Nairobi Living

1. Kache by Angie unleashed

Si you know how Friday just rocks like a nonsense? Well it looked to be a very nice day to be out in Nairobi city. And today I had the khubombest plot ever. Angie was launching her new line of clothing and this was being done at the Spanish...

Monday, 26 April 2010 | 394 hits | Read more

2. Kakamega High School, Umoja FC rule in western and rift valley

Kakamega High School is the Western Kenya Province, 2010 COPA Coca-Cola tournament winners. Kakamega boys also known as Green Commandos, trashed Makhokho Boys 2-0 in a highly charged match played at the Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega. Moses Nazira...

Monday, 19 April 2010 | 260 hits | Read more

3. Kalasha Award mwenjoyos

It was a Saturday evening when I was checking in the Carnivore grounds. The event was the first edition of what is set to be Kenya's equivalent to the Oscars and Emmys all in one; The Kalasha's. As I was edging towards the entrance which seemed to...

Wednesday, 01 July 2009 | 382 hits | Read more

4. Kalasha Award Winners 09

FILM AWARDS: Best Leading Actor - Peter King [Formula X] Best Leading Actress - Janet Kirina [Benta] Best supporting Actor - Abubakar Mwenda [From a Whisper] Best Supporting Actress - Lydia Gitachu [Unseen Unsung Unforgotten]Best...

Wednesday, 01 July 2009 | 400 hits | Read more

5. Kampala Coach sponsors a truly East African Bamburi Rugby Super Series

Leading transport service provider Kampala Coach have become the latest sponsors of the 2010 Bamburi Rugby Super Series. The sponsorship agreement was formalized at a ceremony held at the company’s Nairobi Central terminus on Friday 30th April...

Friday, 30 April 2010 | 183 hits | Read more

6. Katindi Sivi waxes economical

So there's this new talk show "together on the move" on KBC that comes on Sunday afternoon and highlights various topics of interest to the general public. The show is hosted by Dommi Yambo-Odotte ...

Sunday, 04 March 2007 | 251 hits | Read more

7. KCPE To Secondary By Kinyua Nteere

I guess that long before my KCSE my dad had realized the futility of hammering intelligence into me and after various consultations with experts in child stupidity and its effect on adulthood, he...

Sunday, 20 August 2006 | 183 hits | Read more

8. KENGEN's gonna get you!

Adidas screened a very cool ad a few years ago. A dude in shorts and t-shirt and sneakers is being chased all over the place by a beer belly. The man is trying his best to run away from this gut...

Saturday, 20 May 2006 | 140 hits | Read more

9. Kenya 's hottest TV babes 2006

Presenting the 10 sexiest babes on Kenyan TV starting with the extremely hottest... This is not a vote. 1. Lillian Muli - Anchor/Journalist - KTN At the rate I am going I may never get to heaven....

Monday, 01 May 2006 | 252 hits | Read more

10. Kenya International Film Festival 2009 - JURY’S VERDICT

And the Kenya International Film Festival came and went and off course the winners according to the diligent judges had to be announced. Here is a listing of the best films screened Best Short: LOST IN THE SOUTH, Rwanda, 17min ...

Tuesday, 03 November 2009 | 321 hits | Read more

11. Kenya International Film festival 2009 set to open

The 4th edition of KENYA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (KIFF) will be officially opened by the vice-president of Kenya and Minister for Home Affairs, Hon. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka EGH, MP, this Wednesday- 21st October, at National Museum of Kenya at...

Monday, 19 October 2009 | 320 hits | Read more

12. Kenya records a 2400% decline in coastline debris

Kenya has recorded significant drop in the level of marine pollution according to the latest Marine Debris Index released by the Ocean Conservancy. Dubbed Trash Travels from Our Hands to the Sea, around the globe and through time, the report...

Thursday, 15 April 2010 | 218 hits | Read more

13. Kenya shines in opening match of the Copa coca-cola Inter-Africa tournament

Kenya got off to a good start at the COPA Coca-Cola Inter-Africa Tournament in South Africa today, when they won their opening match against Namibia 3-0.  The first goal was scored by defender, Wilson Kimani in the 26th minute. Kenya then saw its...

Sunday, 07 June 2009 | 449 hits | Read more

14. Kenya to host 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain

MTV Networks Africa and telecommunications company Zain today revealed that Kenya has been picked to host the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain (MAMA). The annual celebration of the African continent’s contemporary music and youth culture...

Wednesday, 15 April 2009 | 333 hits | Read more

15. Kenya to host the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup ™ trophy – the world’s most coveted sports icon and symbol of football supremacy – will be in Kenya on the 13th and 14th of November, 2009. The trophy will first touch African soil on 24th September in Cairo,...

Thursday, 20 August 2009 | 593 hits | 2 comments | Read more

16. Kenya's most beautiful women

This photograph was taken in the early part of the millenium so you can imagine that some of them have put on a few pounds. The Picture is still a classic though and I knicked it off shashamane the reggae website amazingly   ...

Wednesday, 04 February 2009 | 723 hits | 2 comments | Read more

17. Kenya's stadia revolution

  Smitta had mentioned in his column that it was not a...

