Month: November 2013

Club Legend follows up the Reggae and Rock & Techno Nights, with a new theme night today.

Club Legend will take you back in time courtesy of DJ Henry 254. The DJ mixes mixes music from a wide variety of genres including hip hop, reggae, R&B and ragga. Tonight he plays the best music from the ’80s and ’90s, so come out and relive the past with the era’s greatest jams.

Club Legend is situated on Baricho Road, off Uhuru Highway. The party starts at 7.00 p.m. and goes on till late. Come out and enjoy great music, amazing food, happy hour and exciting offers on beers.

Today is the day you will get to experience Liddos’ classy newest theme night.

After undergoing refurbishment late last year, the club’s cozy lounge can now host classier patrons and events such as the latest one.

Today and every other Wednesday, the club brings you Red Wine Unplugged, which takes place from 8.00 p.m. till dawn. At the event, enjoy discounts on selected wines and vodka throughout the night with special offers for groups.

The club has also introduced the Tasting Bar where clients are introduced and educated on drinks that they might not know about yet by a team of well-trained staff.

The club also offers secure parking with diligent attendants, thorough security checks at the entrance, state of the art lighting and sound systems. Liddos Club is situated on Keekorok Road in the CBD.

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It was only fitting that Randy and Gussy return to Kenya for the Sepetuka Music Festival. They are definitely Sepetuka legends.

The Silver Star duo is known for there energy–bringing it weekly to their Friday night show on HBR. They have been making steady ground in shows across the African continent over the past couple of years since we last saw them, so to say that the 254 is anticipating their arrival is an understatement.

Silver Star are one of the UK’s most dedicated international DJs; bringing Reggae Dancehall music to audiences far and wide.

Silver Star spent four years broadcasting their weekly show on BBC Radio 1Xtra worldwide. They currently present their weekly radio shows Dancehall Africa across a number of radio stations on the continent.

Not only are they popular names on the Radio circuit they were also hosts of the Dancehall Chart show on MTV Base Africa for many years and are now part of the production team for MTV Base Africa’s Dancehall Riddims video mix show.

The Sepetuka Music Fest which takes place on 30th November at the Carnivore grounds from 4.00 p.m. till dawn. The event is sponsored by Smirnoff, The Hilton, Multichoice, Channel O and Homeboyz Radio.

Tomorrow, Liddos Discotheque brings you a laid back, chilled out theme night for ones with class.

Tomorrow and every other Wednesday, the club brings you Red Wine Unplugged, which takes place from 8.00 p.m. till dawn. At the event, enjoy discounts on selected wines and vodka throughout the night with special offers for groups.

The club has also introduced the Tasting Bar where clients are introduced and educated on drinks that they might not know about yet by a team of well-trained staff.

The club also offers secure parking with diligent attendants, thorough security checks at the entrance, state of the art lighting and sound systems. Liddos Club is situated on Keekorok Road in the CBD.

She is one of the most soulful singers we have in Kenya at the moment. And she will be performing when Nairobi picks its most beautiful girl.

Wendy Kimani will be one of the performers at the gala that will be the culmination of the search of The Face of Nairobi.

The 26 year old singer got her biggest break when she made it to the Tusker Project Fame house and bowed out as the first runner-up in the reality show competition. She has recorded with some of Kenya’s biggest producers including Tim Rimbui, Chris Adwar, Wawesh of Penya records and Musyoka.

She has performed with some of the country’s top artistes including Eric Wainaina, Atemi, The Villagers Band, Didge, Kaz, David Ogola and Maia, Sauti Sol, Dela, Stan, Shamir, Chizi, Wakamba Wawili, Gypsies and Liz Ogumbo.

Let her dazzle you at the Pride Inn Hotel on November 30th between 7.00 p.m. and 11.00 p.m. at the Face of Nairobi gala. Ordinary tickets to The Face Of Nairobi show will go for Kshs. 1,500 while VIP tickets are going for Kshs. 2,500. Get advance tickets at missnairobi.com.

