Month: September 2014

It is almost exactly one year on since the Westgate Mall Massacre, wounds that terrorists allied to the Alshaabab militia group healing steadily but scar still fresh and hearting.

Kenyans and the world were shell-shocked by the happenings that fateful morning. It was one of the darkest days that befell this republic.

The showbiz industry was hit as well. It was actually hit so hard. Ruhila Adatia Sood, one of Kenya’s most talented TV and radio voices was a victim of the circumstances. She lost her life to the bullet of an insurgent.

One year on, her sweet melodious voice stills rings in her followers’ minds. Those days in Kiss 100 and Metro East FM studios as a presenter are missed.

Not only was Adatia a media darling but also a very philanthropic individual who died while hosting a cooking competition for kids. It also appalls big time remembering that Adatia was six months pregnant on her demise.

Even as we celebrate the heroes of the Westgate Mall Tragedy and mourn those who left us, their legacy still lingers on amongst us, and so does Adatia’s, strongly.

Talk of standup comedy in Kenya then sure Churchill is the king of it all; he is one person I would say he has the “power” to make or kill the careers of comedians in this country.

A product of the then famed Redykyulass comedy by Nyambane, Tonny and K.J, Churchill rose to outdo and outshine all the comedy shows in the country to become a benchmark of standup comedy in the country today. When I remember Churchill as one of the guest comedian at Redykyulass; I swear I could not imagine a little bit that the then Churchill would one day be the king of comedy in the country. He rose to success slowly but cemented his footprint on the country’s wall of fame in a way that is widely admired by so many people.

Churchill has always been philanthropic enough to share his success by giving upcoming and underground comedians the much needed platform to launch their careers. Many have risen to fame under the care of Churchill and many are still being introduced to the market. Churchill show has always been the grooming ground for comedians from across the country to be introduced to the greater Kenyan audience.

Many of the established comedians left Churchill to launch their own shows but it is a rather disappointing phenomena that most of them terribly failing in their endeavors. First there was Eric Omondi who left to start his own show Hawayuni show on KTN. The show did not last long; it had a poor reception with Kenyans and was henceforth terminated and Eric returned back to Churchill show. Eric has tried his luck for the second time and he has started the Untamed show; the question I ask is, will Eric’s show stand the taste of time?

Then there was Teacher Wanjiku; she took Churchill show by storm and quickly became the darling of many. She had matured enough in her career and she too left to start her own show on Citizen TV. Her ordeal was rather an embarrassing one as her show was immediately terminated after only airing a single episode of the show. She eventually disappeared from the screens of our television sets and now not much is known of her.

Many other comedians too have left Churchill Show seeking greener pastures only to end up flopping in their ambitions. The good Churchill has always had open arms as he has received the prodigal sons back whenever they pop back from their failed escapades. Does Churchill hold the destiny of Kenyan comedians on his hand?

‘Osiep Chunya’ is a Luo word simply translated as the love of my heart. We are not in a Dholuo class though.

These words were spotted in a photo uploaded by the prominent comedian who keeps gracing our radios and screens week in, week out.

Awinja in his Facebook page which goes by his real name, Kazungu Matano, had these soft words for the soft-spoken queen of KTN LEO’s news show.

Further speculation has been stirred up by the fact that Mashirima’’s photo acts as Awinja’s profile picture.

Could the two be up for something? Keep Ghafla! Kenya for a detailed coverage of this blossoming kind of a love affair.

Bonoko ‘Safara Wa Mungu’ made his debut into the spotlight in an unusual way.

An audio clip of a street urchin giving his hilarious account of a crime that had taken place surfaced online and soon everyone wanted a piece of the guy in the clip. And that is how Bonoko became a household name!

But a post shared by Bonoko indicates that he has been fired. Check it out

We are trying to get hold of DJ Bling and the management at Ghetto Radio, we will update you as soon as we get a response.

He is such a loud screamer on social media than in person; at least that is a conclusion that anyone will derive from the situation that befell Biko Zuru after he was denied visa to the United Kingdom then got a personal tweet from the British High Commissioner himself after his tag went viral on twitter yesterday.

After Biko Zuru’s “Visa Denied” went viral on twitter yesterday, the British High Commissioner to Kenya Dr. Christian Turner took time off his busy schedule to personally tweet Biko and confirmed that he would look at details of Biko’s visa and get back to him.

