Month: February 2015

Sonko’s rescue team presided over the burial of two children who were killed by their by their neighbour in Korogocho slums.

About a week ago, the nation was shocked by a vampire woman in Korogocho slums who allegedly slit open her son’s belly, removed his intestines and eat them before going to a neighbour’s house and killing two more children.

The two children killed by Catherine Muthoni (the cannibal) were yesterday laid to rest at the Langata Cemetery in Nairobi.

Four-year-old, Katrina Nyambura and her two-week-old brother, Peter Irungu, were given an emotional send-off courtesy of Sonko rescue team who donated coffins and provided free hearse services.

 

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Fresh details are emerging that Nation Media, Standard Media and Royal Media are not the owners of the digital disribution firm, African Digital Network (ADN) which they want the Communication Authority to give a digital broadcasting licence.

According to the Star newspaper, ADN is owned by two gentlemen, Timothy Charo Odhiambo and John Macharia Maina.

It is reported that the Registrar of Companies says that ADN does not belong to the three media houses as they purport and that it is not a registered company.

John Maina is believed to be son to Royal Media Services owner, SK Macharia while Timothy Charo Odhiambo is unidentified.

Documents in the registrar’s office indicate that ADN was registered in 1900, something the registrar says simply means that the company has not been registered.

The three media houses have been pushing for ADN to be given a license to offer digital broadcasting services to the three media houses.

It is believed that CA has refused to give the license because they do not who the real owners of the digital firm are.

The three media houses have been warned to get back to air or get their broadcasting licenses revoked.

The digital migration logjam seems far from being brokered after the Communication Authority of Kenya issued new threats to three media houses whose TV stations have remained unavailable after they shut them down in protest of what they feel is mistreatment from the government.

Yesterday, CA chair Mr. Wangusi wired a letter to the three media houses demanding that they go on air immediately either through using Signet or PANG.

A close source revealed to Ghafla Kenya that authorities in the three media houses are now contemplating giving in to the freshest threats because it means that if CA good its threats, they will stop existing completely.

It is reported that the situation in the three media houses offices remained a dingy one after they received the directive, with the management clearly disgusted at the latest development.

Reports reaching us also indicate that stakeholders and advertisers in the three media houses are piling pressure on the management to do something about the impasse which has threatened to boil and spill over the pot.

So what is the move forward?

Nation Media Group, Standard Media Group and Royal Media Services have no option but to give in to the already piled up pressure and go back to air as soon as possible.

Kenyans are also an irritated lot for remaining in the dark as far as information is concerned, and majority are believed to be exploring other channels including getting more and more drawn away to the already broadcasting stations like K24 and KBC.

It is time something was done lest the situation becomes unbearable.

It’s another beautiful day the good Lord has enabled us to see. Yesterday, there was fascinating drama within the entertainment circle. A top female singer was allegedly caught eating the forbidden fruit with a Mali actor. That aside, below are other hot stories that we have for you this Thursday morning:

#1Ida Odinga Explains Why Raila Wore A Torn Shoe

#2Caroline Mutoko Vs Larry Madowo. Who Is Telling The Truth? The Battle Is On!

#3After Analogue Switch Off, Citizen TV’s Janet Mbugua Surfaces Up On Another TV Anchoring News

#4Did Lupita Introduce Her Brother To Her Boyfriend?

#5This Is What Larry Madowo Got For Calling Kenyans Stupid

#6More Hot Cars Join The Mike Sonko’s “Rescue Team” (photos)

#7THE TRUTH: Why Once Popular Events Such As ‘Blankets And Wine’, ‘The Mingle’ And ‘The Circle’ Are Dying A Quick Brutal Death

#8After Michuki and Kidero’s Torn Socks, Raila’s Torn Shoe Fires Up The Internet

#9Developing Story: Married Kenyan Sweetheart Habida Maloney Allegedly Busted In Bed with Popular Mali Actor

#10Find Out Why Capital FM’s Amina Is Throwing Her Weight Behind Huddah Monroe

Kingwa Kamencu is an attention-grabbing character, she speaks her mind and says things that will scandalize a lot of people, she is brazen but she has no apologies to make. And many women live vicariously through her.

