KAMBUA TO WALK DOWN THE AISLE

Love is in the air. And money does move mountains and Gospel singer Kambua Manundu is set to wed a guy with deep pockets this April. The  diva who is featured in Jimmy Gaits current chart buster 'Holy Day' is said to be engaged to “the son of a property mogul”. Kambua who dated fellow gospel star Mbuvi last year, recorded a song together titled Kivevelo (Flag). Kambua first joined the Kenyan music industry in 2004 with her song Amani and went on to top charts with the collaborative efforts in the single Mtoto Wa Sonko with DNA and Isaac Kahura.
The Bachelor’s in Music graduate from Ambrose University also studied at Berklee College of Music where she completed a course in performance. She is famed as the hosts on Citizen TV’s Sunday morning gospel show, Rauka together with Njugush and DJ Soxxy.
Source: Hotsecretz

BRITISH SINGER Craig David leads Comic Relief Kenya desert trek

THREE Hampshire celebrities will be trekking across one of the world's most inhospitable deserts for Comic Relief. Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills, a former pupil of Crestwood Community School in Eastleigh, R&B star Craig David, who was born in Southampton, and blind musician and broadcaster Peter White will join seven other stars on a grueling challenge in the Kaisut Desert in north Kenya.
The team, which also includes presenter Dermot O'Leary, singer Olly Murs and Strictly Come Dancing champion Kara Tointon, will cover 100 kilometres during the five-day trek, enduring temperatures of up to 38C (100F). Comedienne Ronni Ancona, actress Nadia Sawalha and Radio 4 presenter Peter White will also take part. Meanwhile, former model Katie Price and actor Joe Swash are the latest names to join Let’s Dance for Comic Relief..

DJ Mills

A Comic Relief spokeswoman said the team would be highlighting the issue of sight and the money they raise will prevent thousands of people in Africa from going blind or contracting eye conditions.

The group will be setting off mid-February and a documentary about the trek will be broadcast on BBC1 in the run up to Red Nose Day on March 18.

FLAVIANA STRUTTING AMERICAN RUNWAYS

Tanzanian model who is set to get Supermodel status Flaviana Matata is riding high in the World of modelling. No doubt that she upped her game and moved to busy New York. Flaviana is one of the African Models that are doing real good in modeling out of Africa.For the past one year or so,she has been busy working with a number of world class designers from New York to London,Paris just to mention but a few. Recently she strutted the catwalk during NY Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011.

Reggae star Buju Banton faces life in US prison

Grammy-winning singer Buju Banton checked out some cocaine, put some on his finger and tasted it — all of it caught on law enforcement video inside a Florida warehouse. Now he has another chance to explain why.
His second trial is scheduled to begin Monday, just a day after his 2010 album "Before the Dawn" won the Grammy award for best reggae album. The trial comes five months after a previous jury hung on federal drug trafficking charges that could put him in prison for life.
Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, claims he was entrapped by a confidential informant and got in over his head while trying to impress the man, who implied he could help Banton's music career. The U.S. government says Banton conspired with two associates to buy a shipment of cocaine from an undercover officer.
The two other men pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with investigators. Their sentencing hearings are scheduled next month.
Banton, 37, was arrested in December 2009 at his Miami-area home.
He remained in custody until November, when another Jamaican singer, Stephen Marley, reggae legend Bob Marley's son, posted his South Florida home as bond. Banton has been on house arrest except for a Miami concert last month to raise money for legal expenses.
Federal prosecutors initially charged Banton with drug conspiracy and gun charges, and in November added two more drug-related charges.
"Buju is not guilty. The number of charges doesn't change that," Banton's attorney, David Markus, said in an e-mail. "The prosecution wasn't happy with the first trial, so now it is trying to throw as many charges against the wall in the hopes something sticks."
Markus has argued the singer, who rose from the slums of Kingston to massive success in the 1990s, was a victim of entrapment by an informant who's been paid $3.3 million for working with law enforcement over several years.
During his first trial, the Rastafarian singer, his long dreadlocks tied in a braid, testifed that he talked a lot about cocaine with the informant, Alexander Johnson. But he said he was only trying to impress the man, who claimed to have music industry connections. He said he had no interest in buying or selling drugs.
"I talk too much, but I am not a drug dealer," Banton said on the stand.
In excerpts from their recorded conversations from July 2009 through December 2009 that were played for the jury, the husky-voiced singer told Johnson that he financed drug deals and that he wanted to sell drugs in Europe, buy drugs from the Caribbean and South America, and use Johnson's boat to transport drugs. The men met on a trans-Atlantic flight at the end of Banton's European tour for his album "Rasta Got Soul."
Assistant U.S. Attorney James Preston argued Banton's conversations with the informant put the conspiracy into motion. Banton testified that he never wanted nor expected Johnson to set up a cocaine deal, despite what he said in the recordings.
Johnson testified that he surprised Banton with cocaine at an undercover police warehouse in Sarasota on Dec. 8, 2009. Surveillance video shows Banton tasting the drugs.
The singer was not present two days later when his two associates, Ian Thomas and James Mack, were caught on video trying to buy the drugs at the warehouse.
His Grammy-winning album's 10 songs were recorded in Kingston, Jamaica, before his arrest. The singer worked with producers and engineers over the phone from jail to finish the album before its September release.
In an e-mail from his manager last week, Banton thanked his fans for their support and celebrated his fifth Grammy nomination. 'Before The Dawn' is a prophetic album and if it happens to win I am grateful," Banton said. "If it doesn't, I still say thanks for the appreciation and the recognition because music is an art form that cannot be denied by any living soul. Music is my life."
In Jamaica, some fans have theorized Banton was framed by the U.S. government or gay activists who have protested violent, homophobic lyrics from early in Banton's career as a brash dancehall singer. Shows in several U.S. cities were canceled on his 2009 tour because of the protests.
Banton jabbed at his detractors during his Jan. 16 performance in Miami, referencing one of his controversial songs and the messiah of his Rastafarian faith.
He said: "Why they want to see Buju Banton cry? Is it because I said 'Boom Bye Bye'? Is it because I say Selassie I? Is it because I'm black and not shy?"

