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Vioja Mahakamani ‘Prosecutor’ Gibson Gathu Is Dead

22Dec

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Vioja Mahakamani ‘Prosecutor’ Gibson Gathu Is Dead

Gibson Gathu Mbugua, a veteran actor who was well-known for his role as a Prosecutor in the Vioja Mahakamani drama has died. The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) on Tuesday confirmed that the 'prosecutor' is dead. The veteran actor had been ailing from diabetes for more than 20 years, and in 2021, the family announced that his kidneys had failed. The family appealed to Kenyans to contribute towards a kidney transplant procedure that Gathu was to undergo. A major fundraiser was held in June 2022, where former President Uhuru Kenyatta contributed Ksh 2 million towards settling the hospital bill. In August 2022 , Gathu updated his fans that the Kidney transplant was successful and he had since been discharged. ...

Celine Dion Reveals She Has A Rare Neurological Syndrome

9Dec

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Celine Dion Reveals She Has A Rare Neurological Syndrome

Celine Dion is postponing several Europe tour dates after the recent diagnosis of a rare neurological disorder that doesn’t allow her “to sing the way I’m used to,” she announced. The superstar singer has the stiff-person syndrome, which affects “something like one in a million people,” Dion, 54, said in an emotional video post on Thursday to her verified Instagram account. “While we’re still learning about this rare condition, we now know this is what’s been causing all of the spasms that I’ve been having,” she said. “Unfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to.” Stiff-person syndrome is “a rare, progressive syndrome that ...

KIM AND KANYE<br>DIVORCE SETTLED!<br>Kim Gets $200k a Month in Child Support

30Nov

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KIM AND KANYE
DIVORCE SETTLED!
Kim Gets $200k a Month in Child Support

Kim and Kanye divorce settlement calls for them to have equal access to their kids, and that appears to be exactly what's happening ... with Kanye picking up North from school Tuesday and taking her to a mall. As you can see, Kanye was waiting outside North's school Tuesday evening ... with daddy and daughter leaving together in an SUV. A short while later, Kanye and North rolled up to a mall ... entering the shopping center through a Macy's. Remember ... Kanye and Kim's divorce also calls for them to split expenses for their kids' education and security ... and Kanye had security in tow at both North's school and the mall. According to the settlement, Kim and Kanye will get joint custody with "equal access" to their 4 children. Although the docs say equal access, sources ...

Sirisia MP John Waluke Freed On Ksh.10M Cash Bail

18Nov

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Sirisia MP John Waluke Freed On Ksh.10M Cash Bail

Sirisia Member of Parliament John Waluke has been freed on a Ksh.10 million cash bail by theCourt of Appeal pending appeal on his 67 jail time This comes after Waluke late last month appealed the jail term slapped on him by the High Court terming it as harsh and unwarranted. The legislator's sentencing came in the wake of a graft case in which he was accused of defrauding the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) Ksh.313 million. The MP was charged alongside Grace Sarapay Wakhungu, and Erad Supplies & General Contracts Limited (Erad); a company where the two are shareholders. Waluke and Wakhungu, through the company, were supposed to supply 40,000 metric tonnes of maize to NCPB in 2004 but ended up pocketing Ksh.313 million without supplying even a single grain of ...

16Nov

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MP Resigns After Drink-Driving Incident

A Rwandan Member of Parliament Gamariel Mbonimana resigned from office on Monday after he came under fire for drink-driving. Mbonimana followed his resignation with an apology to President Paul Kagame on Tuesday, vowing that he has decided to quit drinking alcohol. On his Twitter account, he further affirmed that he will be committed to serving whatever role he will be assigned to if Mr Kagame deems fit. “From the bottom of my heart, I apologize to the President of the Republic and the general public,” he wrote. “It was wrong of me to drive under the influence of alcohol. I have decided to quit drinking in this regard. Accept my plea. If entrusted, I am committed to fulfill any other duties.” According to Rwanda's New Times, Mbonimana had been caught a couple violating ...