After offering 5 Million shillings for her love-pocket last Valentines’ the former Presidential Candidate paid a visit to an institution of higher learning KU and she did not hold anything back.

This is what she wrote:

When I was a campus student, not a single day went by when I did not write a love letter to one of the campus boys, or attempt to rape a few that I would meet in the dark tunnels and alleys on weekends.
Yet today walking through Kenyatta university, I did not see a single handsome man! In fact, all I saw were ugly boys.
In fact, they were so ugly I had to keep my shades on the entire time and try not to vomit as I walked.
As I walked to the gate, the question ringing in my mind was, what is happening with our public universities?
We are supposed to be producing handsome men for export but instead here we are cultivating eyesores.
It immediately occurred to me that as chairlady of the Handsome Men of Kenya (H-MOK), this situation fell under my portfolio and remit.
Worry not, university students, as the young black fighters sang while fighting apartheid in South Africa: We shall overcome.

 

Former member of Kleptomaniacs and self-proclaimed King wa Rap Collo is a doting father to a beautiful daughter named Tawala Majale.

He recently shared some photos sharing father-daughter moments with his daughter and it was too cute not to share

 

 

 

Lupita Nyong’o became Hollywood’s ‘It Girl’ following her spectacular portrayal of Patsey, a slave, in Steve Mc Queens award winning movie, 12 Year A Slave.

In addition to her acting, Lupita’s ability to light up the red carpet with stunning gowns has made her a fashion favorite. Her charisma, smile and lady –like persona are one of the many things we love about Lupita. And as we found out, Lupita was very much the lady back in high school at St Mary’s Nairobi.

Here she is fourth from the right with braided hair, legs crossed and arms folded back in high school.

Photo: St Mary’s School

 

The world is full of absurdity! Some gay mourners caused a brawl at the Coast when they demanded to perform a ‘special’ gay ritual for their fallen colleague.

A burial for a man said to be a vocal homosexual rights activist turned into chaos as annoyed mourners unleashed their anger to a group of alleged gays who started performing obscene acts during the funeral.

According to the standard, the burial in Watamu turned chaotic when the alleged homosexuals asked the priest for permission to perform lewd gay acts at the graveside.

The alleged group openly started displayed their affection; holding hands, kissing and flirting with each another. It is also alleged the group wanted to perform sex for the deceased as a sign of their last respect to their fallen comrade.

The conservative villagers couldn’t digest the open display of affection by the homosexuals. They decided to teach them a lesson. The infuriated villagers descended on the group with any weapon they could lay their hand on forcing the homosexuals to flee for their dear lives.

Watamu police officers saved the day as they offered sanctuary to the fleeing homosexuals. Their action was condemned by both Muslim and Christian leaders from the area.

 

Social media has been awash with insults and loaded debates between those that support the digital migration and those who do not.

Those who are against the switch off and those that think that NTV, QTV, Citizen and KTN should have gone the digital way before the switch off. And then there are those of us who are caught in the middle, in the dark about digital migration and wondering what the hell is going on.

Anyhow, Larry Madowo took to his blog to give us his unapologetic and uncut opinion about digital migration. And what seems to rub people the wrong way among them Alai who had this to say:

The problem with Larry is that he lacks even the most basic knowledge on broadcasting technology, media and IT matters. So he hides his shallow knowledge in ambiguity in his writings and just loud and angry pride.

So he assumes that his readers are so foolish that they need some shouting to drive sense into them. He has not matured with exposure. He needs to. Thanks Al Kags for educating him. I didn’t even know that he authored some blog post about the migration

Creme De la Creme and his wife have kept the secret for the longest time now, It is practically impossible for most celebrities to keep their personal details away from the prying public eye. It is not clear who came up with the rumor about Creme’s significant Other, Denise. But the it caught on like wild fire until the super Dj himself had to quell the speculations once for all. 