Sunday, 19 November 2006 | 202 hits | Read more

18. Kenyan accountants award their own

It was the hottest day of the years as far I’m concerned. The heat was seeping from the tarmac as if Nairobi had been ...

Saturday, 07 October 2006 | 321 hits | Read more

19. Kenyan Baristas go for glory

The day started with those mad Chris's at Hot '96 and their disturbing discussion on the Israeli Palestinian crisis. Boy Chris was supporting the poor downplayed Palestinians and girl Chris was supporting the Israeli right to invade, win and claim...

Friday, 19 March 2010 | 236 hits | Read more

20. Kenya’s premiere Fashion And Beauty Expo

Everyone, even if they know it or not, is fashion conscious. They all know that impressions count. If you are talking to the fashion and fad following teen or even the ‘old and boring’ dad, everyone wants to look and more importantly feel...

Thursday, 20 May 2010 | 470 hits | 9 comments | Read more

21. Kibaki's Diary for the new week

President Kibaki has been acting very funny since he sacked his cabinet. The man must really be pissed! In selecting his new cabinet, he seems to have gone on...

Saturday, 03 December 2005 | 261 hits | Read more

22. Kids are quick!

Teachers find that kids have the darndest answers for the questions they ask...    TEACHER:   Maria, go to the map and find North America . MARIA:        Here it is.   TEACHER:   Correct. Now class, who discovered America? CLASS:  ...

Wednesday, 25 November 2009 | 397 hits | 4 comments | Read more

23. KIFF Launches with Pumzi movie premier

Another boring Wednesday in Nairobi city. Nothing much was happening but this little matter of the Kenya International Film Festival in venues all over the city. Now for purposes of simplicity and a tad bit of laziness I shall be referring to...

Friday, 23 October 2009 | 261 hits | Read more

24. KigeziNdoto: It’s a wrap

Friday morning found me dashing off to the Kibera. I was heading there at the invitation of my good pal Chique and the event I was attending was KigeziNdoto (Hook for dreams) a show conceptualised by Mumbi Kaigwa and worked on by several people....

Monday, 07 June 2010 | 146 hits | Read more

25. KIM launches business excellence model to drive organisational competitiveness

The Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) has today launched an innovative business excellence model to drive organisational performance and competitiveness - the Organisational Performance Index (OPI).  The model was developed following feedback...

Thursday, 27 May 2010 | 163 hits | Read more

26. Koinange Street Carnival

I had planned to attend Bunduz.com's Samburu trip and was all set to go. Until I got mail from Sande telling me there was going to be a street carnival at K-Street. ...

Thursday, 12 April 2007 | 547 hits | Read more

27. Kongowea FC, Indomitable FC rule at the Coast, Nairobi

Kongowea FC are the Coast Province, 2010 COPA Coca-Cola tournament winners after edging out Gede FC 5-4 in a highly charged match that ended in a penalty shoot out. The game was played at the Mombasa Municipal stadium where fans cheered on their...

Monday, 12 April 2010 | 275 hits | Read more

28. Kshs 4 Million reward to Royco promo winners

Unilever Limited has rewarded 7,800 consumers with instant cash prizes worth Ksh 4 million in the on-going Royco Fichua Githeri Ushinde Nyumba marketing campaign. The promotion, which was launched two months ago, is aimed at rewarding its loyal...

Thursday, 22 April 2010 | 408 hits | 4 comments | Read more

29. KWAL rewards Viceroy distributors

Viceroy brandy; one of the best things a human being can put into their body. I know of several other things but today I want to focus on that brandy. A brandy that has been drunk for several hundred years and was a favourite of the Napoleonic army...

Thursday, 13 May 2010 | 326 hits | Read more

30. Kwani Open mic (Binyavanga Returns)

Kenyan literature has been in crisis for ever. To be a well read pal, one had to be able to quote from authors of the old school such as Taban Lo Lyong, Ayi Kwei Armah, David Mailu, Ngugi Wa Thiongo and the like. Other than this one could quote from...

Saturday, 08 July 2006 | 305 hits | Read more

31. Kwani Open Mic – August 09

"James Murua has missed live poetry. Those Kwani Open Mic poets had better deliver" Facebook Status It’s been a minute since I headed out for that Kwani Open Mic. The event is hosted at the Club Soundd every first Tuesday of the month and has...

Wednesday, 05 August 2009 | 276 hits | Read more

32. Kwani Trust a 2010 Prince Claus Award Laureate

The Kwani Trust has been awarded a 2010 Prince Claus Award, given annually in recognition of exceptional achievements in the field of Culture and Development. Each year, this prestigious award run by the Prince Claus Fund invites an expanding...

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 | 8 hits | Read more

33. K’naan records 2010 fifa world cup anthem

Somalian hip-hop sensation, K’Naan, has specially recorded an uplifting African-inspired track, a remix of ‘Wavin Flag’, as the anthem of Coca-Cola’s 2010 FIFA World Cup program. The track will be used as the music element throughout the...

Thursday, 29 October 2009 | 411 hits | Read more