As 2024 ended, Nairobi welcomed international acts including Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz, Jamaican Shenseea, and Afrobeat’s finest Divine Ikubor, alias Rema. The highly anticipated events were rocked with chaos, forcing the cancellation of several performances. This is an account of how Kenya’s headline concerts in 2024 turned into a 3-month-long circus that left ticket holders disappointed….
Stephen Otieno Adera alias Stevo Simple Boy is a popular Kenyan musician, performer, and skit maker. Simple Boy is currently riding the airwaves with hit songs including Freshi Barida, Shega, and Mafi Mafi Mushkila. As music fans continue to engage with his work, some have expressed concerns about his controversial fashion sense, which they feel borders on…
Kindness is a virtue, but it often feels out of place in a city as unforgiving as Nairobi. Signing off Work After a long day of driving guests around the city, I pulled into my hotel, ready to clock out. I was dropping off my last passenger, a guest returning from a meeting. My…
Notorious forex trader Raymond Omosa, popularly known as Kenyan Prince, is under fire for using derogatory language toward his girlfriend. Kenyan Prince used the word Kinembe, a word that loosely refers to female genitalia to call his girlfriend Stephanie Ngunjiri. The incident occurred on Prince’s social media video with content creator Andrew Duncan Oduor (2mbili). Furious…
Popular X user Andrew Kibe has fired back at international media house Al Jazeera following a scathing documentary against his content. In the latest edition of The Listening Post, the Qatar-based media house took a swipe at Mr. Kibe and Eric Amunga (Amerix) for spreading misogynistic content. Well-known as Mr. Lambistic, Andrew Kibe is a high-flying personality…
Skyward Express is a private domestic flight service in Kenya based at Nairobi’s Wilson Airport. The flight operator manages the passenger service at Wilson Airport, while its cargo service operates out of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi. Skyward Express has announced heavily discounted rates for its new destination, Dar es Salaam Tanzania. Passengers…
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko led a dramatic closure of Body by Design, a cosmetic clinic based in Nairobi. Sonko’s rage follows the tragic death of Lucy Wambui Ng’ang’a a few days after a messed-up liposuction procedure at the facility. According to Sonko, Body by Design is a dangerous clinic that charges excessive rates for…
Kevin Odhiambo alias Dr. Cassypool Capon is a leading influencer in Kenya known for his online brawls with fellow entertainers like KRG the Don (Bughaa) and Tanzania’s Mwemba Burton (Mwijaku). Cassypool also adopted the title Shekhe shortly after he officially converted to Islam. The multi-talented comedian has built successful careers in influencing, political mobilization, and, most…
Vampire Diaries presenter Morara Kebaso continued his series of spontaneous tours across the country, this time highlighting the Naibor Kiosk project in Laikipia County. The popular activist had earlier announced to his audience that he was taking a ‘much-needed’ break before posting a surprise new episode of Vampire Diaries. Like in many of his previous…
Following weeks of intense engagements with Kenyans in public rallies, Morara Kebaso resumed his nationwide tour of stalled projects code-named Vampire Diaries. The popular activist coined Vampire Diaries as a satirical title to express the greediness of the country’s political leadership who have ruthlessly plundered public resources. Kebaso visited Bomet and Kericho Counties to conduct…
