Collo’s Facebook Page Hacked, Nude Gay PHOTOS Posted

If you are rapper Collo’s friend on Facebook, you must have noticed the weird gay photos that have been appearing on his account. Looks like Collo’s account had been hacked and someone was using it to post nude gay men photos. I don’t know what the hackers intended to achieve. The rapper has a wife and kids for heaven’s sake. We managed to get hold of the photos before they were taken down.
Take a look.

 -nairobi wire

Safaricom Files Complaint Against Orange Over Their Provocative Ad

Telecommunications giant Safaricom has filed a complaint with the Advertising Standards Body of Kenya against Orange Kenya for their aggressive advertisements.

Orange is being accused of using Safaricom sim cards in their advertisements trying to woe subscribers from the latter. In an advertisement that has been running since January 8, Telecom has been using green simcards to depict expensive rates and their orange simcards to depict less charges. According to an advertising expert who spoke to Business Daily, that type of advertising is shrewd adding that brands should concentrate on advertising their strengths instead of their competitors weaknesses.

“In a fairly conservative culture like Kenya’s, one would rather speak more about their brands than focus on the competitor’s weaknesses,” he said.

Telecom has defended themselves saying that the advert does not target any mobile service providers. CEO Mickael Ghossein told the newspaper that the advert provides a platform for customers to choose the best rates among the service providers.

“In the advert our key message is for the consumer to make a decision by comparing our tariffs with what our rivals are charging and we not targeting Safaricom as they claim. Kenya is a multi SIM card market,” said Mr Ghossein.

Currently, the kenyan laws does not provide for such petitions and thus the decision that the board comes up with has no legal binding. However, the board has the power and influence to compel a brand to withdraw an advertisement. For instance, in 2006, the board directed that all alcohol related advertisements air past 8 pm and that’s the case even today.

Ugandan tabloid publish names of 200 prominent homosexuals

Ugandans beware, there is a list out naming homosexuals and you might just be jailed becaused of it. After Ugandan President signed the anti-gay bill into law, a newspaper in the country The Red Pepper newspaper today published 200 names of prominent gay men and women in Uganda.

Amongst those listed includes a catholic priest, a rap artiste as well as a prominent gay rights activist, Pepe Julien Onziema.

The list which appeared with the title Exposed, has generated great concern as it appears as a way of witch-hunting the gay community in Uganda. The list contained the names of those that were already known to be gay as well as those who have led a private gay life.

This isn’t the first time this will happen in Uganda. In 2011, a list of prominent gays in Uganda was released by a Ugandan tabloid in which the editor asked for them to be Hanged. This unfortunately led to the gruesome murder of one of the country’s gay right activists, David Kato.

FACEBOOK to PULL OUT of Uganda over Museveni Anti-Gay Law!

The Western world continued with varied reactions to Uganda’s signing of anti-gay bill that effectively sends LBGT offenders to a life in prison.

Joining the fray are multi-national social media companies Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp which have threatened to suspend Operations In Uganda due to the Anti-gay law.

Facebook’s chief operations officer, Sheryl Kara Sandberg, has issued a statement that they are reviewing their engagement in Uganda after President Museveni yesterday signed the Anti Gay Bill into law.

“When we launched Facebook, we thought it as a platform to advance people’s rights and liberties of self expression in all form. We were equally shocked to learn that Uganda as a country had gone ahead to sign the Anti Homosexuality bill into a law” reads Facebook’s statement.

“Facebook is currently reviewing its engagement to Uganda, as we seek to come up with a voice to express our dissatisfaction. And of course, suspending our operations in Uganda is one of the options we are considering. In the event that we suspend operations in Uganda, our platforms of Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp will be off for a time we shall deem necessary,” continues the statement.


“We strongly condemn the act of the Ugandan Government to overstep the rights of a minority. All humans are created equal and deserve a right to freedom and happiness”.

In July last year, Facebook, a staunch supporter of the LGBTQ community in America, had its 700 workers employees, including Mark Zuckerberg, as well as former Super Bowl champion Brendon Ayanbadejo, march in the San Francisco Pride Parade to show their support for the LGBTQ community.

-Kenya Today

Three Killed, 4 Injured in Shootout Outside Nation Centre in Nairobi [VIDEO]

Two suspects and a woman bystander were shot dead as police and gangsters engaged in a dramatic gun battle in Nairobi’s Central Business District Tuesday.

Four other people - two women, a man and a policeofficer – survived the midday incident with bullet injuries and were rushed to hospital.

