Month: October 2016

DJs don’t just hold birthday parties… They organize massive mad benders that attract hundreds of the most gorgeous women in town.
If you’re a DJ,you’ve got one thing pretty covered – the fear of having people show up at any of your parties.
This is the exact kind of privilege that DJ Juan, one of the most veteran DJs in Kenya, under one of the most legendary DJ outfits (Supremacy Sounds) is enjoying.
Like all stellar DJs across the world, from DJ Calvin Harris to DJ Tiesto and DJ Sklirexx, who have the pleasure of inviting the biggest music stars on the planet to their parties,including Bieber and Rihanna and Taylor Swift, DJ Juan has planned to throw the biggest – most epic – birthday party of 2016. In a similar style and fashion.

Its not going to be some low-budget, lowkey affair at the Maasai Mara slopes but some maddening rage of pure bliss and ecstasy right in the middle of the Nairobi CBD.
And to help the legendary turntablist usher in a new year is a galaxy of some of the most gorgeous and sexy girls on town.
Also, a heavy gang of big name celebrities from all spheres of entertainment – From Joe Muchiri to Shaniqwa to Frasha to Anto Neosoul and a host of big name, big butt social vixens are expected to show up and turn the F up. And DJs too…
The event, which has been aptly dubbed , shall go down tomorrow night at the iconic Club Rumorz along Moi Avenue.
Media associates from all the major entertainment haunts have also been invited and have actually confirmed attendance of what is promising to be one of the biggest and most groundbreaking birthday parties of 2016.
Dress code is simple ;
Could be red thongs,red panties ,red sweat pants, red shoes…red stilettos, red blazer, red car…Red anything.
Other DJs on hand to keep partygoers dancing and boogying all night long include DJ Blast, DJ Pascal and DJ Planta.
Fireworks and smoke has been promised tomorrow as thousands throng town to blaze it up, party all night and help Juan cut his birthday cake.
Nothing says quite like this party.
I’ll be there. So will everyone.
Dude, there’s three things you can’t afford to miss – Your wedding, Heaven and DJ Juan’s birthday.
History is about to be made

H_art The Band has made a name for themselves crooning away melodious love vibes.
Their classical beats and easy to sing along to tunes are usually interjected by a Mordecai’s blend of spoken word lines. It is usually a match winning performance that has had many asking if there is an inspiration behind all of that.
Finally, we can reveal the woman who inspires such heart melting love songs and who keeps Mordecai’s heart warm with joy. Mordecai’s girlfriend is called Kalekye, she is an artist too, a singer and lover of reggae.
The two are kindred spirits all sporting dreadlocks, loving reggae and a creative taste in fashion. Like Mordecai, she loves bright colored attire and experiments in the wild and outrageous clothing.
The most outstanding thing about her however is her love for her man which she professes proudly and worldly. Kalekye is not shy of flaunting her love and neither is she willing to share him or watch another take him.
The petite lady is fierce where her man is concerned. Here is what she says about her love;
‘I know he is cute But HE IS MINE…Touch him and I will kill you. You came into my life and made it beautiful…crushing on…Always gonna be my MCM.’
 
‘I don’t need someone perfect…I need someone that makes me feel like am the only one!!! Thanks bae for being there’
 

You’ve all heard of the International beer marathon otherwise known as the
This is the one annual festival where thousands – sometimes millions – of beer and food lovers throng some venue to indulge mercilessly and endlessly in one huge routine of nothing but unbridled fun and ecstatic thrill.
We all love beer. Dammit.
And as we all know, the best tastes of beer don’t go down unless accompanied by some wild music, crazy girls, booming sounds, fantastic company and of course, scrumptious foods. Which is exactly what October Fest is pretty much all about – unhinged hedonism.
After a little two-year lull,the wildly-popular October Fest, itself a German tradition that has now been spread out across the entire universe, is proudly back in town.
This is the one fest where you don’t get judged for your – responsible – binging and the one festival where nothing is complete until jugs of properly-brewed beer and whiskeys have been downed.
Add some musical bands into the mix – and some pretty girls – and you’ve got your whole weekend very covered. Really.
That’s exactly what the Big Five Breweries,who are actually the brains behind the legendary Brew Bistro Lounge and the enchanting Wine Shop are all about
According to a top source at the Big Five Breweries,the 2016 Octoberfest promises something that’s a little out of this world and a little out of this town.
“It’s as epic as epic can be. I mean, we have over ten different types of brews on tap including Temstout, Simpils, Kifaboack and the much-loved Karamell. There also will be beer cocktails and beer games including beer chugging and beer pong. Also, brace yourself Octoberfesters because we shall be also offering something so delicious you’ll probably lose your minds – a beer and cheese combination! “, she says.
Also, on top of all of the amazing stuff that are lined up for revelers, on hand also will be an array of some of the illest and most electrifying performers kicking it on stage and driving the attendees wild.
Bands like Simply Tona as well as the Beethogs will be tearing up the guitars and booming up the drums as revelers continue chatting the night away with drink after drink after drink.
To make an already fantastic event even more amazing, Jameson will on hand to provide an unforgettable Jameson Whisky and beer tasting experience.
Wine lovers will be amply covered as well as the Wine Shop will be on call for the entire festival to ensure that the beautiful lovers of the sweet, crushed grapes don’t go unattended to.
This whole amazement will be happening this weekend starting on Friday the 28th to Saturday the 29th at the Hub, Karen.
Beers are incredibly affordable. And don’t even get me started on the delectable foods which shall be allover the place courtesy of Picasso, Art Caffè and the Ocean Basket.
Grab your tickets on and make sure you follow the Ghafla social media pages for a lot of ticket giveaways and fun trivia running till saturday.
PS: I’ve just tasted the beer porched hotdog and the Karamell beer this afternoon. I kid you not, it’s stuff to die for.
Can’t wait to attend the gig and watch my life get lost in ecstasy and drunken bliss.

Rising star Maro Itoje has joined a growing injury list on Monday after becoming the latest England player to be ruled out of the end-of-year internationals.
The 21-year-old fractured his right hand during Saracens’ victory over Welsh side Scarlets at Allianz Park in the European Champions Cup on Saturday.
North London club Saracens said Itoje, the European player of the year, will require surgery and be sidelined for at least six weeks.
That will rule him out of England’s upcoming internationals against South Africa, Fiji, Argentina and Australia at Twickenham, starting with the match against the Springboks on November 12.
“For any team to lose a player of the ability of Maro is a blow, and he will be missed through the autumn for both Saracens and England,” said Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall in a statement.
“What’s now important for Maro is his recovery, and we look forward to his return later this season.”
Itoje’s absence is yet another setback for England coach Eddie Jones, who is due to name his squad on Wednesday.
The Australian, who has won all nine of his Tests since taking charge of England, was already without Itoje’s Saracens and England second-row partner George Kruis, James Haskell, Anthony Watson and Jack Clifford because of injury.
Itoje went off early in the second half of Saracens’ 44-26 win over the Scarlets after his arm was trapped awkwardly as he made a tackle.
He has become a key figure in the England set-up since Jones took over following the hosts’ first-round exit at last year’s World Cup.
Itoje had a central role as England won the Six Nations with a Grand Slam and starred again in the team’s 3-0 series success in Australia.
He also helped Saracens complete an English Premiership and European Champions Cup double last season.
With Itoje and Kruis now out of action, Jones may revert to recalling the experienced pair of Joe Launchbury and Courtney Lawes to the second row.
Itoje had also been spoken of as a possible England openside flanker given injuries to Haskell, Leicester’s Mike Williams and Wasps’ Sam Jones.
But it looks as if Jones will now have to select a specialist back-row in that position.