The event will be Emceed by radio presenter and writer Pinky Ghelani. The music will be provided courtesy of actor and presenter DJ Pierra Makena. The Face of Nairobi pageant is brought to you by Celtic Entertainment and Pride Inn (Hotel & Conferencing).

He is one of the biggest artistes in the country. He has won numerous awards, including Male Artiste of the Year. Now he is releasing his debut album.

Willy Paul has taken the Kenyan entertainment scene by storm with tracks such as Sitolia, You Never Know and Lala Salama. His meteoric rise has seen him dominate charts, the airwaves and awards shows. Not bad for someone who is just finishing high school.

Right after he finishes his KCSE examinations, he is giving his fans what they have been waiting for: an album. The You Never Know album launch will take place on 30th of November from 12.00 p.m. at the KICC. Entry to the star-studded event will only be Kshs. 150.

the singer will not be alone. Supporting him, will be some of the biggest entertainers in the gospel music world. Also performing will be Daddy Owen, Jimmy Gait, Size 8, Solomon Mkubwa, Christian Shusho, Ben Githae, gloria Muliro, DK Kwenye Beat, Bahati, MOG, Mr. Seed, Hey-Z, Shiru Wa GP, HopeKid, Churchill King, DJ Saidc, DJ Mo, Eric Omondi, Juliani, Eko Dydda, DJ Touch and Betty Bayo.

The You Never Know album launch is supported by Mwafaka Entertainment, Radio Maisha, Cellulant, Xpose Ltd, Mista Sam, Liberty Afrika Technologies, On time Garage and Kenya Red Cross.

After successful introduction of the female stand-up comedian, Wanjiku the Teacher, the man quietly behind these successful crop of stand-up comedians, Sammy Mwangi, brings you yet another female stand-up comedian on 30th November at the Alliance Francaise gardens.

She actually is the lady who used to act in the addictive local soap called Wingu La Moto as Waridi. Drumroll… the crazy female stand-up comedian is ‘President Waridi’. Through the now much-acclaimed monthly stand-up comedy show, HOT SEAT by Heartstrings Entertainment, President Waridi has swiftly and surely poised herself to take up the top ranks of the clustered crop of female comedians.

Her gut-busting running slogan across her shows is “I don’t take crap”. She has hilariously taken an authoritative position to show just how presidents should run a country. She simply says what presidents don’t have a privilege of saying. In fact she has been considered to be the kind of president that the rest of the Presidents will want to watch.

Knowing Sammy Mwangi, this month’s HOT SEAT will certainly live to its billing. Visit and like their page, Heartstrings Entertainment, on Facebook to find out why.

So yesterday we told you how Ukoo Flani rapper Cannibal’s Dubai show was an epic flop after only 3 people turned up for the much-hyped show. And while Cannibal cried foul and even asked for help after he was allegedly unable to travel back home, the internets in Kenya wasn’t the best place to do that because when you ask the internet for help, you’re asking for trouble.

This afternoon KOT, being who they are, have been trolling Cannibal unsympathetically as they poked fun at the botched show.

@JoeWMuchiri: “Only 3 People Turned Up For Rapper Cannibal’s Dubai Show” HAHA people should do research before going abroad to do a concert.

@verbstract: AHAHAHA my avi had more people!

@JoeWMuchiri: PAHAHA “@verbstract: Hahahaha Are you Cannibal’s girlfriend? cc @JoeWMuchiri RT @miss_have: Can my man get here from Dubai Uuugggh!

@Rube_Mfalme: but you can’t be named cannibal & expect people to show up at yo event…… only zombies can show up

@PatOski_: Cannibal at the show

@njiiru: Cannibal’s experience was threelling.

@tizomu: If you walked into Cannibal’s concert you’d think its medal ceremony Haha

@sickolia_ : Cannibal should have just sent the 3 people that attended his concert A video if him performing on A Whatsapp group.

@Amamacho: 3 people flew Cannibal to Dubai for a private concert and you people be making fun? I suspect he even gave them a lapdance Lol

@sickolia_ : Jua Cali would have gone to that Cannibal concert and said “Watatuuuu mnajua niaje?”

@njiiru: Cannibal left that place so fast back to kenya and was like ..Dubye.

