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Bien Amie Baraza, a member of the popular Kenyan music band Sauti Sol, finally tied the knot with his long-time Nigerian girlfriend Chiki Kuruka Onukwe. The two lovebirds exchanged their vows in a private wedding ceremony held at a hotel in Lavington, Nairobi on Friday. The low-key wedding…

Celebrated American comedian and TV host Steve Harvey has sought to meet a Kenyan man who made a magnificent pencil portrait of him. This came after the artist identified as Collins Omondi Okello posted the portrait on Twitter on Sunday and requested Harvey to buy it. “Pencil drawing of @…

Tanasha Donna has hinted she has ended her relationship with Tanzanian singer Diamond Platnumz. This comes after she deleted all photos of Diamond from her Instagram page and posted messages that appeared to suggest that the two had parted ways. In one of her posts, Tanasha urged women not to date…

Former Miss Kenya Gaudentia Aura has died. Aura, who was the only African face on Unilever domestic products in the 80s, passed away on Monday night at the age of 66. She was found unconscious in the house in Nairobi and was rushed to the hospital, where she died 12 hours later, according to her…

Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong’o scooped two awards at the 51st NAACP Image Awards held in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 22nd. The 36-year-old bagged the best actress award for her role in Jordan Peele’s horror film ‘US’ while her book ‘Sulwe’ was named the outstanding literary work for…

Ezekiel Mutua, the CEO of Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has banned the screening of gay-themed Hindi movie dubbed ‘Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhan’ in Kenya. Mutua said the film, which premiered on Imax on Friday, February 21st, “has scenes involving children in homosexual practices and openly…

Tanzanian gospel songstress Rose Muhando has responded to claims that she is in a love affair with controversial Kenyan televangelist James Ng’ang’a. In an interview with Baraka FM this week, Muhando said she has never been in a love relationship with Apostle Ng’ang’a, explaining that the clergyman…

Social media users were disheartened after a video showing disheveled Kenyan scripter Charles Matathia wandering in the streets sent viral online on Wednesday. In the video shared by Twitter user @MrJemedari, a seemingly unwell Matathia is seen dressed in an old jacket and carrying a dirty sack on…

Celebrated Ugandan teen actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa is dead. The 15-year-old award-winning film starlet died on Saturday night while receiving treatment at TMR International Hospital in Kampala, Uganda after a long battle with brain cancer. Waligwa was first diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016…

Award-winning Kenyan gospel singer Dennis Mwangi, popularly known as Papa Dennis, has been found dead in Nairobi. The singer’s lifeless body was found near Jubilee Party Headquarters in Pangani, Nairobi in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Mwangi is said to have fallen from the 7th floor of Kirima…