Hurry up and loot whatever you can find. The Kenyan music industry is about to be shut down… As there’s very little that’s left to be admired – or restored.
After several years of hanging limp, mediocre releases, infantile beefs, intelligible garbage and a whole lot of cringe worthy music videos,the Kenyan music industry seems to have breathed out – and seems headed to death, fast, head first.
What makes us arrive at this sad conclusion is the recent MAMA AWARDS that went just down in South Africa.
Sauti Sol won. And that’s a good thing. But it’s sad – even terrifying – that they were our ONLY worthy contenders in all of the array of categories spread out across the table.
Just in case you didn’t know, Kenya has other musicians apart from Sauti Sol. No,seriously.
We have Nameless and Why and Redsan and Wyre and Nazizi and Willy Paul and a billion other acts most of who,to be brutally honest,are just a bunch of lyrically-challenged, girl-obsessed masters of illiteracy and mediocrity.
And that’s where we throw in Timmy Tdat and pretty much every other thing that records at Pacho to simply choke up the nightclubs with bland, perishable dance anthems.
Sauti Sol has been doing mighty things all these years, hence the flurry of nominations and wins, but for the love of God, where is the rest of the gang?
Besides the couple of stoned hip-hop heads who gather at Alliance France every Friday evening,who else is a fan of Wangechi?
Besides the 16,000 YouTube yobs who live for a couple wordplays and sleek punchlines who else is a fan of Rabbit?
Where can we even find authentic Redsan fans?
Who knows Kristoff beyond Thika Road?
Oh, Khaligraph? What about him again? He’s a big deal? Where else? Besides across the slummy circles that swear by a man who used to sell cigarettes?
Is Octopizzo even rapping anymore? Oh he is? I thought he moved into being a full time father, sleep – deprived Instagrammer and a prophet of a couple Kakuma refugees.
Our acts are a joke. A bad, dry joke. And our DJs aren’t even helping.
I mean,we have Diamond Platnumz pushing collaborations with the likes of Ne-yo and then we have Wahu working with Sudi Boy – and DJ Creme de la Creme – to give us a totally pointless song we immediately forgot about.
Immediately.
There was a time we had Wahu and Amani and all these other big shots getting all these international nods and even plays.
But Amani moved on to raising rabbits. And we aren’t sure Juacali even knows what the hell he’s doing anymore.
Our entire music industry has been rundown by cheap, Pacho-inspired rotten bouncy beats meant to whip up ratchet girls and bummed out college kids.
Besides Sauti Sol,who have been allover the place all these years, no one else seems to be getting it – or caring.
Our biggest names have all gone under or focused on raising their families and agriculture.
While our new kids on the block are like your younger brothers who fell out of college to chase a career that’s defined by stupidity, trashy Instagram, lame collabos and funny pink online tuxedos.
While Nigeria is bursting at the seams with all this mighty talent (both old and new) we are stuck with some teenage kid who relishes sitting on the President’s chair and whining his day away…. For his little, teenage gang of losers.
For every Tekno, Rayvanny, Minz ,Korede Bello or AKA what do we have to produce?
We’re stuck with an industry that’s so grossly inward looking, so limited, so fixated on simplicity and locality, so thin and so myopic we can’t even make an impact right across the borders – leave alone continentwide.
After all these years,our acts, our industry and our talents have refused to hatch a dominant plan that makes them not just local artists but continental supernovae.
All this years, our talents have watched new acts from elsewhere come and take over their own industry.
We’ve allowed Tanzanian acts come and ravage our own soil, come and own our own spaces, steal our won fans, dominate our own airwaves and crow like royal cockerels in our own neighborhoods.
Our industry has been intimidated and swept clean – our best acts have been silenced and compromised as we continue churning out stuff of Bahati’s lacklustre calibre.
Stuff that cannot even compete with the lowest of Sudanese upstarts in downtown Juba.
For instance, who is our Yemi Alade? Our Tiwa Savage? Our Vanessa Mdee?
And please don’t even get me started on Akothee…. We all know we can do burgers. In fact, should do better.
What if (God forbid) Sauti Sol were to break up? Or move to Holland to start families and never have to sing again. Who would be left round to still fly our flag high? Who would always shine for us at those international award ceremonies? Would we even have an industry to talk of in the first place?
Suppose Sauti Sol were to retire and Fancy Fingers was forced to hang up his guitar? Who would still shine bright for us? For our little, ravaged country? Heck, who would we even send to the State House to entertain our dignified guests? Bahati? Again? Lord please.
The only Awards our local artist still look forward to and lust after are our locally assembled Awards that are normally so obscenely rigged no one takes them seriously any more.
Actually,we don’t even have Awards outside of the Gospel realm.
That’s an industry that has died so much, cringed so much, hurt so deep, I cringe at the very thought of it.
It’s time we let Sauti Sol rest and time we helped them shine on our behalf too.
One boy band cannot be the dominant sound of the nation for half a decade. One boy band cannot continue being the synonym to Kenyan Music for the next half a decade. And one boy band cannot continue being the face of the crumbling industry for the next generation. Sauti Sol, like the Maasais and the Lions and the Savanah,has become the other face of Kenya.
And yet we have tons and tons of artists who hit the studio daily. And release new ‘songs’ daily.
If only these new singles had a more crossover appeal, if only these songs didn’t just confine their sound to the Nairobi City borders, of only our artists cared more than just the occasional concert at a William Ruto event, if only our talents had better songwriters, better visions, better management, better drive and of only we didn’t just do songs to get people all sweaty and sticky at crammed house parties in Buru Buru.
But as the rest of Africa (and Sauti Sol) continues sweeping away the continent, bagging award after award, driving markets wild and even getting nods from international music channels, the rest of our industry will continue churning out baby class rhymes, house party anthems, William Ruto tunes and dreary, Jesus-ish mumblings for a half-drunk, half-broke Christian audience.
Kill the remaining part of the industry already. And I’ll announce the funeral – it’s this Friday.
Name a cemetery and I’ll be there!

Visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Monday defended Turkey’s post-coup state of emergency but rankled his hosts when he appeared to criticise how it was being implemented.
“Regarding the state of emergency, Turkey has every right to defend and protect itself. It is (Ankara’s) decision to extend the state of emergency as we also have extended ours,” Ayrault said at a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara.
“The only thing we can repeat is our commitment to the rule of law, our commitment to fundamental freedoms,” said Ayrault, the highest-ranking French official to visit Turkey since the July coup bid.
Turkey’s Western allies have voiced concern over the unprecedented crackdown by the authorities since the attempt to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and urged Ankara to abide by the rule of law.
Tens of thousands of people working in the judiciary, media, education and military have been detained, suspended or sacked for suspected links to the movement of the Islamic preacher accused of ordering the July 15 failed putsch.
In July, Ayrault had warned Erdogan not to use the failed coup as a “blank cheque” to silence his opponents, to which the Turkish president told him to “mind his own business”.
On Monday, he appeared to annoy Cavusoglu when he said there was a difference between the states of emergency in Turkey and in France, which imposed its measures in the wake of the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris.
“In France, the state of emergency does not allow for the transfer of legislative power to the executive. Parliament retains all powers of lawmaking and the independence of the judiciary is guaranteed fully,” Ayrault said.
Cavusoglu hit back, insisting: “For us, there is no difference between Turkey’s state of emergency and France’s state of emergency. Their scope and objectives are the same: targeting terrorist organisations.”
Over 35,000 people have been arrested since July, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said at the weekend, while 82,000 people have been investigated over alleged links to the cleric Fethullah Gulen and his Hizmet group.
Ankara initially imposed a three-month state of emergency after the coup bid and extended it for another 12 weeks earlier this month to tackle what it describes as an extraordinary threat.
After meeting with Erdogan and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim later, Ayrault did not back down from his comments about the countries’ emergency differences.
“Everyone knows that this is not the same thing… There are differences and I simply repeated them. It is a fact,” the minister said at Ankara airport before leaving for Greece.
Despite the disagreement, Ayrault said Turkey was an important country with whom France had a “strategic partnership” and friendship which meant they could discuss “difficulties and disagreements”.

UN troops fired warning shots on Monday as angry protesters marched through the Central African Republic capital, Bangui, demanding that “passive” UN peace-keepers be sent home for failing to do their job.
Shops and banks in several Bangui districts remained shut as irate residents threw up roadblocks in response to an upsurge of militia violence across the country in recent weeks.
Angered by the flare-up, a coalition of civil society groups had called for a one-day strike in the city of one million to press demands for a pullout of the UN’s 12,000-strong MINUSCA force.
As the protesters marched on MINUSCA headquarters at midday, peacekeepers fired warning shots into the air to hold them back, witnesses told AFP.
CAR has been in chaos since early 2013 when longtime president Francois Bozize, a Christian, was ousted by a mainly Muslim Seleka rebel group — triggering revenge attacks and a spiral of atrocities in which thousands were slaughtered.
Fears of a sectarian bloodbath led to the dispatch of UN peacekeepers the following year.
“By staying home the population will show its support towards civil society demands for MINUSCA’s withdrawal and its outrage over the killings that are taking place across almost all of the country,” said the civil society coalition’s coordinator Gervais Lakosso.
MINUSCA had a clear mandate to stamp out militia groups “but wherever the UN forces go there is violence,” he said.
“Civil society believes MINUSCA has shown passivity and complicity.”
Rejecting the allegations, UN spokesman Vladimir Monteiro said “you can’t lie to Central Africans and say there are (national) armed forces that can defend them.”
It would also be misleading to “just focus on the problems and forget the action undertaken,” he added on Radio Ndeke Luka.
Dozens of people have been killed in recent weeks however, prompting severe criticism of the peacekeepers.
The violence between Christian and Muslim groups has displaced one in 10 of the country’s 4.5 million people.
After two years of bloodshed, CAR had appeared to be returning to normal, holding peaceful elections early this year following a visit by the pope.