According to police, the two men killed were suspected gangsters, adding that a Ceska pistol was recovered from one of them, while two of their accomplices managed to escape.

Business on the normally busy Kimathi Street outside Nation Centre, where the shoot-out occurred, ground to a standstill as police ran after the gangsters who were escaping through adjacent back lanes.

The victims were felled on different spots several metres from where the shooting started, at the Bazaar shopping and office complex at the end of Kimathi Street.

Larry Madowo Surprised To Find Quail Eggs in Barcelona

 If you thought the quail  madness was only a reality in Kenya, think again. As Larry Madowo found out during the Samsung S5 launch, the little eggs are a delicacy in Barcelona.
The samsung S5 unveiling ceremony went down on Monday with the event attracting a large worldwide audience. It was live on NTV. The delegation was served various delicacies including quail eggs.

Here’s a pic by Larry Madowo.

Ababu Namwamba, Hassan Joho Team Shakes Up ODM Polls

A three-man group is reshaping the Orange Democratic Movement’s leadership race and forcingthe party establishment to compromise.

The trio of Mombasa governor Ali Hassan Joho, Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba and Turkana governor Josphat Nanok have launched a spirited, airborne campaign that has taken the party by surprise, with only two days to the National Delegates Convention.

This has compelled the party leader, Mr Raila Odinga, thought to have preferred nominated senator Agnes Zani, to adopt a safer, more neutral position before rival camps clash during Friday’s elections.

The Joho group has been flying to different parts of the country in three helicoptersto campaign among delegates.

Tuesday, they were in Kisumu, Eldoret and Kakamega and are expected to wind up their countryside campaigns Wednesday.

On the floor of the NDC,the group intends to challenge a decision by the National Governing Council last week to increase the positions of deputy party leader to two.

On the agenda, delegates will first endorse the creation of new offices before proceeding to the elect office holders.

Tuesday, Wundanyi MP Thomas Mwadegu, a member of the Johoteam, pointedly wondered when the party will advertise the positions it created last week.

“We want clean elections. We know the positions that were vacant, which people applied for, and we are now wondering when the party is going to advertise the newpositions it created the other day. We are focused on the seats officially advertised,” Mr Mwadegu said.

He argued that Coast MPs resolved to support Mr Namwamba, rather than Dr Zani, one of their own, because they apparently wanted to create a lineup which reflected the true face of Kenya.

“We decided to support the group that reflected a true regional balance and one that is strong enough to move ODM forward. We think that with Joho, Namwamba, Nanok, Rosa Buyu, Ogari and Keynan, we are presenting a strong team that represents a true form of regional balance.”

ROBUST CAMPAIGN

Perhaps sensing the robust campaign the Joho group has launched days to the elections, Mr Odinga has softened his position and said he is ready to work with the ODM Young Turks in the leadership of the party.

“I am ready and willing to assist the young people in steering their leadership ambitions for this country,” Mr Odinga said.

He added that time to give the young minds a chance to fulfil their leadership ambitions had come.

“It is not only right, but also important as a country to allow the youths to lead as we are headed for radical changes in the coming electioneering periods,” he said.

As a result, he challenged the old guard who had held numerous positions in the party not to feel threatened by the young ambitious minds, but instead welcome dialogue and cooperation with the youth.

“The youth will not only bring fresh energy in governance, but also fuel the ambition to fulfil greater dreams and goals, which are very vital to this country’s growth,” Mr Odinga said.

The Mombasa governor, who is running for Deputy Party leader, has pulled a strongteam of candidates to his side.

In the team are Mr Nanok (chairman), Bomachoge MP Simon Ogari (treasurer), Aldas MP Aden Keynan (vice-chairman), Nyatike MP Omondi Anyanga (deputy organising secretary).

Nominated MP Isaac Mwaura (deputy secretary-general) and Suleiman Ndori (deputy organising secretary).

Nairobi governor Evans Kidero, Kajiado Central MP Joseph Nkaissery and former assistant minister John Keen are also backing the Joho-Namwamba team.

They are facing a camp gravitating around Nominated Senator Zani, who is aiming for the secretary-general’s post. This camp has Funyula MP Paul Otuoma (chairman), Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya (deputy party leader), Timothy Bosire (treasurer), and George Aladwa (organising secretary).

Kajiado Central MP Joseph Nkaissery said delegates should put in place a strongteam of leaders serious enough to marshal the country into supporting Mr Odinga to victory in the next elections.