BEBE COOL'S HUMMER SURVIVES

ON Monday, singer Bebe Cool almost lost his Hummer H2, to brokers. The court brokers were hired by Peter Mugwanya of Prosco Co. Ltd, which bought Bebe Cool’s concert last year for Kshs.1MILLION, after he fell out with Balaam Barugahare.  Unfortunately, the concert did not take place because Bebe Cool was nursing bullet wounds. He later agreed to refund the money, but had not paid the full amount. So, Mugwanya went for his Hummer, with customised plates ‘BIG SIZE’, which Bebe Cool had parked outside his home. His son, Alpha, spotted four muscle men entering his daddy’s car and made an alarm. Fortunately, the car can be operated by remote, so Bebe Cool disabled its operations. He then called his aides and a fight ensued, until the brokers fled.

CHAMELEONE'S ENEMY GIVES HIM A BMW SPORTS

Chameleone receiving his BMW from Meddie

Uganda's showbiz is just too vibrant. Well the swagga is at another level and do not be surprised at some supernatural showbiz stunts. Well ,the pearl has another Michael Ezra; wealthy, generous, showy and as mysterious as his source of income. That man is Meddie Ssentongo. He recently bought Ezra’s customized E1 Mercedes Benz and re-registered it with a personalized number plate, MEDDIE 10. But that is not the story. Last Saturday, Ssentongo called Chameleone to Quality Supermarket, Lubowa and donated to him a BMW convertible, valued at about Kshs.3M, with its card and keys. And looks like the mysterious Meddie is about to make peace with the singer.Two years ago, the two clashed over a woman at Club Silk and a furious Ssentongo jumped into his car and tried to run over Chameleone, who escaped with injuries for which he was admitted to Kololo Hospital. Meddie said the car was to ask for forgiveness for his 2009 childish actions and to thank Chameleone, because his song Nekolela Maali, inspired him to work hard. But insiders think there could be more than meets the eye. What were the two former foes discussing at Ange Noir’s Guvnor for a long time before Chameleone’s kanyamas drove the Beemer off to Club Silk and removed the MEDDIE 3 number plate?

DnG QUITS KISS 100

Rapper cum hypeman cum radio presenter DNG (Davidson Ngibuini) has resigned from Kiss 100 in what we are informed was a move to avoid an imminent sacking. The evening show presenter is said to have quarreled with his boss after she denied him an off day to attend a weekend gig in Kisumu where he was the MC.
"He went ahead and attended the event and this set the boss off and he must have known what was coming his way and decided to quit to avoid the disgrace of being fired," said the source. Ngibuini refused to comment on the matter telling us he will address the issue later.