Reggae is a broad musical canvas, stretching from the lightest of pop to the deepest of folk rhythms. From
Actually if I was asked, and confidently say local reggae fans are spoilt for choice! They already enjoy steady streams of formidable musical talent via the usual reggae nights lined-up in almost every club in the entertainment scene, from 3 of November, 2016, reggae lovers can go to Club Tribeka for 8hrs of non-stop reggae party.
On the decks will be Dj Moh.
Entrance is free of charge.  
Tribeka is located in the CBD next to Nation center.

For those who are not aware, the young singer has been in the game for a while now, however he was overlooked by fans due to his young age.
Anyway… you might know him from which he collaborated on with DK Kwenye beat in 2012. He later released his single that was last published in 2013. Since then the singer has been out of site and of course out of mind for those who had started noticing him.
Well, he is however back and the singer is not as young as he was a few years ago. Masterpiece has changed and according to many the singer looks like Empire’s actor Hakeem.
While going through his social media handles I could not help but notice how ladies were thirsting over his ‘way of dressing’ and hair.
Not quite sure what masterpiece has in store for his fans but rumour has it that he is set to release a new song soon.
Checkout his photos below.
 
 
 
 

The smoke from fires lit by Islamic State jihadists to provide cover from air strikes has painted the northern Iraqi sky black, providing a dramatic backdrop for the Mosul offensive.
The use of smoke in warfare is likely as old as war itself but the masks and technology available to Iraqi forces in this conflict leave civilians, especially children, the most vulnerable.
As forces closed in on their Mosul bastion, IS set fire to oil wells, torched tyres inside the city and set up a defence system around it that includes burning oil trenches to blind their enemy’s air and satellite assets.
In the area of Al-Tina, south of Mosul, billows of white smoke from a sulphur plant torched by IS were brought rolling in by the wind, mixed at times with black plumes from blazing oil wells.
In the resulting haze, which limited vision to a few hundred metres (yards), dust-caked children played on the roadside.
“It blocks our chest,” said Tiba, an 11-year-old girl wearing a blue dress and red headscarf. Anas, a seven-year-old boy with curly brown hair, said his throat was hurting.
According to a UN statement, 600 to 800 people have sought medical assistance because of the toxic cloud released by the sulphur plant fire.
Most of them were checked at a health centre in nearby Qayyarah but its chief doctor said several cases had to be transferred to a better equipped hospital nearby.
Two civilians are confirmed to have died from inhaling the sulphur fumes.
That fire was put out over the weekend but oil wells, some of which have been burning for months, are till ablaze.
Civilians living on the edges of Mosul in areas not yet retaken by Iraqi forces are also affected and have limited options for treatment.
A medic at Mosul’s Jomhuri hospital, whom AFP contacted but can not name for security reasons, said a growing number of residents were checking themselves in with respiratory problems.
“Those who suffer the most are people with asthma, especially children and the elderly,” the medic said. “We are doing what we can but the shortage of drugs at the hospital is getting worse.”
Doctors told AFP that IS fighters are taking heavy casualties from the ongoing fighting and keeping most of the dwindling medical supplies for themselves.
Abu Thaer, who lives on the eastern outskirts of Mosul, brought his five-year-old son to Jomhuri hospital last week.
“My son has asthma and he is suffering a lot from the smoke,” he said. “The drugs still available are expensive so I moved him here, where he is being treated in the oxygen room.”
Up to 1.2 million people are believed to still be living in the city and Abu Thaer said some were trying to move away from the fires to less affected neighbourhoods.
According to health and chemical weapon contamination experts from the International Committee of the Red Cross, the smoke clouds around Mosul were not of the most toxic kind.
“The more the oil is processed — the more it will contain toxic fumes, but it would be less black,” the ICRC told AFP.
“The most lethal and dangerous toxic chemicals are those we don’t easily perceive with natural senses,” it said.
When masks are not available, civilians should use a wet handkerchief to cover their mouth and nose, the ICRC said.
On satellite imagery, a dotting of black smudges obfuscate the Mosul battlefield but experts argue the jihadist tactic has limited impact besides obscuring the vision of drones.
“Burning oil wells does cause a localised nuisance, but it doesn’t stop us from collecting intelligence using a variety of aerial and space platforms,” said Colonel John Dorrian, spokesman of the US-led anti-IS coalition.
David Witty, an analyst and retired US special forces colonel, said the fires were mostly effective at “temporarily impeding ground, tactical operations as combatting forces draw close to each other”.
“Smoke can greatly restrict close air support from attack helicopters, but less so for higher flying aircraft which already have GPS locations for targets,” he said.
In history, Salaheddin, the 12th century Iraq-born founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, set dry grass on fire to disrupt his enemy during the battle of Hattin (in what is now Israel) to clinch a decisive victory against the Crusaders.

The European Union has released Sh198 million to the Treasury as refund for Kenyan troops fighting Al Shabaab militants in Somalia following a seven-month delay.
According to BBC reports, the delay was as a result of “accounting issues”.
The 4,000 Kenyan Defence Force (KDF) under the African Union force in Somalia (Amisom) receive the allowances through the government.
The funds are only released to Amisom by the EU once accounts from the previous payment are signed off.
Amisom officials fear that the late payments are having a negative impact have on troop morale.
In the past year, four Amisom bases manned by Burundian, Ugandan, Kenyan and Ethiopian troops have been attacked by the militants.
Treasury documents show that Kenya received the money in September with the last refund coming in February.
The international community provides Sh103, 828 for each Amisom soldier each month.
However, the troops’ respective governments deduct about Sh20,000 for administrative costs.
 
State House says the recent decision by the European Union to cut funding to the African Union Mission to Somalia (Amisom) by 20 per cent adds to financial difficulties threatening the success of the troops in defeating Al Shabaab militants.
Kenya sent over 4,000 soldiers to Somalia after incessant attacks and kidnapping by Al Shabaab militants within its territory.
In January this year, Kenya suffered its heaviest military defeat since independence when Al Shabaab militants attacked El Adde military base, killing over 100 KDF soldiers.

Janet Mbugua is said to have the most beautiful legs of all news anchors. But more often she’s always covering her legs, unless she’s going out for unofficial business.
Mama Ethan and her husband, Eddie Ndichu, were among other Nairobi revelers that attended the 2nd edition of the Nairobi Food and Music Festival at the Alchemist in Westlands on Saturday 22 October.
 
Janet was rocking sexy hot pants that made her look like a fresh graduate from Kenyatta University. She showed off her Tina Turner-like legs as she posed for a photo wearing a smile that can smitten any man on any dull day.
 
Janet’s sister-in-law to be, Edith Kimani,(She dating Janet Mbugua’s twin brother) also attended the 2nd edition of the Nairobi Food and Music Festival. She also dressed to the nines.
 
 

Memory performance was reduced by between 41 percent to 67 percent following heading practice, according to the research, with the effects wearing off after 24 hours
The significance of the study, published in EBioMedicine, is that it is believed to be the first detecting immediate changes in the brain after players were exposed to everyday head impacts, as opposed to clinical brain injuries like concussion.
Researchers fired footballs from a machine designed to replicate a corner kick and asked a group of players to head the ball 20 times.
“We found there was in fact increased inhibition in the brain immediately after heading and that performance on memory tests was reduced significantly,” Dr Magdalena Ietswaart, a cognitive neuroscientist at Sterling University, told the BBC on Monday.
“Although the changes were temporary, we believe they are significant to brain health, particularly if they happen over and over again as they do in football heading,” she added.
Several studies in recent years have raised concerns about the effects of repeatedly heading a football, with much attention focused on retired former players.
In May this year, England’s governing Football Association said it would authorise a study into potential links between heading a ball and brain diseases.
Their announcement came following a lengthy campaign by the family of former England striker Jeff Astle for more research into the topic.
West Bromwich Albion great Astle, a centre forward renowned for his heading ability, died aged just 59 in 2002, an inquest ruled he had suffered death by “industrial injury”.
However, the leather ‘case’ footballs used for the bulk of Astle’s career were far heavier than the synthetic ones used in the modern game, especially when wet.
Nevertheless, former Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith said Scotland should think about following the example of the United States, where junior players are banned from heading the ball.
“We should try and discourage it from certain age groups in order to make sure there isn’t any later effects on little kids,” Smith, himself a former striker, told the BBC.