Biko is a darling of most Kenyans especially on the social media due to the powerful articles that he writes; when the British High Commission denied him the visa, Kenyans took on to twitter to air out their frustrations with the British High Commission. Here is what Dr. Turner twitted:

@bikozulu Asante for powerful piece on visa refusal& your experience with bureaucracy. Will look at details & get back to you.

— Christian Turner (@HCCTurner) September 16, 2014

Whoever said a book cannot be charged its cover had really engaged their mind quite well.

Meet Nicholas Cheruiyot aka King Kafu, the Ghetto radio presenter who initially worked as an armed robber in Nairobi and this saying will become relevant to you. Before he narrates his story one would not imagine that such a soft-spoken lad had his own John Kiriamiti story to tell.

King Kafu lost his parents at a tender age and had to rely on his relatives for care and support. He was enrolled in primary school but later dropped out because he felt he couldn’t continue. Back to Kariokor where his relatives lived, he joined a group of youths where they sold scrap metal.

One incident, however, turned him into a lethal armed robber. It was in 2002 when he found himself behind bars after a journalist lost his camera in their neighborhood. They were swept to police custody where he languished for 6 months after which he was bailed out.

He opted to practice what he had been accused of initially. King Kafu says that he joined a gang of idlers who terrorized everyone they came across. From pick-pocketing to armed robbery, he lost his close confidants in the heinous acts as police sprayed bullets on them.

After losing the last of his best friends, King Kafu realized that ‘self employment’, as he called the crime, was not his thing. He instead opted to quit crime and join a better and lawful career, lest he loses his life as his friends, thanks to one of his remaining friends who introduced him to Ghetto radio.

His message to the youth is: Work hard and God has something in store for everybody.

Congrats King Kafu.

Is she just keeping fit or has she actually decided cut some weight? Socialite Corazon Kwamboka shared photos of herself working out at the gym a move that has left speculations to many people.

Can she actually have decided to work out on loosing some weight? I mean her money maker body is the one that got her all the fame and recognition she enjoys at the first place. Anyway we heard the news about Corazon landing on a new job as a TV host; could this be the reason as to why she decided to work on her all sexy body?

Since the revelation about her new job came to the public sphere, Corazon has been seen putting in some energy on the gym probably trying to keep that body even more fit. Here are the photos of Corazon at the gym:

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‘Deadbeat Parent’s is a disapproving term used to refer to parents who do not support their children -especially after divorce.

Most of these parents are usually taken to courts but as you all know the legal system in Kenya is unreliable for lack of a better word. And that is where Facebook Page ‘Deadbeat Kenya’ comes into play. The page which has become more and more popular shares images of parents, mostly fathers who flee from responsibility to their kids

The Dead-Beats are dragged to the ‘streets’ read Dead Beat Kenya and ‘dealt’ with ‘thoroughly’. This is usually done through ridicule and calling out the parents in the hope that the shame received will encourage them to shape up.For the rest of us who do not want to get caught up in the drama,we just watch from the sidelines like this:

Carry On…

This page made it to the BBC and now Washington Post has gotten in on the action.

Read all about it here

This morning a list of Kenya’s most hated Kenyan women went viral after an ‘independent American firm’ released the list.

Caroline Mutoko and Ciku Muiruri made the list .Along with ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda  and ‘fat-shaming’ blogger Njoki Chege.

Ciku Muiruri posted this tongue-in-cheek response to this new title:

I am the 10th most hated woman in Kenya according to what bloggers are crediting to a unnamed “independent American firm.” I would like to say a few words:

Thank you to the Academy for this incredible recognition. [Tears, applause.]
I want to thank my family and my friends.

When I see my name on this list, may it remind me and every little child that no matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid. [More tears, more applause.] Thank you. [laughs]

We live in a world where people really want to be liked and to fit in. However, I believe you can achieve unfathomable greatness if you let go off your fear of being hated or not fitting in.

I don’t know about you but fitting in and being liked in is overrated…unless these translates into cash in the bank. 😉
However sticking out like a sore thumb and being unapologetically you will really drive up a butt load of people up the wall.

I went through the list on women who are apparently the most hated women in Kenya and I could not help but guffaw loudly! This is because this list is a list of women who are not losers; they are women who have broken the glass ceiling. The iron ladies. Those who are not shy from declaring their opinion even if it will piss a load of people off.The ones that have broken the ‘women are to be seen not heard’ rule.