@masaku_ : Cannibal persuading people to attend concert

@Gorddn_: Cannibal was like,wapi nduru weuweee!!! and the 3 people replied; “haja-come

@droid254: Exclusive pic from cannibal’s concert in Dubai

@masaku_: Cannibal and his fans leaving the concert

@xtiandela: meanwhile..at Cannibal’s concert

@BoshidoBrown: if one person went out to make a call,or to the loo,cannibal had to wait for him to comeback for the show to continue

@LamsKenya_: Twitter character limit has more words than the people that attended Cannibal’s concert.

@xtiandela: Maina Kageni breaking the news about Cannibal’s Concert on KTN

@MtuPombe: after the concert this is what happened to cannibal’s cat

@masaku_: Exclusive images of Cannibal arriving at his concert

 @ATheChamp: @ItsElPoet and his boys before hittin the Cannibal concert last night

@masaku_: Cannibal spotted in Dubai raising money for his plane ticket

@i_Agina: Ati vidole za Cannibal ni nyingi kuliko mafans wake

@masaku_: Dakika tu tatu – Daddy owen ft Cannibal

@MaN__Kena: TMK Wanaume ni wengi kushinda mafans wa Cannibal

@LamsKenya_: BREAKING: Cannibal spotted at CBD asking random people to attend his next concert to be held at the Sarakasi Dome.

@Deniski_: Cannibal must have been THREEled when he saw his audience.

TPF6 kicked off a month ago with 15 contestants from the 6 East African countries (Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, South Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda).Seven have been sent home and eight have been left standing.

They are all talented but only one can take home the coveted 5 Million Shillings. Which of them do you think will win Tusker Project Fame?

Hope Irakoze – Burundi

Kojjo – Uganda

Nyambura – Kenya

Hisia – Tanzania

Daisy – Uganda

Amos & Josh – Kenya

Phionah – Rwanda

Patrick – Rwanda

{acepolls 100}

Kenyan, and African football fans by and large, depend on SuperSport for live scores, match results and player ratings and analysis from the top football leagues and competitions. However, unknown to most of them, SuperSport has state-of-the-art studios on Ngong Road, Nairobi where match analysis they watch on TV live is shot at.

The studios were constructed in a bid to increase local content with the expansive grounds equipped with the latest equipment in video, sound lighting and editing see more sports material from East Africa on SuperSport.

The four-studio complex has been designed for flexibility to support presentation of SuperSport for East African sports events. Take a look;

The studio when the cameras are not rolling

The new look studio

The Control rooms and post production suites

The All New Simba Super Soccer- Studio

So next time you’re watching the next K’ogallo and Ingwe match from the comfort of your living room, know that the analysis is being shot not-so-far away.

The Kenyan matatu culture has almost been considered rebellious. But time to celebrate it has come.

The initiative will work as a motor show, which is a showcase of the different elements of the unique Kenyan Matatu culture, popular among the youth, in a positive way, and the award ceremony that entails the public selecting the best PSVs and personnel.

Below take a look of matatus from the past generation.

One of the many events that will take place at the Sondeka Fest includes Workouts.

Workouts is a component of the festival geared to target aerobics enthusiasts. There will be a gym instructor on hand to take participants through the routines.

Workouts will take place on the last two days of the event, 30th November and 1st December, between 8.00 a.m. and 9.00 a.m. Entry is free.

Sondeka Fest is a three-day creative arts festival which will go down at the GreenHouse, Ngong Road, between 29th November and 1st December.

The event is open to the public and will enable creative entrepreneurs to showcase and sell their goods and services, attract investment and develop new markets. It is also geared towards celebrating Kenya at 50. Thus the theme “Kenya At 50 and Beyond”.

This is the latest club that has entered the local recreational and entertainment scene.

You are invited to the official launch of Natives Sports Bar & Grill, which will take place this Thursday, November 21st on Thika Road, opposite Shell petrol station near the EABL entrance.

Performing at the launch will be one of Kenya’s greatest music imports, the dynamic and revered Kidum, together with his band. On the decks spinning the best of local and international hits will be DJ Hypnotic.