A party of political outsiders fronted by a former police chief pulled off a stunning election victory in Lithuania on Sunday on the back of promises to deliver much-needed economic growth to curb a labour exodus.
After the weekend run-off vote, which followed a first round on October 9, the centrist Lithuanian Peasants and Green Union party (LPGU) ended up with 54 seats in the 141-member parliament. It previously had just one seat.
“Iron Lady” President Dalia Grybauskaite said Monday that the election result “confirmed that people want major changes”.
“New faces replaced political old-timers in many constituencies — this means changes on Lithuania’s political map,” she added.
The conservative Homeland Union, which had been tipped to win, came a distant second with 31 seats, while the governing Social Democrats were, as expected, relegated to the opposition, with just 17 seats.
Grybauskaite formally invited the LPGU to “form a transparent and responsible majority” government after holding exploratory coalition talks with other party leaders.
She said it was “crucial to restore ruined confidence in the parliament and government”.
The LPGU has said it is open to talks with all parties.
“In every election, new political personalities attract disillusioned voters. The LPGU knew how to attract more of them,” Ramunas Vilpisauskas, director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science in Vilnius, told AFP.
“Some of their ideas are very mainstream, but others are closer to those we see in Poland,” he added, referring to the populist Law and Justice (PiS) party which has taken the controversial path of economic nationalism and reforms that the EU has warned undermine democracy.
Vilnius University political scientist Aine Ramonaite was cautious about likening the LPGU to other populist or right-wing parties that have surged on protest votes elsewhere in Europe.
“There are certain parallels with countries, like for instance Greece, but we cannot call the LPGU a populist party,” she told AFP, adding that it is not anti-migrant.
She said that it drew broad support thanks to its drive for a strong state that could curb mass emigration.
“What has surprised us this time is the very large scale of the switch,” she added.
Popular in the countryside, the LPGU’s official leader is Ramunas Karbauskis, an industrial farming tycoon and land owner.
But Saulius Skvernelis, a former national police chief popular for battling corruption, ran as its “new face” for prime minister.
The 46-year-old launched his political career just two years ago when he swapped his police uniform for a suit and the office of the interior minister.
His squeaky-clean image turned him into Lithuania’s hottest political commodity virtually overnight.
The LPGU wants to change a controversial new labour code that makes it easier to hire and fire employees, impose a state monopoly on alcohol sales, cut bureaucracy — and above all, boost economic growth to halt mass emigration.
Karbauskis has also raised the prospect of a “grand coalition” of all parties in parliament to create a technocratic government focused on economic growth and boosting incomes.
Wage growth and job creation were key election issues in the country of 2.9 million people that has been plagued by an exodus of workers seeking higher wages abroad.
Over the last 15 years, the Baltic state’s population has fallen by 600,000 people as young people seek better opportunities in western Europe.
Sunday’s result dealt a heavy blow to Homeland Union leader Gabrielius Landsbergis, who was tipped as the next prime minister after his party finished narrowly ahead of the LPGU in round one of voting.
Promises by current Social Democratic Prime Minister Butkevicius of a further hike in the minimum wage and public sector salaries failed to attract voters.
Lithuania’s average wage of just over 600 euros ($670) per month after tax remains one of the lowest in the EU, and inequality and poverty remain comparatively high.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has hired Russian doping whistleblower Vitaly Stepanov as a consultant and is helping his runner wife Yuliya, a spokesman said Monday.
The Stepanovs were instrumental in exposing doping in Russian sport that led to the country being banned from international athletics while dozens of competitors were barred from the Rio Olympics this year.
They are now in hiding in the United States but an IOC spokesman confirmed a report by the insidethegames.com website that IOC president Thomas Bach had met them.
“The president met them some weeks ago and we are offering support to both,” Mark Adams told AFP.
The couple had complained about the IOC’s attitude after Stepanova was banned from competing at the Rio Games because of a past doping sanction.
Under the new deal, Stepanov, a former top official of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, will be an anti-doping consultant. His wife, a middle-distance runner, has been given a training scholarship.
“We are very happy that we are now in a position to further fight doping and bring in our experiences in Russia and as whistleblowers,” Stepanov told insidethegames.com.
Russia, which has denied accusations by a World Anti-Doping Agency report of state-sanctioned doping, is struggling to get back into international athletics.

Sunday saw United’s six-game unbeaten run in all competitions come to a spectacular end as Chelsea won 4-0 in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge.
It was a return to forget for both former Chelsea manager turned United boss Jose Mourinho and midfielder Mata, who played for the London club before the Portuguese froze him out of first-team duty and then sold the Spain midfielder to United.
United were behind after just 30 seconds when an error allowed Mata’s compatriot Pedro Rodriguez to open the scoring and from there it was largely one-way traffic with Gary Cahill, Eden Hazard and N’Golo Kante all adding further goals.
But Mata, a half-time substitute, said United would be glad of Wednesday’s League Cup clash at home to City as this would give them a chance to atone quickly for the Chelsea loss.
“It sounds like a cliche but it’s true: when we win and everybody praises you it’s easy to be united and celebrate together, but it is now, after such a defeat, when we must remain mentally strong and keep going,” Mata said.
“Together we win and together we lose.”
Despite the fact United were well beaten, their fans never let up in their vocal support for their side — so much so that Chelsea manager Antonio Conte was seen urging the home crowd to match the volume of the visiting support following the Blues’ fourth goal.
“Thank you so much to the fans that came to London, you didn’t stop cheering us on through the 90 minutes, even when things became so difficult. You guys are amazing,” said Mata.
“And also to the Chelsea fans, for they always show me their respect and affection.
“We hope to give you the win that you deserve this coming Wednesday.”
That match will be the second derby clash since both Mourinho and City manager Pep Guardiola arrived in Manchester.
City won 2-1 at Old Trafford last month despite a less than convincing club debut by goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.
Having won their first 10 games under Spanish boss Guardiola, Sunday’s 1-1 draw at home to Southampton means Premier League leaders City have now gone five games without a victory.

A weird man was rushed to a hospital in Bangkok on October 19 after his private part got stuck in a pleasure ring he was using to bust a nut.
The Thai man put a metal alloy ring on his manhood to pleasure himself but unfortunately his sex organ expanded and he could not remove the ring.
The Mirror reports that medics arrived at his home to found him writhing in pain after he called emergency services for help.
Upon reaching the hospital, doctors used all sort of lubricants to try slide the ring off the man’s phallus but nothing worked.
They tried using a saw and pliers to stretch the ring and then pull it off but then again the ring wouldn’t came off the man’s p*nis. Not even a hacksaw could cut the ring.
Doctors eventually decided to use giant bolt cutters to break the hardened ring. The ring only came off the man’s pecker after three hours of struggling.
The Mirror says the man overwhelming thanked the doctors after the three-hour ordeal; he discharged the same day as he had not suffered serious injuries that could render his manhood ‘useless’.
Below are the horrifying photos of themedical procedure a poor man was put through:
 
 
 

Nico Rosberg will be aiming for nothing less than an outright victory against his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton when they take their world title duel to Mexico next weekend.
In the wake of Hamilton’s dominant victory at the United States Grand Prix on Sunday, the championship leading German admitted he was disappointed to finish only second and owed that result to a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) intervention when he was running third.
“It was a help for me, for sure,” he said. “I wanted to win, but I am glad to limit the damage too ? but I will be trying to go for a victory in Mexico. I really want to go there and win.”
Rosberg acknowledged that the VSC, deployed when Dutch teenager Max Verstappen retired with a gearbox failure and parked his Red Bull by the side of the track at the Circuit of the Americas, played a key part in him finishing second and not third.
It enabled him to take a ?free? pit stop that changed the shape of the race and wrecked Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Australian Daniel Ricciardo?s hopes of finishing second behind Hamilton.
By finishing second, Rosberg lost seven points to defending three-time champion Hamilton rather than 10 if he had been third ? a key factor in the championship as it means his lead was trimmed to 26 points with three races remaining instead of 23.
A race victory is worth 25 points.
Rosberg can take the title with a victory in Mexico if the Briton fails to score by increasing his lead to 51 points with two races to go ? a scenario that was impossible if he finished third.
“It is all part of the strategy in a race,” said Rosberg. “When you go long (in a stint), you know there is a small chance of being able to benefit from those scenarios, as well as being able to give it a run at the end of the race.
“It is part of the game. It came at the right moment for me, for sure.”
Hamilton’s first win in six races kept his challenge alive, but he knows that Rosberg can take the title by finishing second behind him if he wins all three remaining races.
Rosberg, however, had no intention of taking a conservative route to his maiden championship win.
“No, I don’t see it like that,? he said, when asked if he felt that finishing second on Sunday was ‘mission accomplished’. “I wanted to win the US Grand Prix and it didn’t work out.
“So, I’m not ecstatic, of course, but Lewis did a great job this weekend. It was his weekend.
“I was pushing like mad to try and close up and put slight pressure in some way on him, but it wasn’t enough.”
He added: “When I get to the next race in Mexico, I’m just going to go for the win because I’d love to get the win there.”
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff admitted Rosberg was lucky to take second thanks to the VSC.
“I think it would have been a very different result without that,” he said.
“We had the pace, but we were very fortunate when the VSC came out. We haven’t been very lucky in the last few race so we will take that.”
That most of Mercedes’ bad luck has been had by Hamilton with a series of engine failures and poor starts was not highlighted by Wolff who added that he expects Red Bull to be a threat in the final races.
“They have done a good job and they have closed up to us and they were very strong on Friday. It is going to be very difficult in the last three races.”