Look at these impressive jobs that these ‘hated’ women have:

1. Fatou Bensouda – ICC Prosecutor

2. Angela Ambitho – Infotrack Harris Founder

3. Martha Karua – Narc Kenya Chairperson

4. Gladwell Otieno – Founder AFRIGOG

5. Caroline Mutoko- Kiss 100, Radio Presenter.

6. Njoki Chege – Daily Nation columnist.

7. Atsango Chesoni – KNHCR commissioner

8. Millie Odhiambo – Mbita MP.

9. Maria Mabinti Kamara – ICC Outreach Cordinator Kenya.

10. Ciku Muiruri – former Radio presenter.

I don’t know about you ladies, but I would rather be hated than mediocre.

Africa’s biggest and the most lively reality show Big Brother Africa has ultimately revealed its first three contestants to the house; Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe contestants are the first ones to be unveiled.

Kenyans can no longer wait in anticipation to know who will be representing them on the continental reality show as Melvin Alusa has been officially confirmed as the Kenyan representative to Big Brother Africa. According to Maisha Magic website; the fans of the show will be introduced to three Big Brother housemates on a daily basis starting from today.

Uganda’s representative to Big Brother is Ellah while Zimbabwe’s is Butterphly. The show official starts on 5th of October, even so; I appeal to Kenyans to now keep up with the show on Maisha Magic on Dstv and get to vote in numbers so that our representative wins this year’s edition of Big Brother Africa.

                                                               Alusa (Kenyan representative)

                                                         Ellah (Ugandan representative)

                                              Butterphly (Zimbabwean representative)

Have come to conclude that Kenyans actually love hilarious staff; “Kenyans Are So Good At” has been trending on twitter since last week on Thursday and it seems it is just not about to lose that position soon.

The tag has featured some of the amusing posts you can actually read about Kenyans; the peculiar habits that distinguish Kenyans from the rest of the world are the one that people are actually laughing about. It is so funny to get to learn those odd things that Kenyans are very fond of doing; the posts will send you laughing out laugh. Anyway an apple a day keeps the doctor away, it is healthy to laugh so for that reason; check out some of the posts here:

#KenyansAreSoGoodAt killing talents through the 8-4-4 system

#KenyansAreSoGoodAt not accepting defeat

#KenyansAreSoGoodAt going at the airport and coming with an ascent

#KenyansAreSoGoodAt creating humour out of any situation- local or international.

#KenyansAreSoGoodAt either striking for salary increment or supporting their local teams.

#KenyansAreSoGoodAt complaining….

#KenyansAreSoGoodAt, making traffic excuses, ”niko kwa jam Thika road” but traffic updates say the road is clear.

#KenyansAreSoGoodAt Travelling 400kms ati to apologise to the President!

Kenyans don’t like honest folks; they prefer thieves who reflect own values opines Mutuma Mathiu  #KenyansAreSoGoodAt
 
#KenyansAreSoGoodAt tweeting!!!! #surayako official video about to launch!!

#kenyansaresogoodat dressing and being stylish

#kenyansaresogoodat Always saying wakenya wamesema while in real sense its his/her own idea (politicians) Nkt…bure KABISA

#kenyansaresogoodat Trooping to church & other religious centres religiously but leaving their ears outside 

Same registration number, different cars.I wn’t be suprised to get someone wth th same ID as mine #kenyansaresogoodat

#kenyansaresogoodat Making Budgets….This one is for the RECORDS! HAHA!

#KenyansAreSoGoodAt sharing #accidentalerts which helps @kenyaredcross respond faster to emergencies

#kenyansaresogoodat making ambulances in their villages due to negligence by the government

#kenyansaresogoodat Listening to international football whether on blackouts or not.

#KenyansAreSoGoodAt roasting people on social media based on their success.

These last two weeks have been really low-spirited for the music industry.

Last week,Shiru wa G.P lot her son.He was barely a month old and was one of the children in the set of twins she had delivered just last month.

Over the weekend, we informed you  that Wangeci the brilliant rapper had an accident.This grisly accident  claimed her friend’s life and sent her to the I.C.U .Her friend, Tionna wangechi was also DJ Sadic’s niece and looked like a girl who had so much of the world to conquer.

News reaching us is that today,Shiru’s newborn is being buried today,at Mugumo in Kiambu.The funeral that is currently ongoing is  being attended by family,friends and gospel musicians such as L Jay Maasai and DK Kwenye Beat. Shiru  who sang ‘Laleiyo ‘ with L-Jay Maasai has shown incredible strength during this trying time and shared this with her fans:

The longer the wilderness the greater the glory….#Magerio Maya timagutunina (This trials will not finish us) God renew my strength and my family’s.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this trying time.