 The rumor ran that the couple was expecting their second child in a months time, How denise had managed  to keep that baby bump from the limelight is still a mystery. Talking to the Dj on the phone, He revealed that they  had decided to keep the pregnancy away from the media for personal reasons.

“Denise and I are more than grateful, God has been amazing…” Creme would quip, I tried to solicit for more details on the sex of the child but none was coming, the Dj wanted it to be a surprise to them and to the world. He laughed off my frantic attempts make him divulge more details, “.. don’t you think that this is enough information already?” Well I guess so, the couple that have been married for the past decade will welcome their second child child in a months time, Lets hope on their behalf that it is a girl. 

Creme de La Creme remains one of Africa’s biggest Dj’s, his consistency and focus on music is unparalleled. He recently got appointed as the head of music at 1fm. 

Denise In 2012….

The Churchill Show comedian went overboard to share a joke that will either annoy or please you depending with how you view it.

Jokes are part of our daily lives but there are some gag that may rub you the wrong way. For instance, the President started a noble initiative to launch condoms for children.

In as much as he had a good intention, his efforts infuriated some people who saw it as a spit on their faces. Crossing over to Chipukeezy, the comedian touched a ‘sensitive’ topic with his joke.

He openly talked about masturbation in a video that was widely shared all over the social media. Even though he devised a clever way of taking about it with his humour, the topic may still be annoying to others.

Chipu was explicitly talking about the benefits of jerking off. The excited funnyman went on to enlighten his female viewers on ways of knowing whether their boyfriends were addicted to self-stimulation.

See the video Chipu uploaded below:

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Eric Omondi has been in the comedy industry for a while now and as it is at now, he has not wasted his time at all.

The self-declared funniest comedian in Kenya has penned a thank you note to his fans after learning of the fame he has continued to garner.

It seems that saliva exchange with socialite Huddah Monroe and those photos with the slender and beautiful socialite have accelerated the number of fans who want to know more about Eric.

The comedian is overjoyed after hitting 30k followers on Instagram and he quickly took to the same platform to shower praises on his fans.

Eric says that in less than two weeks he has managed to gather 10k followers.

This has prompted the comedian to promise for even better ‘services’ to his fans. He posted:

THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! We have hit 30k! In just another 2 weeks we have together gathered/ gannered another 10k followers and we are just getting started…Thaaanks to everyone of my followers and i Promise to keep you Entertained so God help me!! Thank you.

 

The candid NTV news anchor got emotional on his article and decided to call Kenyans fools for lynching the three disgruntled TV stations.

In his article that was published today, Larry Madowo lost his cool and decided to hit back at the mob that has been ruthlessly tearing KTN, NTV, Citizen and QTV for their stand regarding digital migration.

He called Kenyans ‘airheads’ who have become overnight analysts on all matters digital migration.

“Airheads who don’t even know what DVBT2 stands for became overnight analysts on all matters digital migration, speaking with comical authority on why Nation, Standard and Royal Media were resisting change.” Larry wrote in part referring to Kenyans who attacked the TV stations.

The urban dictionary defines ‘airhead’ as a stupid person. (i.e. there is air where brains should be).

Reacting to Larry’s article, Kenyans posted varied comments. Some agreed with him while others went on to strip him.

See some of the comments posted below:

Victor Kesa: Okay, Aghakan has some shares @NTV Kenya but Kenyans also have shares through NSE for both standard and Nation media group. We do not know who has shares in pang, is it the Chinese? That makes the others local NB: not mentioning signet just wondering How they allowed the chines to have more frequencies when they should be protecting us from them. I thought that was the reason for giving them a license anyway this is Kenya…

Rudhie Mucina: And who is going to buy those set boxes? Is it the same crowd that were being marketed the same set boxes that you guys switched off your channels for?

What do you take us Kenyans for? So we are expected to throw away whatever we are using right now when you guys decide that oh here are new set boxes that you Kenyans will be able to enjoy ntv ktn bla bla fish cake.

