BREAKING NEWS: MICHUKI'S WIFE DIES

Josephine Watiri Michuki, the widow of the late Environment minister John Michuki, has died.

Mrs Michuki died at the Nairobi Hospital Wednesday morning where she was undergoing treatment.

"Very, very painful. Our mother-in law, Mrs Josephine Michuki, died early today at Nairobi hospital," said former Information Mutahi Kagwe on his Facebook page.''Good people, we desperately need your prayers."

Mr Kagwe is a son-in-law of the Michukis. Her death comes months after Mr Michuki passed on. The late minister died in February, aged 80.

STL DENIES CAUSING FRACAS DURING NICKI MINAJ'S CONCERT

Norway based Emi record signed Kenyan rapper Stella Mwangi is in Nairobi Kenya. The rapper jetted in Kenya to film the video of her soon to be released single titled 'Bad as I wanna Be'. This comes in the wake of online reports that Stella has been a bad girl. According to Norway site Kjendis.no, Stella and her friends were reportedly involved in a brawl on Saturday night at a Nicki Minaj concert that took place in Oslo.The site quotes a source: "After half a minute or so, the girls started fighting again and that's when things got out of hand and several others became involved. Punches were thrown, hair was pulled and they said some pretty nasty things to each other."However, Stella denies the reports through her press manager at EMI music, Ida Lyxzen who told Kjendis.no: "During the concert there was some pushing and shoving involving Stella's friends. Stella was not involved and did not perceive the situation as dramatic at all. As a matter of fact, she later returned to talk to the security guards and to watch the rest of the show.

UGANDA'S SEXIEST DIVA TO BE INTERROGATED

WORD reaching us has it that top policemen are interested in interrogating sexy diva Desire Luzinda about allegations that she was attacked and beaten up by unidentified men along the Northern bypass.We hear that despite the fact that Luzinda is hesitant about pursuing her attackers, the Police wants to establish substantial facts about the whole event.“We are waiting for her to come here and tell us whatever happened and we investigate the whole matter, we cannot just look on,” a top Police officer at Wandegeya Police station said. Our efforts to get the singer’s comment were futile as she did not pick our calls but a close source to the ‘Njagala Nnyo’ singer said that they will not report to Police but rather will take precautions now that they have enemies following them. The singer was allegedly beaten up by three men who dragged her out of her Mercedes Benz before dumping her unconscious by the roadside. She was reportedly taken to a Hospital in Nairobi. Other sources say that men could be following her as she has been in and out of relationships with a number of city businessmen. “I suspect that one of his estranged boyfriends could be the one who masterminded the whole thing as she has dumped a number of men, many of whom still loved her,” a close friend to the singer who preferred anonymity said

NAIROBI KENYA....

JAMAICA'S BAD GAL COMES FOR CHARITY

Almost a year after she performed in Kenya, self-styled 'bad gal' Cecile is set to tour the country again. However, this time she is said to be visiting the country for charity. According to sources close to the singer, she is going to be involved in a very big project that might take a while. “It is in the works, nothing is confirmed yet but it's going to be backed by some big corporates and Unicef,” said the source. Cecile on Saturday excitedly tweeted to her Kenyan fans saying they would soon be seeing her, only to delete the tweet hours later. This will not be her first charity activity as she is known to be a very strong advocate for women empowerment including supporting a girls school in Jamaica. She will be the second Jamaican artiste to tour the country on charity as two of the biggest names in reggae, brothers Gramps and Peetah Morgan of Morgan Heritage, came to Kenya in October for various projects related to the famine relief efforts.

SOUTH AFRICAN TO HEADLINE BLANKETS

South Africa's Lira is set to headline the first Blankets and Wine this Sunday, March 5. Lira is not new to the Kenya stage as she has performed at the Jazz festival South Meets East and Black in 2009 and the Black Peacock Ball in 2008. Both concerts were held at the National Museums of Kenya. According to Blankets and Wines's  Justine Wanjiku, Lira will be performing for the third time in Nairobi due to public demand. The South African singer is best known for her single Feel Good, which won her the 2007 South Africa Music Award (SAMA) in the category Best Music Video. She has performed alongside Jazz music heavyweights like Hugh Masekela, Jonas Gwangwa, Ringo, and many other jazz bands. Tickets for the show are going for Sh2,500 for a seat in the VIP stand and Sh1,000 for an ordinary seat.

RAPPER EVE, CABO SNOOP AND SHAGGY IN NAIROBI READY TO ROCK

Eve makes a step outside Serena Hotel Nairobi

 

 

 

UGANDAN TYCOON DETAINED IN KENYA

A Ugandan tycoon wanted for fraud has been denied bail by a Kenyan court. Mr Michael Ezra, the mysterious Ugandan tycoon who was linked with an attempt to buy English club Leeds United, was remanded in custody until Monday.