The country’s top lawyers are making the much dreaded Facebook group Dead Beat Kenya to go slow on ironing men who have absconded their parental obligations.

After being sued for defamation by Kiambu Member of County Assembly Paul Karungo Thang’wa, Dead Beat Kenya administrator Jackson Njeru has decided to go slowly or rather distance himself from the blame. “The people who send the information to us take full responsibility for it and they have constitutional Rights to publish such information in a manner that doesn’t contravene the law” wrote Njeru on Dead Beat page.

Njeru also revealed that a group of several senior Lawyers in Nairobi were calling men named as Dead beat fathers promising to file cases in court on their behalf against the Administrators as well as members of Dead Beat group who have also commented on posts touching on the listed Dead beat Fathers. The case filed against Dead Beat and its administrators is yet to be determined by the court meanwhile men can now exhale for a little while.

Regina Mutoko, Caroline Mutoko’s sister will be laid to rest tomorrow, Friday.

The former Omo Pick a Box host and USIU ICT guru passed away in what initially was termed as an in-house accident but the government pathologist later declared it was due to a blood clot in her lung.

A requiem mass will be conducted at the Holy family Basilica, Nairobi ahead of her send off at Mukaa area in Machakos.

Rest in peace Regina!

Caroline Mutoko and Ciku Muiruri are some of the biggest names in the country when it comes to matters concerning the radio; even so, they have attracted hate from some quarters which saw them ranked among the top ten most hated women in the country.

When I saw their names on the list, I could not stop but wonder why people would hate on them; I mean these are the two names which have completely transformed the face of the radio in the country. Anyway I came to understand that the more successful one becomes, the more hate/love one accumulates.

The reason why these radio queens are hated is simple; according to my survey on most of the comments on them, people simply hate on them because they are independent and successful. Both Caroline and Ciku speak their minds, they are never intimidated and it is because of this that haters just pick on them. According to a survey conducted by an independent American firm in the month of July; Caroline was ranked at position 5 and Ciku closed the list at number 10.

Here is the full list:

1. Fatou Bensouda – ICC Prosecutor

2. Angela Ambitho – Infotrack Harris Founder

3. Martha Karua – Narc Kenya Chairperson

4. Gladwell Otieno – Founder AFRIGOG

5. Caroline Mutoko- Kiss 100, Radio Presenter.

6. Njoki Chege – Daily Nation columnist.

7. Atsango Chesoni – KNHCR commissioner

8. Millie Odhiambo – Mbita MP.

9. Maria Mabinti Kamara – ICC Outreach Cordinator Kenya.

10. Ciku Muiruri – former Radio presenter.

Her position as the baddest socialite ever is an enviable one, scores of girls and women ogle at her glory, she is glorious, her curves, her charm, her weaves that cost millions, her skin lightening procedure that cost her 50 million, that her Naija boyfriend paid for!! I really need an oil well! She is a woman at the peak of her career, you see, in exalted circles they call bodies temples, temples of the holy spirit, they probably forget to mention that these temples are money makers in disguise!!

To business though, Jean Viva Nashebanda thinks that she looks like Vera, actually its Vera who supposedly looks like her- But is it??

What do you think??

Here is a screenshot of her activity on Facebook, she is actually calling herself a socialite!!

You know the madhouse right? Good for you, this place was cool long before i came to Nairobi, but it never stood the test of time, you know time is a bitch right?

Today i’m walking around town with Cabu Gah and Sue in town on an assignment, you know journalism stuff, we come to the place that was a mad house long before we realised that Masaku was actually ratchetier!

Anyhu, the management has finally realized that a high rise building (37 stores) is way cooler than a boring club that no one really goes to. Took long for them to realize that though. 

I loved how that place looked,

why demolish that landmark, there are numerous places that they could have demolished! Like Sabina Joy- wait Sabina Joy is actually cool. We should all get used to a Nairobi without F1.

Its sad. 

That pile of rubble is where, F1 once stood. Which would be like a fortnight ago..

Mention Dead Beat Kenya and shivers will run down the spines of Kenyan men. It’s a facebook page that in the last two weeks has exposed men who are accused of siring kids and neglecting them altogether, leaving the burden to the mothers.

