over a week before the election, a film about Kenyan peace and identity was released.

Late January saw the release of Something Necessary, a feature film about a woman rebuilding her life after the 2007 chaos. And now comes Ni Sisi, the cinematic adaptation of SAFE’s street theatre act which revolved around the theme of Kenyan identity, youth empowerment, forgiveness and personal accountability for keeping peace.

The film stars familar faces from Nairobi Half Life led by Joseph K. Wairimu, Jacky Vike and Godfrey Ojiambo. Others include Peter King, Krysteen Savane, Umi Rajab, Mwajuma Bahati, Ednah Daisy, Paul Kades, Irungu Wairimu, Mercy Wanjiru, Ali Mlatso, Trizah Musimbi, Trizah Kabue and Alfred Calypso.

Ni Sisi was directed by Nick Reding with funding from Hivos, Safaricom and Minority Rights Group. Google Kenya funded the printing of the DVD sleeves.

The film promotes peace and a unified Kenyan identity and spreads the message of personal accountability and strength through a gripping story and humour. Check out the trailer below.
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After Jolene of Tahidi High endorsed Raila for top seat in the country, former Miss Tourism and immediate former Narok South legislator Ole Ntimama’s daughter, Debra Sanaipei Ntimama is the latest hot female celeb to endorse the PM.

The former beauty queen cites developed and 24 hour economy as her reason for voting for Raila Odinga in the Monday polls. “He has promised to take Kenya to the next level from 3rd world to first world. We will be the next economic powerhouse in Africa…”said Debra in a video.

Debra also urged other Kenyans to vote for Raila come March 4th. Here’s the video;

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Competition in the television set market is set to heat up with the launch of several high-end products launched recently.

First there was a  Kshs. 1 million TV from Sharp Electronics, then last week saw the launch of LG’s Kshs. 2 million set. Now Sony has also released a television set with a mindblowing price tag.Sony’s Bravia LED will be retailed at Kshs. 3.5 million. Like the LG, Sony’s set is 84 inches while Sharp’s is 80 inches.

Sony says the set delivers high-resolution large-screen picture with powerful sound and visuals to provide an immersive theater-like experience besides having four times the resolution of full high definition standard.

The Bravia’s engine is capable of reproducing any content with different resolutions, from movies, photographs to games, into stunningly crisp, high-quality images thanks to the 4K X-Reality PRO feature.

I just got my mitts on some exciting photos of Vera Sidika showing off her stunning bombshell bikini body and i just had to share. Why? Well, i believe in sharing things with the lads. As Snoop Dogg said so famously back when; “It aint no fun ‘less the boys can get some!” And with that, i present to you:

 

 

 

 

 

You can check out her other pictures here.

Hardly four days have passed since this video was uploaded on YouTube and now the number of views it has is just crazy.

 

It’s been exactly three days since Madharau Mirfat’s memes and funny videos started being created and shared all over the social media and now, she is famous, for all the wrong reasons though.

According to the Kenyan YouTube Charts, The 12th episode of Tujuane, which is basically Madharau Mirfat’s leap into fame, is now the most viewed video this week with 150, 418 views and counting.

 

Let’s just wait and see how many more views it will have managed to get by the end of the week.

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With the General Elections beckoning, artists and actors alike are putting their heads together to promote peaceful co-existence to avoid a repeat of the 2007/08 scenario. Already, there are a number of songs out encouraging harmony among Kenyans ahead of the elections.

As such, Kenyan actors have come together under the banner “One Tribe, One Kenya” to champion for peace in the country. Reminding Kenyans of the ugly scenes that are brought about by turmoil, the exact scenario five years ago, the actors beseech Kenyans to remain peaceful.

Apart from the peace message, the actors also call upon Kenyans to vote for peace by voting wisely. Above all, the actors are saying that despite the different ethnic backgrounds, we are one tribe echoing the words of the National Anthem.

Take a look;

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Scientists believe that there are 7 people in the world with a similar face. Well, for Lilian Muli-Kanene, one has already been discovered.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls say hello to Charity Kimani, the gorgeous KTN journalist and future anchor that bears a striking resemblance to the Citizen TV anchor.

John Sibi Okumu recently joined Kiss TV but he is still doing what he loves best, writing plays.

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Phoenix Players brings you its next production, an original play by one of its most illustrious and extraordinary alumni, actor and writer John Sibi-Okumu. He has recently been working as a host for Kiss TV on JSO at 7:00.

The new play started on Friday, 15th February and will run till Sunday, 2nd March. It’s a rich tapestry of emotion and discovery that will have you see yourself and your community in a series of encounters the characters have. George Mungai directs an amazing cast of Phoenix Players in bringing this production to life.

SYNOPSIS: “Faoulata, under the guise of interviewing her grandmother for a book on the families of political dissenters is, in fact, searching for her own roots. She already knows that the father whom she has never seen since she was a little girl went into exile and formed a union abroad with a woman other than her own mother.

There is expectation in the air: Her father Augustus, ‘Gus’ to all, is returning to be in Kenya in time to witness momentous elections. Some excitement and tension are also foreseeable; Some sensitive encounters will be in order. Over a series of ‘Meetings’ what will be resolved, and what will not?”

Phoenix Players is offering corporate theatre nights of the full auditorium, 120 seats, or half a theatre, 60 seats, if you would like your company to block book seats to entertain your clients, friends or colleagues. For more information about this, call 020 2225506 or 0729 913 425.

Vera Sidika, the big booty girl who got P-Unit’s “You Guy” video banned, was viciously attacked by socialite Huddah Monroe.

 Huddah went to the extent of claiming that she had nvde photos of Vera in her possession. In that article, we framed it as though the two had beef with each other, but Vee Beiby has come to clear up the air on what is really happening.

Vee says that it is only Huddah who has a problem with her, but she does not have a problem with Huddah.”I would not like to be associated or mentioned next to that girl you put me up with,” she told us, “I haven’t mentioned any names in any of my tweets, I’ve not been in any tweef with anyone.” There she was alluding to the alleged Twitter beef with Huddah.

At this point, I think I should mention that Vera and Huddah were once put on a Ghafla! poll asking who was the hotter of the two. Vera won.

Vee Beiby continued, “She’s just bitter coz I’ve been travelling alot lately. I didn’t beef her. I’m sure beef is word on word directly. SHE says I lied that I was in Ghana. SHE started it. SHE was beefing all morning about my trip to Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria. I didn’t get why it would bother her.If I went or not, it shouldn’t concern her. I don’t wanna be associated or put in a story with her.”

So there you have it. No more Vera vs. Huddah. The beef is squashed.