Tumechoka!hata sisi tunaeza goma and do without you guys. After all there is lives tream if ever we need you.Did anyone ask you to leave?arghhhhh *feeling angry*

 

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Peter NK: As u said, never underestimate the power of ignorant people in large numbers…However u explain things to them, they assume you are attacking n opposing their government, they will never understand..it’s all about values, TV stations that know their value n that it has taken them a lifetime to build brand, cannot handover their rights or content to some shadowy distributors..the small new entrants are in a hurry to compete n build a name, what viewership do they command? How much have they invested in their company?

Cave Man: very true Peter, the three media stations are not against the migration from what I understand. The problem is how the digital migration has some unexplained loopholes that we cant understand. So, why should the licenses be under KBC and the Chinese firm. I support what the three media companies are doing because they struggled hard to build the reputation that they have now.

Steven Owuor: This is all bullshit. I still don’t understand why and how basic employees like Larry imagine that they understand the digital migration concept better than any other Kenyan out there. This argument and debate is at the Media investors level and has nothing to do with employees who tomorrow will get a job in another media station, including K24 and KBC. All rubbish.

John Ndungu: Even the dinosaurs, and they were huge, didn’t see it coming, and they are gone..

Patric Bensen: I still don’t understand why many other Kenyans are analysts of their own. Someone just searched DVBT2 on the internet to it in full. Your mum doesn’t know that. Stop pretending like you don’t care when actually you miss these 3 media houses.

The government has other reasons beyond digital migration and they’re all evident enough unless you think with your nose you won’t comprehend it.

Anyways good article Larry

Nish: No thanks to all your efforts and your employers’ NTV, KTN, and Citizen.. continue losing money.. how many times were you warned about digital migration.. nkt.. nonsense

Sigei: I can no longer define what is analogue and what is digital…..what is the difference btwn analogue and digital.Lets assume that the 4 affected stations will operate tomorrow under digital platform,can this mean that there will be a change in the way they have been operating?

Investorinpeople: By the time you are back on air, K24, KBC and the other less proud stations will have acquired the “mass appeal” that you are bragging about. In short – you will not be able to monopolize the market as you so desperately hope to. For 5 years what have you been doing to prove that you are pro-digital?

Mutie Mule: It is true Citizen, KTN and NTV are the biggest media houses in Kenya, but so was Kodak, IBM, Compaq….Your history is secure but our future is not. You are hanging on the balance the way Blackberry is against Samsung, Huawei, iPhone, Techno….

Kane: They ought to have switched off in 2009! The big 3 elephants have wasted more than 4 years burying their head in the sand! How can they claim to be industry leaders when they are behaving like luddites. We want better use of frequency, more choice of channels and higher quality reception. Adapt or die.

Those days of 2 hour long news bulletins and feeding kenyans with a menu of cheap Mexican and Filipino soap operas is over.

Ati now you are claiming to be a Kenyan company. Let us be the judges of how patriotic you are.

Jipange Larry, you and your colleagues need to work with your management to repackage yourselves.

Atiyahumphrey: you are a judge in your own case Madowo,trying so much to be objective…

Alfred Onyango: larry worry not of hecklers you have just stated facts you see how fang owners are on your neck

Nish: next time you are on air, please know your place, a mere employee.. your opinion on matters does not really count.. I repeat do your work as a slave and leave opinions to interviewees.. also try to learn from citizen Tv interviewers

Mathew: when will your set top boxes arrive and will they have a nationwide reach, we are waiting to buy them asap…..

 

Socialite Huddah Monroe has been ridiculed lately for trying to pull a Amber Rose after she shaved her hair and allegedly enlarged her anterior and posterior to pull a completely new stunt.

Huddah, however, seems not to care what people say about her as she goes on to get what she wants using what her mama gave her.

And now she will be rejoicing after receiving a backing from one of the unlikliest sources in Capital FM’s Amina Abdi.

Speaking exclusively to Ghafla Kenya, Amina has jumped to the defense of Huddah, saying she should be left alone to do what she wants.

