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Kenyans Among 1000 Blind People Who Can See Again Thanks To YouTube Star MrBeast

31Jan

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Kenyans Among 1000 Blind People Who Can See Again Thanks To YouTube Star MrBeast

YouTube star MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, has in his recent video taken his fans through the heartening journey of how he sponsored cataract surgeries for 1,000 people around the world, among them Kenyans. Cataract surgery involves replacing the cloudy lens inside your eye with an artificial one. It has a high success rate in improving one's eyesight. It can take 2 to 6 weeks to fully recover from cataract surgery with medical experts assuring permanent results. The 24-year-old YouTube pro, in the video posted on Sunday, worked with a surgeon who conducted the first round of surgeries in Jacksonville Florida, United States. Jeff Levenson, as identified by CNN, is an ophthalmologist and surgeon who has coordinated the “Gift of Sight” program for over 20 years, which pro...

Teary Kamene Goro bows out of Kiss FM after 3 years

27Jan

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Teary Kamene Goro bows out of Kiss FM after 3 years

Radio presenter Kamene Goro has finally signed out of Kiss FM after a three-year stint. Kamene, who hosted the Kiss FM morning show alongside comedian Oga Obinna, aired her last show on Friday, January 27 where she bid her fans goodbye. A teary Kamene paid tribute to all the hosts she has worked with since she joined the station and to her fans who have been listening to her every morning. “Today marks the end of my journey here at Kiss Fm, it's been like four years and three hosts and I'm ending it right here with Oga Obinna. To all of my fans who have always supported me, my mum and sister, may God bless you always,” Kamene said. Obinna, on his part, appreciated the time he had shared with Kamene who he said has been a good person for the short time he has been...

PARIS HILTON Welcome First Child with Husband CARTER REUM<br>

25Jan

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PARIS HILTON Welcome First Child with Husband CARTER REUM

Paris Hilton wish to become a mother is now a reality ... she and her husband Carter Reum ust announced they have a brand new baby. Paris isn't revealing their bundle's name or gender yet, but she did post an adorable pic of the infant's hand gripping hers. The proud mom says, "You are already loved beyond words." Unclear if Carter and Paris adopted or had the child by surrogate ... but we've seen Paris out and about, and she definitely was not pregnant. We know Paris was undergoing IVF treatments ... she talked to us about it back in November, after her mother, Kathy Hilton, had suggested Paris was struggling to get pregnant. Paris and Carter, who are both 41, have been pretty clear about their desire to start a family ever since their lavish wedding weekend back in 2021....

US Sues Google Over Dominance Of Online Ad Market

25Jan

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International news

US Sues Google Over Dominance Of Online Ad Market

The US Justice Department sued Google on Tuesday for its dominance of the online advertising market, launching a fresh legal battle against the California-based tech giant over its world-leading search engine. A filing in the federal antitrust suit accused Google of "unlawfully maintaining monopolies" in the market for online advertising, search advertising and other activities linked to Google's search engine.

25Jan

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local news

SGR To Go Cashless From February

Kenya Railways (KR) plans to implement cashless ticketing on its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) service beginning February 1, 2022. According to a statement issued by KR on Wednesday, passengers will no longer be able to pay for tickets at all Madaraka Express Passenger Service Stations on the aforementioned date and will be required to use cashless at all service points. Customers have been advised to use M-Pesa, debit, or credit cards to pay. Until now, the SGR operates two pairs of trains between Nairobi and Mombasa, with departures at 8 a.m., 3 p.m., and 10 p.m. First-rate coaches cost Ksh.3000 for adults and Ksh.1500 for children aged 3 to 11. The Economy coach costs Ksh.1000 per adult trip and Ksh.500 for children aged 3 to 11.

Kenya 7s Star Collins Injera Retires From Rugby

24Jan

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Sports

Kenya 7s Star Collins Injera Retires From Rugby

Veteran Kenya Sevens star Collins Injera has announced his retirement from rugby after a sparkling career both at club and international level. Through a post on social media, Injera said he had to listen to his body after months of deliberating whether to call it quits. “Everything must come to an end, sometime. I have always said that I will know it’s time because my body will tell me. And for the past few months, it has really ‘spoken’ to me so, finally, I have decided to listen to it. As hard as this is for me, after 17 years of literal blood, sweat and tears, it’s time to step away from this great game that has given me so much more than I could ever ask for,” he wrote. His decision to hang the boots comes just two weeks after he became the 12th person to be inducted...

Doja Cat Stuns Fashion Show Covered In 30,000 Crystals

24Jan

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Doja Cat Stuns Fashion Show Covered In 30,000 Crystals

Doja Cat wowed onlookers on Monday as she arrived at Schiaparelli's latest runway show in a dramatic head-to-toe look adorned with red body paint and 30,000 Swarovski crystals. The eye-catching outfit, which was custom-designed by the fashion house's creative director Daniel Roseberry, was brought to life by makeup artist Pat McGrath, whose team spent almost five hours completing the look. The singer's arrival at the Petit Palais in Paris marked a dramatic start to Schiaparelli's Couture Spring-Summer 2023 show, the opening event of the biannual Haute Couture Week in Paris. Dubbed "Inferno Couture," the label's latest collection was inspired by Dante's "Inferno" and the nine circles of hell, according to Roseberry's show notes. The makeup artist also posted a behind-the-scene...

Usain Bolt loses $12 million of life savings in scam

20Jan

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Usain Bolt loses $12 million of life savings in scam

Linton P Gordon, a lawyer for Bolt, has claimed that the Jamaican’s account once had $12.8 million (£10m), but now reflects a balance of only $12,000 (£9,700), money that was supposed to fund his retirement. Gordon sent a letter to Stocks & Securities Limited on Monday (January 16) and later a copy to the Associated Press which states that if the money is not returned within 10 days, the company will face civil and criminal action. In the letter, Gordon said: “If [the new balance] is correct, and we are hoping it is not, then a serious act of fraud, larceny or a combination of both have been committed against our client.” Stocks & Securities Limited have asked that clients pass all questions on to Jamaica’s Financial Services Commission as it continues its investigati...

Kamene Goro Set to leave Kiss FM after 3 years

19Jan

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Kamene Goro Set to leave Kiss FM after 3 years

Speaking to a local media house about the reports of her departure, Kamene said she did not understand why that would be news. “I don’t have anything to say, but again how is my leaving news?” the media personality told NN. “You people should know leaving is not an easy thing, and you should let people be,” she added. Kamene joined the station in 2019,an extended battle with her former employer who had filed a court case preventing her from taking up the Kiss FM job before the lapse of the non-compete period in the contract she had signed. At the time, she was teamed up with content creator Andrew Kibe who would leave the Radio Africa Group station in 2020. She continued hosting the Kiss breakfast show until Kibe was replaced by Lang’ata MP Pheli...

What You Get With Twitter’s New Ksh.10K Annual Subscription

19Jan

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Technology

What You Get With Twitter’s New Ksh.10K Annual Subscription

Twitter Blue, Elon Musk’s subscription option for Twitter since he acquired the social media platform in October last year, has been rolled out for Android users. Twitter launched the Ksh.10,000-a-year ($84) Blue subscription for web users on Monday as an addition to the Ksh.993 ($8) monthly option. For mobile, Android users got a Ksh.1,365 ($11) monthly plan on Thursday, similar to what iOS users are required to pay. So far, Twitter Blue is available in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. But what exactly does one get for forking out such amounts of money to access the originally-free platform? The first premium feature Twitter is offering under the Blue plan is the blue verification mark, although it is unclear how Twitter will...