“The team we want to put together is one that can lead the party into an election victory in 2017 and we believe the Joho team is the right one to do this job for us,” Mr Nkaissery said.

Mr Joho was apparently, upset by the decision to increase the number of seats, which meant that the powers for the deputy Party Leader will be diluted.

Last week, ODM’s national governing council (NGC) adopted the proposal to have two deputy party leaders, two vice-chairpersons, two deputy secretaries-general, two deputy treasurers and two deputy organizing secretaries.

- Daily Nation

Europeans Stop Uganda Aid After Antigay Law

Several European nations said Tuesday they were suspending assistance to Uganda, a day after the country's president signed a law that could see some homosexuals jailed for life.

Norway, Netherlands and Denmark said they would withhold aid to the Ugandan government in protestagainst the "draconian law."

On first conviction for so-called homosexual acts, offenders face a 14-year prison sentence. Subsequent convictions for "aggravated homosexuality," which include homosexual acts committed by an HIV-positive person, could bring a penalty of life in prison.

An official at the Norwegian embassy in Kampala said that the measure would immediately affect at least $8 million in aid to Uganda's legal system. Norway extends more than $64 million to Uganda every year. The bulk of western aid has been going directly to the Ugandan government, which would then earmark it for spending in different departments—notably, health, education and the military.

The Netherlands and Denmark said they would redirect nearly $20 million of aid to Ugandan-based private aid agencies and rights groups. The U.S. and Canada, some of the Uganda's largest donors, said they had started reviewing their relationship with Kampala.

The diplomatic moves represented the first fallout of Uganda's controversial antigay bill. Although the bill is politically popular in Uganda, it could cost the government of President Yoweri Museveni. Western donors give up to $2 billion in aid to the country.

"Regrettably, this discriminatory law will serve as an impediment in our relationship with the Ugandan government," Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said in a statement Tuesday.

One of Uganda's leading daily newspapers, The Red Pepper, published Tuesday a list of what it called the "country's top 200 homosexuals." The daily listed names of people who have previously not identified themselves as homosexuals.

"The newspapers are inciting the public against homosexuals and unfortunately, government cannot protect us," said Kash Jacqueline, a gay activist in Kampala.

In 2011, a Ugandan tabloid published a list of gay people, sparking a spate of attacks against those perceived as gay across the country. A prominent Ugandan gay activist, David Kato, whose name appeared in the tabloid, was later killed in one of the attacks.

Uganda's antigay bill was passed in December, but Mr. Museveni initially declined to sign it into law, saying that he needed more time to study it. He changed his mind earlier this month, shortly after the lawmakers endorsed him to seek a fifth elective term in office.

Analysts say that Mr. Museveni, who seized power in 1986 following a five-year guerrilla war, was looking for ways to shore up his flagging political support. Most young voters have no memory of the 69-year old president as a freedom fighter.

"Museveni may be tempted by a turn to the well-worn tactic of anticolonial populism," wrote Ben Shepherd, an analyst with U.K.-based Chatham House, in a note Tuesday. "In this context, harsh legislation on sexuality is a relatively easy win."

- Wall Street Journal

Caroline Mutoko Blasts Kenyans Yet Again – Stop Being Hypocrites!

Mavuno church has come under huge criticism following their blurred lines ‘sexy’ poster. There has been mixed feelings with most people thinking that Mavuno church went too far on this one. Kiss 100  Big Breakfast show host Caroline Mutoko is of a different opinion. She weighed in on the issue via her facebook page.

The issues that stand to be discussed under the banner “Blurred lines” are crucial, more so today than ever.
To those who like to pretend to be more christian than others, allow me to say this. get over yourself, get over the legs of that lovely lady and look at the content to be discussed and stop being a modern day Pharisee on social media.
Popular conceptions/mis-conceptions of our Lord tend to soften him up and send a message that Jesus was someone who never caused a stir or upset anybody but was loved and adored by all. Nope, this was the man who hang out with lepers, sinners and prostitutes.
In fact, Jesus was hated by most and came into conflict with almost everyone he interacted with.
Nowhere is this more obvious than in his encounters with the religious leaders of his day. Jesus stirred up trouble by healing on the Sabbath day and not keeping the traditions of the Pharisees such as hand washing. He made a point of exposing the hypocrisy and self-serving behavior of the Pharisees. Sound familiar, doesn’t it 
Get over yourself, get over the legs, drive past the billboard, go to Mavuno listen to the subject matter of the sermon. Have a lovely day and be a quit being a Pharisee with a smart phone