Amina has applauded Huddah as a go-getter and has challenged her to go and get more.

She wonders why people are ridiculing the socialite when they should be minding about their own businesses.

“Go for the money girl, go”, Amina added with a big chortle.

Here is the interview she had with Ghafla Kenya:

Some stories when said sound like a fairy tale. But Duncan Oduor Otieno’s story is real. He is the billionaire who rose from a humble beginning to build a multi-billion shillings empire.

Duncan is the CEO of MobiKash; a mobile money Transfer service that works across all networks, participating banks and all biller merchants.

But before the flourishing entrepreneur started living life on the fast lane, he used to struggle to make ends meet just like typical Kenyan hustlers.

He came to Nairobi in 1996 to look for a good life. As usual, he was slapped with the bitter reality of the city; unemployment.

Jobs were hard to come by and soon Duncan was forced to scavenge for odd jobs in industrial area. He was lucky to land a job where he was being paid 82 shillings.

The struggling village boy in the big city opted to do farming to supplement his income. He was staying where Weston hotel is currently built.

                                   Duncan Oduor Otieno

From his savings, Duncan enrolled himself at Kenyan Collage of Accountancy (KCA) to do CPA. He proceeded to Catholic University for BCOM Finance before ending up in Nairobi University for MBA Finance.

Duncan worked for Post Bank and other banks before starting MobiKash in 2006. Currently, Mobikash has over 1.6 million customers and over 11,000 agents throughout the country.

It is also the third largest mobile money vendor in Kenya worth over a billion shillings.

Even with MobiKash still expanding, the young billionaire plans to retire in two years’ time.

Check out Duncan’s inspiring story (courtesy of Young Rich) in the video below:

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The internet was almost breaking down with a photo of former Prime Minister and CORD leader Raila Odinga wearing a torn shoe as captured by The Standard.

On Sunday, Raila was in St John’s Everlasting Gospel Church in Imara Daima attending a function but was spotted wearing a torn shot with a nice suit.

And as Kenyans wondered and others trolled, Raila’s wife, Ida Odinga, has come out to explain why her husband wore a torn shoe.

Speaking to Nairobi News, Ida has said that Raila’s shoe got torn when he knocked a stone at the church where he was attending a function.

Photo: Standard Digital/Mbugua Kibera

Mama Ida has wondered why people are making fun of the incident saying that she has all along dressed Raila and there is no way she would allow her husband to leave the house with a worn out shoe.

Mama Ida asked if anyone noticed the quality of the suit her husband wore that day and if it was supposed to be accompanied with a torn shoe.

She lamented that as a fashionista her husband was on the receiving end of insults because of an accident that happened on Sunday.

“I have dressed my husband all these years and he has always looked smart. Is there a day you’ve ever seen Raila badly dressed? That was just an accident. I am a fashionista and I know how to dress my husband.”

Credits: Nairobi News

 

 

The digital migration debate seems very far from over because now almost everyone is talking about it. It is one of the biggest media-government sagas to be ever experienced in Kenya in recent times as the fourth estate is torn between moving to digital broadcasting gradually or as the government demands.

While NMG, SG and RMS’s TV stations are still shut down, others like K24 and KBC are enjoying the monopoly, giving Kenyans what they want as and when they wish.

And now NTV’s Victoria Rubadiri has come out to shed some light on the contentious issues behind the saga.

Speaking exclusively to Ghafla Kenya, Victoria has admitted that since the shutdown viewership for the three stations has dropped significantly because they cannot now reach out to all people effectively.

The TV siren has, however, lamented the manner in which the government has handled the whole issue, saying that a lot of propaganda is being put across to portray the three media houses as being opposed to digital migration.

Victoria has said that what they are fighting for is authority to produce and air their own content, something that the government is opposed to.

She says that by allowing Signet and PANG to manage their content, media freedom will be curtailed and that media houses will be restricted on the information they will be relaying to the public.