He was arraigned at the Makadara law courts where the prosecution opposed bail on grounds that the police were yet to finalise investigations. Mr Ezra was charged with drawing a bad cheque worth $200,000 (Sh16m) to a Kenyan company, SMR Ltd in 2009.

He allegedly drew the cheque on October 20, 2009, at Ecobank Towers on Muindi Mbingu Street in Nairobi, knowing that his account had insufficient funds.

Mr Ezra allegedly disappeared after drawing the cheque which prompted the company to drag him to court.

He was arrested Wednesday by Kenyan police who were effecting a warrant of arrest issued against the foreigner.

By Wednesday evening the tycoon was being held at the Gigiri police station and was scheduled to be arraigned in court Thursday. Nairobi Provincial Police boss Anthony Kibuchi confirmed that Mr Ezra had been arrested and was being held in custody."He was arrested and is being held because we have a warrant of arrest issued by the court. He will appear in court tomorrow (Thursday)."

"The cases involves fraud and obtaining money from people by false pretences,” Mr Kibuchi said.

Ugandan police once issued a warrant of arrest for him following his failure to clear multiple debts and allegedly issuing two bad cheques worth UShs2 billion.

According to Ugandan police, Mr Ezra issued false cheques to a Mr Frank Katusiime and a Dr Charles Mushabe while at the same time failed to pay Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) over UShs1.2bn in taxes.

Upon receiving the news of Mr Ezra’s arrest, the Uganda police are digging up more fraud cases that may help them extradite him to the country.

The Special Investigations Unit boss, Ms Grace Akullo, said they still have cases which they are investigating and the Director of Public Prosecutions ordered them to bring them forward.

“Some of the cases hit a snag because of the court orders but we have other cases against him which are still pending that can help us in this case,” Ms Akullo said.Michael Ezra is the man who tried to buy English premier league club Leeds club.

Reports by Richard Munguti, Dominic Wabala and Monitor

TIGER WOOD TO MISS MOMBASA GOLF CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

World's top golfer Eldrick (Tiger) Woods who is amongst the highest billed stars to grace the Centenary celebrations of Mombasa Golf Club in August 2011 will miss the historic event. The golfer had been approached by Three C consultant principal architect Mr. Francis Wangalibo to be guest star during this year's historic event. According to IMG Golf Client Services associate Cindy Kravitz on behalf of Mark Steinberg,Tiger Wood's agent,the highest paid golfer will be committed. 

Beast Magazine MD Wilson Kiambati signs Kshs.1M sponsorship cheque

‘While we appreciate your interest in Tiger and Mark, unfortunately they must both politely decline due to scheduling.  Congratulations on 100 years in golf and all the best for a spectacular celebration!...Was all they said. However, the centenary celebrations will still go on with some of the top golfing names set to grace the event.

 Mombasa Golf club will marking a 100 years of golfing this year. Already, corporate firms are fighting for sponsorship slots. Nairobi's business magnate Wilson Kiambati who is also owner of the upmarket trendy magazine 'The Beast' has already taken the platinum spot and will be the title sponsor of the historic event.  Tiger has had an unprecedented career since becoming a professional golfer in the late summer of 1996. He has won 95 tournaments, 71 of those on the PGA Tour, including the 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2005 Masters Tournaments, 1999, 2000, 2006 and 2007 PGA Championships, 2000, 2002, and 2008 U.S. Open Championships, and 2000, 2005 and 2006 Open Championships. With his second Masters victory in 2001, Tiger became the first ever to hold all four professional major championships at the same time. He is the career victories leader among active players on the PGA Tour, and is the career money list leader.

In winning the 2000 British Open, Woods became the youngest to complete the career Grand Slam of professional major championships and only the fifth ever to do so, following Ben Hogan, Gene Sarazen, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus. Tiger also was the youngest Masters champion ever, at the age of 21 years, three months and 14 days, and was the first major championship winner of African or Asian heritage.

Woods holds or shares the record for the low score in relation to par in each of the four major championships. His records are 270 (18-under par) in the 1997 Masters, 272 (12-under par) in the 2000 U.S. Open, 269 (19-under par) in the 2000 Open Championship, and he shares the record of 270 (18-under par) with Bob May in the 2000 PGA Championship, which Tiger won by one stroke in a three-hole playoff. 

He is the career victories leader among active players on the PGA Tour and is the career money list leader. He is third in PGA Tour career victories, trailing only Sam Snead (82) and Jack Nicklaus (73).

Tiger increased his record total on the PGA Tour career money list to $94,157,304 through 2010, and had won $113,602,123 worldwide. In addition to his playing exploits, Woods is busy off the course, too.