A Kiambu MCA, one Karungo Thangwa from Ng’ewa constituency is one of the victims of the harsh exposure on Dead Beat Kenya. The accusations levelled against him by one Jacquiline Mwende have prompted him to go to court where he has obtained restraint orders against the publisher of Dead Beat Kenya Facebook group in a defamation suit.

Ms Mwende’s post was as follows:

Kenya is riddled with so many speculations, the whole country itself is a mystery, Things happen and questions are asked, the answers, are what we never get. Look at Mutula Kilonzo… 

Well that is not my niche, let me stick to the matter at hand, Regina mutoko, ofcourse you remember that on sturday, Regina had an accident at her house-in the bathroom, something we called a bathroom accident, what is a bathroom accident? Curiousity and the cat…

Her death is still a dark alley that i really don’t want to approach, you know, until the post mortem results are released..,

But there is speculation, a lot of speculation, you know people talk, and things are bound to be said..

How did she die in her bathroom?Did she slide and fall? Highly unlikely because bathroom falls are rarely fatal..

Or did she suffocate while on a bath-tub? she wasn’t showering, she was in her bathroom, fully dressed.

Wait,there was vomit in her bathroom, Her vomit, apparently there was a half eaten meat pie too, samples were taken for analysis .. so what about a half-eaten meat pie and vomit, was this a case of food poisoning? Again this is mere speculation and should be treated as such.

What is unclear is the “bathroom accident” in which she was fully dressed..

Keep watching we shall definitely keep you updated on the same.

Again, Regina, Rest in Peace.

Unsettling and unbelievable. These are the words that come to mind when you watch terrorists unleash unspeakable terror on innocent shoppers at Westgate mall.

This documentary by HBO is nothing like you have ever seen before, the documentary digs deep into the crux of the mall attack and revealed details that will make you weep for humanity. Shidder in both fear and disgust because it is hard to believe that humans are capable of such despicable inhumanity.

We watch people sprayed with bullets through CCTV footage as the survivors recount the horrible experience and what it was really like to get shot at. The witnesses also reveal that the Westgate attack was caused by the terror that the KDF has unleashed on Somalia. The attack was retribution and they were coming for the women and children which is allegedly against their policy as a militia group.

I do not want to spoil the experience for you, so watch it below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NWq-nmaByQ

Last week, an artiste named Elijah Prince came out claiming that he had written ‘Kitamtam’ a.k.a ‘Tam Tam’ , a song which he sang with Willy Paul and DK Kwenye Beat .

This song didn’t perform very well and Willy Paul decided to tip-toe away with the chorus and create ‘Tam Tam’ which was incidentally kept off our airwaves.It was hidden away on you tube, something which is very unlike Willy Paul.

You can watch it below:

He then went on to create ‘Tam Tam- The Remix’ with Size 8 without Elijah’s knowledge.

And that is when Elijah realized that he had been double-crossed.Elijah says his problem isn’t even the fact that a remix was done with Size 8,but that these people had taken his song without his permission and claimed it was theirs.

These are claims that Willy Paul has since denied and has embraced the go to move adapted by every Kenyan celebrity ‘deny,deny,deny!’ then throw in the name of God.

However, new evidence that resulted from digging deeper into this story further incriminates Willy Paul. And honestly I do not know how he will slither out of this one.It is pretty sticky!

During my investigation, I came across ‘Mwanamke’ the master copy created on 15^th October 2013 at 8:07 P.m. For those who are not aware, ‘Mwanamke’ was the original title coined by Elijah his song with  DK Kwenye Beat and  Willy Paul .It was then changed to ‘Kitamtam’ which was more appealing, and its the chorus of this song that Willy Paul  poached.

I spoke to Dokta Eddie,a respected member of the gospel fraternity and the producer of the original song ‘Kitamtam ’

Eddie says “When someone calls you to do as song, it doesn’t mean that just because you sang a chorus, the chorus is yours. Elijah invited Willy Paul to do the chorus of a song had Elijah had written so I do not understand why Willy Paul claims that the song is his.”

When Kenyan hotties are named, best believe, Citizen TV news anchors will make the list.

But Ebru TV, the home of Michelle Morgan also has its fair share of hotties. Scratch that, lion’s share of hotties. From the newsroom to the boardroom, from behind the camera to the front of the camera, hotties, hotties everywhere. Today we shall focus on Kamene Goro who is making hearts flutter erratically with her beauty

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