The lass adds:

 

 

 

Shaniqua is slowly and surely becoming one of Kenya’s favorite socialites and characters. She is known for her catch phrase “nitakumuuurder” and telling those that cross her “watchora Z” on KTN’s show Jameni.

And she has been a hit, bigger than any socialite has ever been; everyone knows her name and her catch phrases. You know when you are famous that even people from deep in the countryside and children know your name.

Now the socialite is looking to move on after she broke up with her longtime boyfriend Johnte. So she gets set up on a blind date, and she dolls herself up to make sure she looks gorgeous as she can to impress her new date.

 

In rolls her new babe in a yellow Subaru but to her suprise comes an old dude whose front teeth became history a long time ago.

What will happen next? Will Shaniqua accept her new old bae, warts and all or will she run for the hills? Watch below:

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Two great media personalities, Caroline Mutoko and Larry Madowo have waged a ferocious scuffle in a bid to convince their audiences digital migration is good/bad.

Who is telling the truth with their arguments? Caroline Mutoko on one side who is over excited with digital migration while Larry Madowo on the other hand calling it a ‘misinformation and analogue 3’.

After she took a dig on three disgruntled channels (NTV, KTN, Citizen TV) with her ‘Tyranny of Success’ video that went viral on YouTube, Caroline Mutoko is once again scolding the three discontented television channels.

In her latest video, ‘A Tantrum Gone Wrong’, the radio queen reminded the three they did a miscalculation by assuming their audiences would remain in darkness after they went off air.

“There is a lot of miscalculation on the part of the three media houses who figured mtatuona. Here is the thing, it’s not 1995, Moi isn’t in State House and there isn’t only one TV channel. We live in a world of so many options, it’s ridiculous! And TV and entertainment is also one of those!” Caroline explained.

She praised digital migration revealing how she was astonished to find out TV stations on digital platform anchoring prime time news in Luo and Kikuyu.

She further applauded K24 who she said were now boasting of being the ‘key players’ on digital platform reading news with chests high.

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On his part, Larry Madowo went on a rampage with his article viciously attacking the bandwagon that fell for the new trick in the country, digital migration.

 

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On his article, Larry sarcastically attacked Kenyans who he said have turned into a post doctorate-level expert on digital migration.

The NTV news anchor labelled all Kenyans who were ruthlessly attacking the three media house (Nation Media Group, Standard Media Group and Royal Media Service) on social media ‘The Analogue 3’.

“Airheads who don’t even know what DVBT2 stands for became overnight analysts on all matters digital migration, speaking with comical authority on why Nation, Standard and Royal Media were resisting change. ‘Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups,’ George Carlin once said. Looking at the vast wasteland of the Kenyan social media community, I finally understood what he meant.” Larry wrote in part.

Larry went on to explain the competition was on the content and not the platform used. He gave the example of M-Net’s East Africa-focused, Maisha Magic, which he said is being shut down only 5 Months after its inception due to floundering in ratings.

The revered anchor went on to clarify NTV, QTV, KTN and Citizen TV still had the mass appeal revealing the stations’ subscriptions dwindled the last time they tried using StarTimes and GoTV’s digital platforms.

“The forceful analogue switch-off was designed to force them(NTV, QTV, KTN and Citizen TV) into using these same providers(GoTV and StarTime) to reach viewers.” Wrote Larry.

So between Larry Madowo and Caroline Mutoko, who is telling the Truth? You decide.

 

 

It is normally not very common for someone to lavish praise on themselves except when they are really egoistic enough to do so.

Many celebrities try to hide it even when they know they are on top of their game, probably because they feel they need the world’s judgment on matters pertaining what they do and engage in.

However, celebrated Kenyan comedian Eric Omondi is not waiting for anyone to recognize him and put him on top of global comedians.

The funny guy responded when asked on who he thinks is the funniest comedian in Kenya. He said:

“No one is smarter than me. I am the funniest guy ever. On a serious note, I am the best. Not just in Kenya but all over.”

“I have traveled to various parts of the world and I believe I am the best in my profession.”

Eric was speaking exclusively to Ghafla Kenya. He went ahead to say: