LIFESTYLE NEWS

A young Kenyan man was found dead days after he posted suicidal notes on social media. 28-year-old Owen Maina Macharia was found dead in a hotel room in Mtwapa, Kilifi County. In one of the suicidal notes posted on Facebook, the Marketing graduate noted: “Solution to all problems is death. No man,…

Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo has disassociated himself from a fraudster who has allegedly been posing as his son. Taking to social media, Kabogo says the man identified as Tony Kabogo and who has a striking resemblance to him, has been using his name to con unsuspecting Kenyans. Kabogo…

Sildenafil citrate, better known as Viagra has been ranked as one of the most ordered drugs on Kenyan online pharmacy platforms. The high number of orders for the drug used to treat erectile dysfunction is due to the anonymity provided by the online platforms. The online system dubbed ePharmacy was…

A simple question posed by a Kenyan Twitter user has attracted numerous reactions from social media users.  The Twitter user identified as @CarolineSpencer posed the four-word question and many Kenyans online have come out to share their stories. Her question reads: “Nini inasumbua roho yako…

A Nairobi nightclub has moved to court seeking to have the government pay it Sh48 million over losses incurred following the deportation of foreign dancers by the Immigration Department. Balle Balle Club located in Parklands, Nairobi had brought the belly dancers to the country with the help of…

The Ugandan government has announced that it has added curvaceous and sexy women to the list of the country's tourism products. Uganda's Minister for Tourism Godfrey Kiwanda has on Wednesday launched a beauty pageant dubbed ‘Miss Curvy Uganda’ to showcase the “naturally well-endowed women”. Kiwanda…

Kenyans have trooped to social media to demand for the immediate release of a Nairobi woman who was arrested on Tuesday morning for videotaping traffic police officers who were harassing a passenger.  The woman identified as Njeri wa Muthoni filmed three female traffic cops forcefully pulling…

Police in Kirinyaga County have arrested a man and his wife for allegedly refusing to take their daughter to Form One. Kanyekiine Location Chief Lawrence Macharia says the girl was supposed to join Form One in January but the couple blocked her despite Kirinyaga Central Constituency paying her fees…

Kibra Member of Parliament Ken Okoth has for the first time opened up about his battle with cancer. Speaking during an interview with the Sunday Standard, the second-time MP has disclosed that he was diagnosed with stage four Colorectal Cancer, which has no cure. “I was diagnosed with stage four…

A 37-year-old Ugandan woman has become the first ever person to be convicted with performing  female genital mutilation (FGM) in the United Kingdom. The woman, who can't be named for legal reasons, was on Friday found guilty of subjecting her 3-year-old daughter to FGM. This is Britain’s first…