With KCPE and KCSE around the corner students have already started mastering different ways they can use get away with free answers (mwakenya) without being caught.
Yes, these students are smart and quite inventive when coming up with the different techniques they can apply during exams. Some are strange but too hilarious to ignore.
Ghafla does not recommend any students reading this to try and copy or use the methods listed below. If caught be ready to face the consequences that will definitely affect your future.
1. Writing notes on body parts which is mostly used by girls
 
2. Jotting notes on tiny papers that cannot be easily spotted in an exam room.
 
 
3.Dropping the exam sheet to create an opportunity to read what one has written under their desk.
 
4. Tacking notes into sleeves.
 
5. And the all time winning cheating method
 

They have escaped the Islamic State group stronghold of Mosul but hundreds of Iraqis seeking refuge in neighbouring war-torn Syria are now trapped on the border under jihadist fire.
As hungry and thirsty children wander in tears between makeshift tents, a motorbike suddenly roars towards the encampment in the Rajm al-Salibeh border area, just inside Syrian territory.
Syrian Kurdish fighters manning the border open fire, fearing an IS scout, or even a suicide bomb attacker.
The vehicle disappears from view but then reemerges and is again met by fire from the Kurdish forces a second time before it retreats.
The incident heightens the tension and fear at the border, where Iraqis fleeing IS-held Mosul ahead of an army operation to recapture the city are seeking refuge in their war-torn neighbour.
“A mortar shell fell and an Iraqi family was injured. Day and night there are clashes. We’re living in danger here,” said one Iraqi in his thirties, who refused to give his name.
He said he feared reprisals against relatives still in Mosul, and spoke with his checkered keffiyeh over his face to hide it from the camera.
Around him in the desert, hundreds of Iraqis waited in the heat.
Despite the war that is ravaging Syria and has displaced millions of its residents, the Iraqis are desperate to reach the UN-run Al-Hol refugee camp in Syria’s Hasakeh province.
The wait is long: this group has been stuck on a stretch of Syrian border for 10 days, with IS-held Iraqi territory just behind them.
Kurdish and Arab fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces man earth berms on the border, and regularly skirmish with IS fighters coming from Iraq.
The jihadists sometimes send scouts to see where people have gathered and then launch mortar shells at fleeing civilians.
“We’re on the front here, there is constant fire,” said another Iraqi refugee, his face also covered, this time with a black scarf.
“My son is sick from the heat. Why won’t they help us and let us enter Al-Hol?” he asked, also refusing to give his name for fear of reprisals.
Local officials say the delays are necessary to prevent IS fighters from entering the country and the camp.
“There are security procedures to follow. We’re afraid that Daesh (IS) elements might try to infiltrate disguised as civilians,” camp official Roder Younes told AFP earlier in the week.
Al-Hol lies some 200 kilometres from Mosul, territory that those fleeing must navigate mostly on foot, dodging IS mines and sniper fire intended to keep civilians from escaping.
The waiting families lie on blankets under makeshift fabric tents that shade them from the blazing sun.
Men and women haul heavy bags stuffed with their remaining belongings, as barefoot and in some cases visibly malnourished children nibble biscuits that temporarily distract them from crying.
“The heat and the hunger are killing us,” said Nawal, dressed in black.
“At night it is so cold we dig a hole to bury our hands in and warm them up,” she added, sitting with her three children in a group of other women.
At Al-Hol, the camp is being expanded to accommodate the refugees already arriving and the many more who are expected to come as the operation to recapture Mosul advances.
Some 6,000 people have been at the camp for around the last two years, and it is being expanded to receive 30,000 people.
On Friday, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said 912 Iraqis had arrived at the camp in recent days.
But for those trapped on the border, the process is not moving fast enough.
“We’re been here a week, we’re thirsty and a container of drinking water is 1,500 Syrian pounds ($3), we can’t afford that,” complained Ibrahim al-Khalaf, sitting in a makeshift tent with his wife and six children.
“We fled oppression, and we hope we won’t be oppressed here too.”

Iraqi forces were inching to within striking distance of eastern Mosul Tuesday as defence chiefs from the US-led coalition met in Paris to review the offensive on the jihadist bastion.
The United Nations said it had received reports of a new series of atrocities by the Islamic State group (IS) as troops close in on its last major urban stronghold in Iraq.
With the Mosul battle in its second week, French President Francois Hollande called for the coalition to prepare for the aftermath and the next stages of the campaign against the jihadists.
Forces from the elite counter-terrorism service (CTS) retook areas close to the eastern outskirts of Mosul.
“On our front, we have advanced to within five or six kilometres (three to four miles) of Mosul,” their commander, General Abdelghani al-Assadi, told AFP.
“We must now coordinate with forces on other fronts to launch a coordinated” attack on Mosul, he said, speaking from the Christian town of Bartalla.
Kurdish peshmerga forces are making gains on the northeastern front, but federal forces advancing from the south have some way to go before reaching the outskirts.
Meanwhile, thousands of men from the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary umbrella group dominated by Tehran-backed Shiite militias were preparing for a push to the west of mainly Sunni Mosul.
The Hashed’s mission will be to “cut off and prevent the escape of (IS) towards Syria and fully isolate Mosul from Syria”, said Jawwad al-Tulaibawi, spokesman for the Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia.
“We expect that it will be a difficult and fierce battle,” he said.
Iraqi Kurds and Sunni Arab politicians have opposed the Hashed’s participation in the operation, as has Turkey, which has a military presence east of Mosul despite repeated demands by Baghdad to withdraw its forces.
Tensions have risen between Baghdad and Ankara, whose foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, warned Tuesday that if there is a threat to Turkey, “we are ready to use all our resources including a ground operation”.
As Iraqi forces advance, the United Nations said it has received reports of dozens of execution-type killings by IS in Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the capital.
Citing preliminary reports, the UN said those killed included 50 police officers who had been held hostage.
In Paris, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was meeting coalition counterparts, including Pentagon chief Ashton Carter, to review the war on IS after more than two years of air strikes, training and on-the-ground military advisers.
Besides coordinating their support for the forces closing in on Mosul, ministers will also attempt to iron out differences over priorities in the campaign.
France is keen to tackle the jihadists’ Syria bastion Raqa, where a large number of French foreign fighters in IS ranks are stationed.
As the ministers met, Hollande warned that “the recapture is not an end in itself. We must already anticipate the consequences of the fall of Mosul.”
“What is at stake is the political future of the city, the region and Iraq,” Hollande said, calling for “all ethnic and religious groups” to have a say in the future running of Mosul.
He also called on the ministers to set out “the stages of the next operations” against IS, namely retaking Raqa.
While the jihadists in Mosul are outnumbered about 10 to one, there are insufficient forces available to take on the estimated 3,000-4,000 IS fighters in Raqa.
Seeking to draw attention away from the Mosul campaign, IS has staged attacks in the northern city of Kirkuk and western town of Rutba in recent days.
Jihadists seized two neighbourhoods in Rutba, but officials said that as of Tuesday it was fully back in government hands.
Senior Iraqi and US military officials have reported that IS leaders are already trying to leave Mosul to reach the Syrian side of their “caliphate”.
But a senior official close to Le Drian said a few hundred IS fighters recently moved in the opposite direction, reinforcing the estimated 3,000 to 5,000 jihadists defending Mosul.
IS had shown increasing pragmatism in recent battles, tending to fall back in the face of superior firepower.
But with its claim to run a “caliphate” losing credibility with every new loss of territory, IS has mounted a fierce and well-organised resistance in the fight for Mosul.
The city is where IS supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed the cross-border “caliphate” in June 2014, and its loss could spell the end of the group’s days as a land-holding force in the Iraqi part.
In Moscow Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov equated US support for Iraqi efforts to recapture Mosul with Russian backing of a Syrian government offensive to seize rebel-held east Aleppo.

It’s one thing to place an order and another to wait for forever before the product is delivered at your door step. Electronic Soko is taking that into consideration with the introduction of FREE delivery in Nairobi, within 24hrs!
We are growing border-less every day as the world-wide-web continues to become part and parcel of every little aspect of everyday life.
When we take a look at Kenya, most vendors have now adapted to selling their merchandise online. Sticking to what their target audience need. But even with the rapid growth of technology systems and functions the rate of being over-charged on products and being conned grows. But still, we have a couple trusted systems that are still genuine and are not in the business of ripping off their clients.
 
Take for instance Esoko, Esoko is an online shop for electronics, they sale phones, laptops and tabs and they have a country wide delivery option in place. You no longer need to save for months to come to Moi Avenue to get your desired gadget, when Esoko are very affordable, all you have to do is buy and chill for it to be delivered plus they have #electronicsokoCRAZYDEAL with discounts of up to 50% off!
Don’t believe me? Check or call 0726122001to confirm for yourself.
 

Timmy has not responded to these claims, this is because he is already on to the next one. And by the next one, we mean his new track. Timmy Tdat and Sudi Boy have teamed up on a new song, Iromo.
 
