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Kenyan media personality Kendi Ashitiva says homosexuality is a 'sickness' that can be cured. Taking to social media, the former KTN Tukuza gospel show presenter told members of the Kenyan LGBTQ community that Jesus can heal their 'sickness.' Ashitiva, who has nearly 60,000 followers on Twitter,…

Members of the Kenyan LGBTQ community turned up in large numbers to pay tribute to author Binyavanga Wainaina. A memorial for the openly gay activist was held on Wednesday at the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi, a day after his body was cremated at the Kariakor Crematorium. Men wearing bell…

Classic 105 breakfast show hosts Maina Kageni and Mwalimu King’ang’i were under fire from Kenyans online over a discussion considered insensitive. The two engaged with their listeners on the increased cases of femicide in the country in the recent past. “Guys, What’s the worst thing a woman could…

A new video of controversial Kenyan televangelist James Ng’ang’a of Neno Evangelism Center has gone viral on social media. In the six-minute clip widely shared online, a seemingly irritated pastor Ng’ang’a insults and threatens to kick out his bishops from the church for disrespecting his wife. “If…

Kenyans online have urged Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai and the government to quickly address the problems facing a police officer who has made worrying posts on Facebook in the past few weeks. Apollo Kioria, a cop posted in Murang’a, took to social media to speak about his…

A Nairobi man found having sex at Uhuru Park in broad daylight over the weekend has been arraigned in court. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Roseline Ong’ayo on Wednesday, Kanara Maina pleaded guilty to sleeping with a woman at the popular recreational facility. Magistrate Ong’ayo ordered the…

A police officer posted a suicide note on a WhatsApp group before committing suicide in his house in Nairobi's Umoja 2 estate this week. Jonah Kimani, an Administration Police officer, shot himself dead on Sunday morning hours after posting the note on the colleagues' WhatsApp group. In the message…

Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria engaged in a Twitter spat with deported Kenyan lawyer Miguna Miguna. Miguna picked a fight with Kuria after he referred the MP, President Kenyatta and Raila Odinga as mediocre who would not be allowed to address goat markets in 1963. “In 1963 when Tom…

Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris is under fire from Kenyans online for advocating for the legalization of homosexuality in the country. Passaris took to Twitter to fault High Court's refusal to decriminalize same-sex relations, arguing that it is wrong to deny two adults the "joy of…

Media personality Richard Quest has proposed to his gay lover.  The Cable News Network (CNN) journalist took to social media on Monday to announce that his partner accepted his marriage proposal. “I asked, and he said “yes”,” Quest captioned an Instagram photo of himself with his lover, both…