H_art the band releases their fifth studio album dubbed "TIME". The Album depicts different life phases and stages of love with a return to their accoustic routes.
Telkom Kenya, the third biggest telco in the country, lost 1.62 million subscribers between March last year and June this year amid the latest crackdown on irregularly registered SIM cards. An analysis of official data shows that the telco had 2.25 million active subscribers as at June, a 39 percent dip from 4.14 million subscribers in March last year. The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) started switching off SIM cards that were not regularly registered from April last year— being […]
Sol Generation, the recording label established by multi-award winning boy band Sauti Sol, has announced plans to equip over 300 upcoming musicians in Eastern Africa with the necessary skills to develop their talent. The initiative dubbed Press Play is an Artists’ Development Program (ADP) aimed at taking the young artists from aspiring musicians to professionals through developing skills, building brand equity, and granting them access to new physical and digital markets. The Chief Executive Officer of Sol generation, William Nanjero […]
Kenyan influencers Miss Gachie and The Dapper Brother tied the knot on Saturday, October 7, 2023, in a spectacular and earth-themed wedding that left social media abuzz with admiration and well-wishes. The couple, who have been together for years, had also recently celebrated their ruracio (traditional dowry payment ceremony), sharing every precious moment with their loyal fans. Miss Gachie and The Dapper Brother, whose real names are Tracey Gachie and Brian Kagiri, are no strangers to the online world. With […]
President William Ruto has signed into law the Privatisation Bill, 2023 after being passed by the National Assembly in September. The bill, sponsored by Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah, entails a revised regulatory framework for the privatisation of public entities aiming to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of Kenya’s productive resources. "It is intended to remove the bureaucratic processes in the privatization of non-strategic or loss-making government entities," reads a report from the National Assembly.
Families with houses built on contested East African Portland Company (EAPCC) land are counting losses after the government moved in to demolish residences in line with a directive issued by President William Ruto. The Head of State had earlier raised concerns that the wealthy families residing on the land had grabbed the parcels from large tracts of land earmarked for the cement company. An alert over the alleged grabbing was first raised by Tourism Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua, then the […]
Distasteful photos of a Kenyan woman sitting on the floor while her employers enjoy lunch at a popular Nairobi restaurant have disturbed the internet. An X (formerly Twitter) user going by the handle @kuntakitten claims that, while having lunch at the restaurant, she noticed that a woman, who she says is a housegirl, was forced to sit on the floor as her well-to-do employers enjoyed lunch, comfortably perched on the seats. The X user also attached two photos showing the […]
Roger Whittaker, a British singer whose easy-listening ballads and folk songs caught the sentiments of perfect summer days and last farewells, touching the hearts of mainly older fans across Europe and America for four decades, died on Sep. 12 in a hospital near Toulouse, in the south of France. He was 87. His longtime publicist Howard Elson said the cause was “complications following a long illness.” Mr. Whittaker had retired to the region. Born to British parents in Nairobi, Kenya, […]
Quincy Zuma Wambitta Timberlake, a former Kenyan presidential candidate, has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his three-year-old son, Sinclair, at his Kallangur home north of Brisbane, Australia. Timberlake, who was scheduled to face trial in the Brisbane Supreme Court this week, stunned the court by entering a guilty plea to the lesser charge of manslaughter on Tuesday. The prosecution accepted this plea and subsequently withdrew the murder charge, and the judge-only trial was cancelled. Initially, the story had sent […]