The song is about two men trying to date one girl. They each need to convince the lady that they are the right man for her.
says Timmy Tdat
This is the first time that Sudi Boy and Timmy Tdat are working together.
says Sudi Boy. Iromo was produced by the talented Teddy B.
says Timmy Tdat.
The video was directed by Young Wallace.

Kenya’s world javelin champion and Olympic medallist Julius Yego said he was “lucky to be alive” after a car crash.
The 27-year-old athlete was driving to his Eldoret home when his brand-new four-wheel SUV collided with a trailer lorry on the busy Nairobi-Eldoret highway on Sunday night.
He was detained in hospital overnight from where he told reporters: “The driver of the trailer made a sudden U-turn in the middle of the road – there was no way I could have avoided him.
“I slammed so hard on the car brakes while hooting at the driver, that I thought I had broken my leg.
“I am lucky to be alive.”
“Yego did not suffer any serious injury, but we decided to keep him in the hospital overnight for further observations,” said a doctor at Mediheal hospital in the western city of Eldoret.
Yego became the first Kenyan athlete to win a major field event gold medal at the world championships in Beijing in August 2015.
Two years ago another Kenyan athlete Asbel Kiprop, the 2008 Olympic 1500m gold medallist was left hospitalised after a near fatal accident when his car went off the road near Eldoret as he was driving home at night.
Road accidents account for the highest number of deaths in Kenya. The poor state of the roads, coupled with speeding are blamed for the heavy toll.

Equity Bank is targeting to enlist about 1 million merchants in the next three years with an aim of increasing mobile money accessibility through EazzyPay new service.
Unveiling the development, the Bank’s CEO James Mwangi said that “Merchants will be charged an average of 1% commission of the transaction services but for the customer, it will be totally free,”
He said that the bank is recruiting kiosks, shops, supermarkets, airlines, petrol stations, hotels, canteen and schools at the rate of 1,000 merchants per day.
 
To pay for goods and services, customers can pay using their Equitel mobile lines, from Eazzy App downloaded from Google Play or Apple App store or from any other money platform like Safaricom or Airtel money but will need an assigned Eazzypay Till Number.
He emphasized that, EazzyPay service will allow the cash paid to reflect in their accounts in real time, and in turn reduce the risk of stressing over working capital experienced between when the transaction occurred and when cash paid is accredited to merchants account.
In addition, merchants will earn an extra income in commission from Cash Back services possible with EazzyPay and airtime sales for all telecom operators. The Cash Bank service will also allow customers to shop and withdraw cash at the same time.
 
 
 
 

Kelechi Iheanacho has urged Manchester City to maintain their “focus” as the Premier League leaders bid to end a run of frustrating results.
City started the season with 10 straight wins under new manager Pep Guardiola.
But their 1-1 draw with Southampton at Eastlands on Sunday means City, top of the table on goal difference, have now gone five games without a victory.
It is a run they will look to snap when they face local rivals Manchester United in the fourth round of the League Cup at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
“Teams drop points in the Premier League, we dropped points as well,” said Iheanacho, who came off the bench to score the equaliser against Southampton. “That is a football game, you don’t know what is going to happen when you play.
“Everyone expects high for our team but we are human beings as well. We are footballers, we can make mistakes and we can lose games. We just keep moving, keep our heads straight and focus on the next games,” the Nigeria international added.
By drawing with the Saints, City did at least avoid two successive defeats after their midweek 4-0 loss away to Barcelona, the club where Guardiola made his name as both player and a manager, in the Champions League.
“It wasn’t our best but I still think we played well and deserved to win,” said Iheanacho of Sunday’s match.
“But it is a game of football. We can lose, win or draw because the opponents are good players as well.”

The past week has seen an unusual flurry of activities regarding the International Criminal Court (ICC) both in Kenya and across the continent.
Burundi and South Africa have already written to the United Nations, expressing their intention to pull out of the Hague-based court.
According to , Michael Masutha, the ICC’s obligations are inconsistent with laws giving sitting leaders diplomatic immunity.
The decision followed a dispute last year when South Africa allowed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to visit the country for an African Union summit, despite him facing an arrest warrant from the ICC.
Most of the ICC’s investigations and indictments have been of Africans, stirring criticism from many governments on the continent.
The National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale, has indicated that the House Business Committee will meet this week to deliberate on repealing the International Crimes Act.
he said.
A repeal would force the Cabinet to come up with a resolution, which will then be transformed into the withdrawal instruments.
 
The time period for a country whose a signatory to the Rome Statute to leave the ICC officially takes a one year.
At his weekly briefing, State House Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu, said the issue was yet to be deliberated within the Cabinet before preparations of all necessary instruments can be done.
he said.
The opposition has rejected the move by Jubilee officials to pull Kenya out of the Rome Statute.
Over the weekend, ODM Chairman John Mbadi, said that the country should not back out of the international treaty as it assures that electoral offenders are charged before the International Criminal Court.
Homa Bay Women Rep Gladys Wanga warned National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale against tabling the motion in parliament and declared that Kenya was in ICC to stay.
Speaking during NTV’s on Monday morning, Homa Bay Senator Moses Kajwang’ termed Jubilee’s move to pull out as a non-issue especially with the general elections only months away.
said.

The details on our news desk are quite scarce but we have a reason to believe that the former anchor chose to keep the wedding on the low in order to avoid media coverage.
Ghafla however spoke exclusively to her younger sister who confirmed that 29-year-old Ntonjira is now officially off the market but sadly could not reveal more details.
Friends and family have been streaming in congratulatory messages to the newly couple as they begin their family journey together.
Below are a few photos from their wedding:
 
 

Abbas Hussein Ali from Sudan was one of the first in line as the evacuation of the squalid Jungle refugee camp began on Monday, overjoyed to finally have a chance at a dignified life.
Ali, 25, was up before dawn to be among the first to get on one of the buses taking the camp’s estimated 6,000-8,000 occupants to 451 centres across France.
After four long months living in grim conditions in the camp, which has served as a launchpad for migrants desperate to reach Britain, all Ali wants now is “to study”. “I want to learn French,” he said.
Wahid, a 23-year-old from Afghanistan, was also glad to leave.
“We don’t know yet where we are going, but it will obviously be better than the Jungle, which was made for animals not humans,” he said. “We will be in a home.”
But freshly scrawled graffiti on the walls of makeshift shelters and shops in the camp told another story.
“I lost my hope,” read one piece. “Is this justice? No,” read another.
Some people were still intent on starting a new life across the Channel.
Hammoudi, a young Syrian man from the devastated city of Aleppo, was among those who were dispirited, but who refused to give up on the dream of reaching Britain.
He and his friends escaped the Jungle overnight Sunday, setting up camp nearby, hoping to keep trying to cross the Channel on the back of a lorry.
“My dream is ruined,” 22-year-old Hammoudi told AFP.
“My hope was to be able to reach the UK, where I believe we as refugees would be better treated,” said the Syrian, whose cousin was killed in a bombing in July.
Mahmoud al-Saleh, a 22-year-old from near Aleppo, said he was undecided about whether to register for transfer to a French accommodation centre.
Sipping tea from a plastic cup, he spoke nervously, saying he feared trouble if he did not submit to the evacuation order.
Saleh said he thought his chances of finding work were far better in Britain than in France.
“I have to send money to my family in Syria. They have nothing… I just feel — either I get to Britain someday, or I am better off in Syria,” he said.
Saleh has tried five times to reach Britain, smuggled aboard a lorry. But he was caught every time and sent back.
Many heading out of the buses were heading to French towns they had never heard of, including Fahim, a young Afghan.
“The most important thing is that we are leaving Calais,” he said on the coach to Nogent-le-Rotrou, 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of Paris.
“We had the choice between two possible towns, but we did not know them,” said Fahim, 26, who was travelling with two friends. They ended up picking at random.
As the bus drove off, the migrants onboard waved farewell to the Jungle, their faces pressed close to the glass.
Back in the camp, Farhan, a 12-year-old Ethiopian boy who survived a harrowing sea voyage from Libya to Italy before travelling overland to Calais, said he wished he could just go home.
“But my country is not safe,” said the boy, whose large brown eyes gave away his fear and uncertainty. “My heart has been broken since I left my family last year. I have not even been able to speak to them.”
Farhan was among scores of minors from the majority Oromo community in Ethiopia that has waged nearly a year of protests against a government largely made up of minority Tigrayans.
“Like everyone else, he travelled here alone,” said Solan, a 24-year-old Ethiopian volunteer working with the minors.
Britain has, in the past week, taken in nearly 200 child refugees out of an estimated 1,300 from the Jungle, and is expected to take dozens more.
Ashram, a 17-year-old Afghan, said he would try to renew his attempts to stow away on a truck heading across the Channel to Britain if his application failed.
“I’m used to it now,” he said.