KANYE WEST<br>Sued By using boogie tracks on Donda Album

8Nov

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KANYE WEST
Sued By using boogie tracks on Donda Album

Kanye West apparently hasn't done himself any favors in uploading his Andre 3000 collaboration "Life Of The Party" on his Stem Player device … the song is now at the center of a lawsuit filed by the record company that owns a famous track by KRS-One’s Boogie Down Productions. The company says it owns the copyright to BDP’s iconic diss track "South Bronx" and claims Ye never got permission to sample the song when he released the "Donda" bonus track on the Stem Player. The suit alleges the sides never came to an agreement and says Ye’s side eventually retracted its offer to license it. However, the suit claims Ye & Co. still heavily advertised the track that used the “South Bronx” sample to promote sales of “Donda” and the Stem Player.

26Oct

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Governor Sakaja Set To Name His Cabinet

Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja will unveil his long-awaited list of his County Executive Committee (CEC) members on Wednesday. Sakaja made the announcement during an interview with Radio Citizen’s Vincent Ateya on Wednesday morning, where he noted that the Nairobi County Assembly is ready to vet the nominees. “Today I will be announcing my CEC members, I have already set up the county assembly and its leadership,” said Sakaja. The county boss, who previously served as Nairobi Senator, noted that he has hit the ground running since his swearing-in on August 25 and some of his proposed projects are already underway. “We’ve already started working, for instance the garbage menace that we found, we have already collected 82 tonnes of garbage in the last one month. Gitan...

Angela Lansbury, Star Of Stage And Screen, Has Died At 96

12Oct

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Angela Lansbury, Star Of Stage And Screen, Has Died At 96

Dame Angela Lansbury, the acclaimed actor of stage, film, and television, has died, her family said Tuesday. She was 96. The actor died in her Los Angeles home at 1:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, her three children said in a statement provided to BuzzFeed News.She was just five days shy of her 97th birthday Lansbury, who was awarded a damehood in 2014, was best known for her 12-season stint on CBS's Murder, She Wrote, in which she played Maine resident Jessica Fletcher, a successful mystery writer turned amateur detective. The show ran from 1984 to 1996, and for most of those years, it was in the top 10 most-watched shows on television. The family moved to New York City during the beginning of World War II to avoid the bombings by Germany during the London Blitz. From there, ...

DPP Withdraws Ksh.19M Graft Charges Against CS Nominee Aisha Jumwa

12Oct

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DPP Withdraws Ksh.19M Graft Charges Against CS Nominee Aisha Jumwa

The Director General of Public Prosecutions has issued a request to withdraw the corruption case against Aisha Jumwa who was recently appointed Public Service and Gender Cabinet Secretary. Jumwa, who was a Member of Parliament for Malindi was facing charges of illegally obtaining Ksh.19 million. Through the head of prosecution Alex Akula, the DPP's office informed Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku that it has received orders to withdraw the case against Jumwa who is the first defendant in the case. However, the case of the 8 others the CS nominee was charged with will continue. Jumwa's lawyers, led by Jared Magolo, welcomed the move and further sought an apology from the government for the charges pressed against her. Justice Mutuku ordered that the case be mentioned to al...

AIU Bans Two Kenyan Athletes As Doping Cases Surge

28Sep

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AIU Bans Two Kenyan Athletes As Doping Cases Surge

Kenya’s Felix Kipchumba Korir and Emmanuel Saina have been handed three-year bans each by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for committing anti-doping rule violations. In a statement, the AIU revealed that the two marathoners tested positive for the prohibited substance Norandrosterone in out-of-competition tests carried out last month. Norandrosterone is prohibited under the Anabolic Androgenic Steroids and is a non-specified substance prohibited at all times. The statement disclosed that Korir’s sample which was provided in Kapsabet on August 17 after was taken for analysis at the WADA accredited lab in Lausanne, Switzerland whereby the sample tested positive for the presence of 19-Norandrosterone Korir who won the Nanjing Marathon in 2018 admitted to the offence and th...