The first 150 customers who will walk through the doors will be treated to a Johnnie Ginger Cocktail. You can’t afford to miss this event. Gates open from 6.00 p.m.

Shots will be sold at Kshs. 150 while local beers will be Kshs. 200.

One of the speakers at Performers Knowledge Talk will be Felix Onyango, a certified professional coach, public speaker and author of two personal development books. He is a member of The International Coach Federation (ICF) and holds the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential from ICF.

Felix is the author of three books, Anointed for God’s Purpose, The Quest for Greatness and Nuggets for Greatness. He is the founder and CEO of The Greatness Clinic Limited, an outfit offering executive and leadership coaching services to help both individuals and organizations improve their effectiveness and attain their highest potential.

He has worked with clients from diverse backgrounds helping them move from where they are to where they need to get, whether that relates to organizational goals or personal goals.

Felix holds a Bachelors Degree in Land Economics from the University of Nairobi and is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Organizational Leadership from Fort Hays State University. Felix speaks, blogs and writes articles which provide vital content for those seeking to fuel their drive to greatness.  He is also a columnist with the Management Magazine.

Felix will be one of the motivational speakers at Performers Knowledge Talk on 30th November, 2013 between 1.00 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. at Nairobi Cinema.

Besides Felix, others speakers at PKT will be Mobile Decisioning CEO Julian Kyula and Quest Group Consulting CEO Peter Achira. The event will be hosted by none other than Citizen TV presenter Johnson Mwakazi.

Tickets to this life-changing event will be Kshs. 500 in advance and Kshs. 800 at the gate. Advance tickets are available on ticketsasa.com, Kassanga Music Stores on Moi Avenue and on Gill House (Tom Mboya Street/Gedi Street) and at Wakestar Book Store at Rehani House (Koinange Street).

Ghafla is certainly going places. that has never been in doubt. If anything, third party analytics from Google have smashed any and every doubt anyone has ever had in the Ghafla strategy. And recently, a website that aggregates business information gave Mista Majani a call seeking to find out about Ghafla’s good fortune.

This was how the interview was:

Ghafla won’t win any journalism awards any time soon, but it’s evidence that some of the revenue models pioneered by a few American outlets are finding uptake elsewhere.

Kenya is attracting a good deal of attention from the Internet-inclined these days. It has seen a new wave of impact investors, entrances by IBM and Google, and musings that the country is primed for Bitcoin.

ghaflaThere’s also buzz around the popular entertainment news site, Ghafla, which is counting more than 1.2 million monthly uniques four years since it launched, according to founder Sam Majani. These metrics make Ghafla the country’s most popular entertainment news site, and Majani says he’s making 13 times what he spends on operations for a profit of over 90 percent.

His secret?

Majani told me he tries to take the best practices from U.S. media companies figuring out their business models. He relies on sponsored content and daily deals and runs a shop that is “very, very lean,” he says. Ghafla’s expenses are low, less than $15,000 per year. Majani says it costs $225 per month for rent and Internet bills combined. He saves some money by sharing a dedicated web server with an uncle, and pays his five employees a few hundred dollars a month apiece. (Though this may seem on par with Kenya’s average annual salary of about $1,700 a year, using average salary as a benchmark in a country that’s home to many of the world’s poorest people is a problematic measure.)

“Everyone at Ghafla gets paid. It’s just that it’s not a lot,” Majani said in a February interview. “On the bright side, I’m positive we’ll be able to pay reasonable salaries by the end of this year.”

That confidence may stem from the fact that Ghafla is netting some $20,000 a month, Majani says. The lion’s share of revenue — about 60 percent — comes from banner-ad deals with major sponsors like the French telecom company Orange and the national utility Kenya Power. Around 20 or 25 percent of revenue comes from sponsored content, especially event posts. About 10 percent comes from running ads on social media, Facebook and Twitter, where his pages have combined followings of nearly 150,000. The rest comes from a “Daily Deals” partnership with a ticket-selling company, which Majani expects will expand.

Ghafla isn’t going to be winning investigative journalism awards any time soon; its bread and butter is entertainment coverage and celebrity gossip, but the site also features event listings, some news, and crowd-sourced lyrics — a hold-over from the site’s origins.

