LIFESTYLE NEWS

An openly gay politician is among candidates running for President in Tunisia.  Mounir Baatour is seeking to be first openly gay President in Tunisia and Africa. Baatour said he will push to decriminalize gay sex in the North Africa country once he is elected and insisted his candidacy should…

Details of how young Kenyan women, including minors, are sexually exploited by foreign tourists before being abandoned have emerged. Sex tourists allegedly use local young men to lure desperate girls using luxury cars and cash, according to Nairobi News. After treating them to a few expensive dates…

Socialite Vera Sidika has left Kenyans online reacting after she posted a photo of herself that appears slightly darker than her usual skin color. Sidika shared the image on Instagram and captioned it: “Never be defined by your past…it was just a lesson, not a life sentence. Feels good to be back,…

Tanzanian star singer Diamond Platnumz and his Kenyan girlfriend Tanasha Donna Oketch have announced they are expecting a baby. Diamond broke the news during a joint birthday party of his mother and his girlfriend this past weekend. The award-winning musician said they are expecting a baby boy in…

Botswana’s government says it will appeal last month's High Court ruling that decriminalized homosexuality in the South African country. In the landmark ruling issued on June 11th, the country's High Court struck down two colonial-era laws criminalizing consensual same-sex relations. Justice…

Acting Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph is under fire from Kenyans online over some remarks he made during the memorial service of the late Bob Collymore. Speaking during the event held at All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi on Thursday, Joseph described Collymore as a “white man in a black body.” “Over…

Kenyans online are sending goodwill messages to Kibra Member of Parliament Ken Okoth as he continues to receive cancer treatment abroad. Photos of Okoth were shared online on Thursday after he paid Kenya’s Ambassador to France Judi Wakhungu, a courtesy call. “Courtesy call from Hon. Ken Okoth (…

Police in Nairobi are looking for a woman who allegedly torched more than 40 houses in Kibra on Sunday in a suspected case of a love triangle involving lesbians. Capital News reported that the lady, believed to be a foreigner, started the fire that razed down over 40 houses in the area after her…

The wife of the late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore, Wambui Kamiru has spoken for the first time since the death of her husband. The widow on Wednesday thanked Kenyans for the numerous messages of condolences she continues to receive. Ms. Wambui noted that the messages were a testament to the special…

Police in Murang'a on Sunday night arrested 83 people for allegedly taking part in a bhang smoking competition and party. The suspects were arrested at a night club in Kenol town following a tip-off by members of the public. Speaking to Daily Nation, Murang'a South Sub-County Police Commander John…