And even the mention that you are from Jubilee in an ODM territory is a recipe for trouble. It’s akin to driving a trailer on thin ice. Something that Ababu Namwamba learnt the hard way after being bombarded by livid ODM youth outside Glory Worship Centre in Bangladesh within Jomvu constituency for saying ‘sisi kama wana Jubilee’ .
But just because Jubilee and ODM supporters often go head-to- head it doesn’t mean that the children of political leaders from, both political groups do.
Brought to together by their affluent backgrounds and desirable lifestyles, these rich kids often hang out together regardless of which parties their parents support.
William Kabogo’s son Alvin shared a photo of him hanging out with James Orengo’s and Fred Gumo’s sons. William Kabogo is Kiambu governor under the Jubilee ticket, James Orengo is Siaya’s Senator through the ODM ticket with Fred Gumo also being a member of ODM.
 

Jalango and his colleagues got stuck on Mai Mahiu highway after the Range Rover they were traveling in broke down. They had to call a chopper to airlift them to Nairobi.
The 4th edition of Mashujaa Party which is sponsored by Tusker happened from Saturday October 22 to Sunday 23at Crayfish Camp in Naivasha.
Jalango, Obinna Ike Igwe, Big Kev, Owago Onyiro, Timmy Tdat among other big names in showbiz travelled to Naivasha for the party.
Everything ran smoothly in Naivasha but Jalango and his team experienced mechanical problems as they were returning to Nairobi.
The comedian and his colleagues were travelling in a convoy of at least four vehicles returning to the city; one vehicle broke down making them stop on the busy Mai Mahiu highway.
A Range Rover that the comedian was travelling in was the one that broke down; it appeared to have overheated as Jalango was busy filling water in the radiator in a bid to cool it down.
 
After struggling to fix the Range Rover without success, the comedian decided to call Uber chopper to rescue him.
The chopper landed by the roadside along the busy Mai Mahiu highway before it airlifted them to the city.
Watch the video below:
 

Music lovers in the Nairobi entertainment scene have had a pool of options of what to listen to, from karaoke, reggae night to live bands.
It’s about time we had a country music concert in these parts of Africa. Coincidentally, Kenya’s renowned Dj will be performing live mixing of Country music at the famous Lounge, Sky World in the CBD today and every other Monday.
Country music is an acquired taste genre, only a few handful of people actually love it, that said, it’s actually not filled with sad songs like most people presume its “party music”
I know Kenyans are more sold into the ‘bend over’ tunes and daggering lifestyle, but country music is really good! You should listen to guys like Blake Shelton; you’ll change your perspective in music.
So put your rodeo hats on, and let’s ramble.
Sky World Lounge is located on Tom Mboya Street.

Milan his daughter with Debbie Asila is as pretty as they come and his 2 born daughter has grown into quite the beauty.
 
It’s been a while since we saw little Nia, but we got to see her again as she hang out with her famous dad. The Raverend took a break from his tight showbiz schedule for some daddy-daughter time with his little princess.
 
Nia was born two years ago to his wife Joan who he has been married to for more than 5 years now. Aside from Nia and Milan, Shaffie  also has a son called Jabali who Joan had from a previous relationship.
 

Rickety structures made of sheet metal and scrap wood are clustered along the road to the Haitian city of Jeremie, which still hasn’t seen any aid nearly three weeks after Hurricane Matthew.
In a scene that is eerily similar to the devastation in Port-au-Prince after the 2010 earthquake, when hundreds of thousands of survivors had to cram into every available space, families are living in makeshift camps.
In one such camp on the side of the road, Dominique Pierre-Louis is trying to start a motorcycle covered in mud.
“I fixed it so I can try to earn a little money by driving a motorcycle taxi,” said the 42-year-old, who normally works as a bricklayer.
“I just want a job, I don’t need any charity. I’m a professional, I can help myself.”
Before the hurricane swept over Haiti, leaving hundreds dead, Pierre-Louis and his family lived outside Jeremie. But after days of not receiving any aid, he moved his wife and eight children to this muddy roadside camp.
In the past two weeks, convoys carrying humanitarian relief have driven by, but none has stopped.
The family is now living in a small space made of sheet metal and tarps. Pierre-Louis’s wife Dieula, who has asthma and has been ill, rests on wooden planks covered by a sheet while their children scramble naked in the mud.
“I was in the hospital for eight days, I was better but the fever came back yesterday,” she said, her face covered in sweat. “I should go back but I can’t afford it.”
Aside from a cholera treatment center set up on the grounds of Jeremie’s partially damaged public hospital, there is no free medical care in this city, which bore the brunt of Matthew’s might.
At night, Pierre-Louis sleeps sitting up in a plastic chair, the only possession they were able to save from their home. Two of the younger children sleep on his lap.
His sick wife shares their makeshift bed with their six other children.
But Dieula doesn’t complain too much about her situation.
“The solidarity that usually binds Haitians has been ruptured — there are too many homes destroyed, too many losses. The state can’t do anything, it’s too much,” she said.
A few meters away, Filton Janvier is more angry, and refuses to accept that the international community has abandoned him.
“We’re just on the side of the road. Authorities go by, the mayor just passed by, and even the president was here. But no one came to ask us how we were doing,” the 39-year-old said, seething with rage.
“I pay my taxes, I contribute like everyone else… I don’t understand what is happening. It makes me angry because it makes me question our humanity,” he added, as he watched another group of vehicles from a non-governmental aid organization drive by.
After the main roads were again open to traffic, aid started trickling into Jeremie, but the lack of coordination between the foreign agencies has stalled its distribution to those in need.
On the city’s main street, residents spot a bit of a crowd: food and construction materials are being handed out by city hall, people say — and it’s going south.
“The cop at the entrance ordered me to back up — I did it but people were pushing me from behind. The cop hit me with his baton and I fell down,” said Rene Jean-Fritz, pointing to his bloodied knees.
“These cops did not come to help people, they just came to beat us up,” he charged, and onlookers voiced their agreement.
For Pierre-Louis, people are not looking for handouts but just need the bare minimum so they no longer have to sleep in the rain.
“I just needed two tarps to cover the damaged part of my house. I don’t need rice. They should use helicopters to give that to people in the mountains who have nothing,” he said.
Jean-Fritz, still angry, did not get anything at the aid giveaway. He got the plastic card granting him access to the distribution point the night before from a friend who had several dozen of them.
No local officials or aid group verified that those who queued up for aid were truly in need.

Peace activist Tom Hayden, whose radical views were at the forefront of the anti-Vietnam War movement in the 1960s, has died. He was 76.
Hayden’s wife, Canadian actress and author Barbara Williams, told CNN that he died late Sunday at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California, from complications related to a 2015 stroke.
On Twitter, his official account hailed him as a “1960s radical who became a champion of liberal causes.”
Hayden was a member of the “Chicago 7” convicted on federal charges of conspiracy and incitement to riot over anti-Vietnam War protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The conviction was overturned on appeal.
As an ideological leader of the influential Students for a Democratic Society, he authored its Port Huron statement, a visionary document that still inspires anti-authoritarian and pro-democracy movements today.
“We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities, looking uncomfortably to the world we inherit,” reads the document’s first line.
He later served for almost two decades as a California state lawmaker, both in the State Assembly and the Senate, and was married to actress and fellow political activist Jane Fonda from 1973 to 1990. The couple had a son, Troy Garity.
Hayden also had a son, Liam, with Williams.
Liberal leaders quickly paid tribute to Hayden.
“A political giant and dear friend has passed. Tom Hayden fought harder for what he believed than just about anyone I have known. RIP, Tom,” tweeted Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Alan Spencer, who was recruited by Hayden to write debate material in the 1980s, praised his former boss, saying “he shook up the system, made an impact.”
Hayden taught at various universities, including the University of California, Los Angeles, Scripps College, Pitzer College, Occidental College and the Harvard Institute of Politics.
He was also a prolific author, editing and writing about 20 books. His last volume is due to be published in March.
“At time when we need revived peace movement, Tom Hayden’s (forthcoming) book ‘Hell No: The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement’ will be vital,” The Nation magazine editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel wrote on Twitter hours before news of Hayden’s death broke.
Hayden was a columnist and member of the editorial board of the magazine.

Speaking to the accountability summit at State House in Nairobi. Uhuru said
His admission that corruption has frustrated him has in turn frustrated Kenyans who turned his wrath on him using the hash tag #CryBabyPresident.
Here are some of the juiciest tweets:

The declaration over the weekend by former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth that he will most likely run for Nairobi Governor during next year’s polls has complicated matters for the Jubilee Party.
His entry into the capital’s gubernatorial race is the latest in an already crowded field of candidates seeking to be elected on a Jubilee Party ticket.
Kenneth now joins Senator Mike Sonko, Dagoretti  South MP Dennis Waweru, Nominated MP Johnson Sakaja, former Starehe MP Margaret Wanjiru and Water Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa who will all fight it out for the Jubilee nomination.
Kenneth who ran for the presidency in 2013, also indicated that he will shelve his presidential ambitions in 2017 and will instead support Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election bid.
Jubilee’s top leadership is keen on wrestling the city’s top job away from Cord while preventing any possible fall outs from all the leaders who are seeking the party’s ticket.