To read the rest of the article, please click this link.

I decided to make a list of 12 lessons people can learn from Ghafla because Christ had 12 disciples. And the unique thing about my list of things people should know or get to experience while in their twenties is the fact that I am writing it from an entertainment angle. I figure, seeing as I am turning 25 this Friday, I should share some of my experiences and the lessons I learnt from them. And some are hilarious, some are dark.

When you turn 20, an entire new world opens up to you. There is university or college. You’re finally old enough to talk about adult topics such as sex and understand the ramifications of your decisions. Your parents no longer treat you like a toddler and even encourage you to go out and make mistakes of your own (within reason). But there are some of us who get hung on being 16 for years while others are 21 and have the maturity and wisdom af 60year olds who have lived a lifetime of bad decisions. and the entertainment industry is awash with the two types. Why? well, because the entertainment industry attracts extroverts& narcissistic.
And some of the things I have learnt over the years working at Ghafla are:

#1. Learn to network.
Learn to talk to people when you’re out. Learn to hobknob and mingle; you never know when it will come in handy.

#2. Make REAL friends.
Working for Ghafla I have watched celebrities back-stab each other. I have watched careers rise and plumet and I have seen as “friends” scatter from you when the hard times come. Make real friends because these will last a lifetime. My colleagues are some of my best friends. Wait, does that mean I have a sad life? still trying to figure that out.

#3. Seek a mentor.
Mista Majani is mine. That is why I joined Ghafla. I joined so i could start something of my own. Mista Majani took me under his wing and would invite me for meetings with his investors. Seek out mentors who are truly out to help you. Not mentors who are doing so simply to assuage whatever guilt they have accumulated in life. Seek mentors who will help you grow both professionally and mentally.

#4. Take risks.
When I joined Ghafla, I was a finance student at JKUAT. I had the Ghafla records at my disposal. I saw the trajectory Ghafla is headed on and i decided to join full time. I took a risk -a calculated gamble if you will. The way I see life, while you are 20-something, you are young enough to make mistakes and still have time to recover. You can stake your world on a decision, watch your world crumble and still have the youthful vigour necessary to pick yourself up and move on -especially if you have no dependents.

#5. Never rush life.
Life is short, live it to the fullest. Be young while you’re young. Be silly. Laugh when you feel like and within reason, do what you will. You owe it to yourself.

#7. Have a passion
Before joining Ghafla, my passion was watches. I found it very easy to apply the same passion I have for collecting and restoring watches into working at Ghafla. That is one thing everyone seems to comment about when I meet them. And it makes me want to succeed at Ghafla.

#8. Ignore the haters and detractors.
Ghafla is at a point where everyone has noticed us. Some hate seeing young people make money. Others are inspired. Some say words of encouragement but the loud minority love to hate. Learn to ignore the noise. Keep your eyes on the prize always. When Ghafla was starting out, alot of people had something negative to say about starting an “entertainment website”. When I wanted to join, alot of people spoke ill about Ghafla. They now call me asking for favours and employment opportunities. As Sue Watiri once told me, “No one ever throws rocks at a fruitless tree!”

#9. Celebrities too are human.
Stop idolizing socialites and celebrities. They are only here to entertain. stop trying to be like them and for heavensake stop whining about that “naked socialite” simply because she has a better body than you. Learn to see them for what they are, entertainers and leave it at that.

#10. Cultivate a work ethic.
Working hard is something admirable. Forget all the trustfund-babies who spend all day doing nothing. Working hard is my form of worship. I work like a slave so I may eat like a king when the appointed time arrives.

#11. Save.

I have seen so many celebrities fall off and land in the jaws of poverty and that scares me. Some get invited abroad and when things do not work out, lack the funds needed for a bailout. I do not want to go down that path!

#12. Cultivate your reputation.

Think of your reputation as your brand. What comes to mind when people mention your name. Mine is that I am a man of my word. I have never had to reassure a celebrity or source that I will not run their name when I run an expose. They know I will not.
I have also never been yelled at by anyone demanding a take down. Everyone knows better.