Sonko has already welcomed the possibility of Kenneth running in Nairobi, confidently saying he was ready for the battle that lies ahead.
Sakaja on the other hand challenged Kenneth to first dissolve his Kenya National Congress Party and join the Jubilee Party before making any declaration.
Others who are preparing to face off with Dr Evans Kidero for the much sought after gubernatorial position include Miguna Miguna, former National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende, former Kilome MP Harun Mwau and city businesswoman Esther Passaris.

Toulon on Monday appointed Englishman Mike Ford as coach in place of the sacked Diego Dominguez, the Top 14 club’s owner Mourad Boudjellal announced.
Ford, released by English Premiership side Bath in May, joined Toulon as backs coach in September when he vowed to take the mis-firing giants to the “next level”.
Boudjellal told a press conference the decision to dispense with Dominguez had “not been an easy one to take”.
Dominguez was only appointed in the summer to succeed Bernard Laporte, who guided Toulon to three European Cups and a French title in a hugely successful five-year spell.
Former Italy international Dominguez leaves after four wins, three defeats and one draw with Toulon placed fourth in the Top 14 and second in their Champions Cup group.
“We had a disagreement, this is something that happens,” Boudjellal explained whilst underlining his “esteem” for Dominguez.
“Diego is first and foremost my personal failure because it was me who chose him. I accept that,” said the French tycoon who made his fortune through comic book publishing.
The two men will meet this week to discuss the terms of the rupture.
Toulon’s colourful and outspoken owner added: “We are going to try to set up a system of playing that everyone will follow.
“None of the players called for Diego’s head, but I wasn’t happy with what I was seeing.
“If I were a Toulon fan, I wouldn’t feel like buying a ticket to come to the stadium.”
The 50-year-old Ford, who arrived at Toulon as successor to former backs coach Steve Meehan, has been given a season-long contract.
His first game in charge is Saturday’s Top 14 clash against Grenoble at the Stade Mayol.
A former Ireland and England backs coach and boss of Saracens, Ford will combine his new role with his previous position as Toulon’s backs coach.
Boudjellal’s decision to switch managers comes as he is in advanced talks to sell the club he has bankrolled to the European title three times and the French championship in 2014 during his 10 years at the helm.
The club is set to be bought by a French film producer — Gerard Barba — and Lucien Simon, a lawyer and potential new club president.

A matatu driver believed to have been part of a gang that physically assaulted and robbed a woman has been arrested.
The driver identified as Patrick Kinyanjui Thuku was arrested after a woman Caroline Kariimi Mwari had reported her assault to police officers and narrated her chilling experience at the hands of the gang on Saturday online. According to Caroline the gang had also drugged a couple of ladies behind her. During she ended losing a mobile phone, Identity card, 2 ATM cards and 3,000/-.
The driver was arrested on Sunday after the police had circulated registration details of the vehicle and the Administration Police in Kawangware arrested the driver. The matatu belonged to Dakika MO Sacco and had registration number KAS 253V.

It is being detained at Kilimani Police Station and the police are calling anyone who fell victim to the gang to report their statements. According to the police there have been several reports of such incidents though most of the victims who could have even fallen victims to rape have kept quiet.
The recent incident not only outlined the power of social media but also the need for individuals to report and create awareness of any injustice or crime they see being conducted.

Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim pleaded Monday for Bangladesh to be given more Test matches after the cricketing minnows fell agonisingly short of an historic victory over England.
While England’s main challenge is to manage their players’ workload, Bangladesh struggle to arrange series against top-flight opponents and the just-concluded match in Chittagong was their first Test in 15 months.
While India have agreed to host their first-ever Test match against Bangladesh next year, it will be a one-off and will do little to sate the hunger of a cricket-mad nation.
Rahim made his Test debut back in 2005, the same year that his opposite number Alastair Cook made his first appearance for his country.
But while Cook broke the England record in Chittagong by winning his 134th cap, Rahim was making only his 49th appearance — a stark illustration of how little Test cricket Bangladesh are exposed to.
While Bangladesh have made big strides in one-day cricket, winning six homes series in a row before losing to England earlier this month, Rahim says their lack of opportunities is holding them back in five-day cricket.
“You can always improve if you play more Tests,” said Rahim.
“I have felt that each of my Tests has been like a debut game, and I have played 49 Tests so far.
“I think we should play more Tests, which will give you more consistency in the other formats.”
Bangladesh were to have hosted Australia for a Test series last year but the tour was scrapped at the last minute over safety fears.
England’s tour was also in doubt after a deadly attack on a cafe in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka in July which was popular with tourists.
Since being invited to join the game’s top table 16 years ago, Test cricket’s newest nation has lost 72 of its 94 Tests and won just seven — five of them against fellow strugglers Zimbabwe.
Bangladesh entered the fifth and final day of the first Chittagong Test needing just 33 runs for victory with two wickets left, but could only add 10 to their overnight score.
Rahim refused to be downhearted and said there were many reasons to be proud at running England so close.
“We can take a lot of positives — Miraz (Mehedi Hasan) and Shakib (Al Hasan) bowled well. Tamim (Iqbal) batted well… it was a good Test for Bangladesh,” he said.
The 18-year-old Hasan took six wickets on his debut while Tamim’s fighting 78 helped Bangladesh post a competitive first innings total, albeit less than they hoped for at one stage after a lower-order collapse.
Rahim said the outcome should not be blown out of proportion.
“If we would have won, we wouldn?t become an extraordinary Test side. But we ended up achieving much of what we had set ourselves.”

Now another actress from the same show has welcomed her first child.
Charity Namnyakova Odupoy who acts as a receptionist on the TV show welcomed her first born in early October/Late September.
 
The actress who also doubles up as a Fashion Editor for Couture Africa shared these photos of her new baby boy:
 
 
He is quite adorable isn’t he?

Luiz Felipe Scolari admitted he was unsure about his future at Guangzhou Evergrande despite guiding the Asian giants to their sixth consecutive Chinese Super League title.
The well-heeled southern team maintained their stranglehold on Chinese football when they went seven points clear with two games to go after Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Yanbian Funde.
But speculation is rife over Scolari after Evergrande revealed they had lined up Italy’s Marcello Lippi for a return to the club, before allowing him to sign with China’s struggling national team over the weekend.
Scolari, who won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002, said he hoped to see out his contract, which has another year to run.
“I hope Lippi can bring the national team success and if asked I will be happy to help with that,” Scolari told Chinese media at Guangzhou’s Tianhe stadium.
“But as far my situation is concerned, I want to see out my contract with the club. But right now there has not been any real progress as regards my future here.”
Evergrande have been ruthless in the past and they ousted Lee Jang-Soo in favour of Lippi in mid-2012 after the Korean coach had taken them to promotion and the Chinese Super League title in consecutive seasons.
The club, jointly owned by a real estate company and internet behemoth Alibaba, also moved swiftly to replace Lippi’s successor, Fabio Cannavaro, with Scolari last year.
Scolari emulated Lippi by winning the AFC Champions League in 2015, but his stock plummeted when their title defence ended at the group stage in this year’s competition.
Success at regional level is considered paramount for Chinese clubs, partly because winning the Champions League earns a shot at football’s big guns at the Club World Cup.
World Cup-winner Lippi became a hero when he won China’s first Champions League title with Evergrande in 2013, but he faces an uphill battle with the national team.
China have hit trouble in qualifying and look unlikely to reach the next World Cup, slowing President Xi Jinping’s push to turn the country into a football powerhouse.

But it sees that Lipala moves are not the only moves under his belt. During his final musical evening as the president, Obama entertained the crowd with his ‘Hot Line Bling’ moves after hosting B
Aside from his ‘Hotline Bling’ dad moves, Obama showed that he was still down with the youth when he showed off his dabbing skills.
 
Musician James Poyser tweeted this to inform the world of POTUS’ killer moves on the dance floor 
Here is a video of POTUS bobbing, shimmying shuffling and sashaying just like Drake:
 
 

The ever smiling Faith Muturi got married to her husband George Ngugi on Thursday, December 31 2015.
Seven months after her wedding, she announced she was quitting Crossover 101 after four years of hosting the gospel show on NTV.
Faith’s announcement on Facebook that she was quitting Crossover 101 came only a week after she announced that she was expecting her first baby.
Faith’s pregnancy was thought to be the reason for her to hang up her boots even though she didn’t state it exactly.
Faith posted on Facebook to August 1.
 
Four months after calling it quits at NTV, Mrs. Ngugi’s baby bump is only getting bigger. And some are saying the former Crossover 101 host could be carrying ‘triple blessings’.
Rumors about Faith carrying triplets started when she was seen flaunting her burgeoning baby bump on social media.
See the photos in the gallery below: