The supremacy battle between Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho and his Kilifi counterpart Amason Kingi is taking shape, just days after Kingi hosted 21 Mps in Kilifi, Joho is also expected to play host to all MCAs from the region.

According to a message sent to the MCAs and seen by Ommy Dallah the meeting will be held this coming Friday,10/08/2018.

"Dear Hon, this is to inform you that H.E the Governor Joho will meet all the Coast Province MCAs on this Friday the 10/08/2018. Time and venue shall be communicated later. kindly note this in your diary" reads the message.

Among the Mps who attended Kingi's meeting includes Omar Mwinyi (Changamwe), William Kamoti (Rabai), Ruweda Obo (Lamu woman rep), Ken Chonga (Kilifi South), Kassim Tandaza (Matuga), Andrew Mwadime (Mwatate), Benjamin Tayari (Kinango), Paul Katana (Kaloleni), Shariff Ali (Lamu East) and Said Haba (Galole), Ali Wario (Garsen), Getrud Mbeyu (Kilifi woman rep), Ali Wario (Bura), Stanley Muthama (Lamu West), Jones Mlolwa  (Voi), Suleiman Dori (Msambweni), Danson Mwashako (Wundanyi), Badi Twalib (Jomvu), Ali Mbogo (Kisauni), Owen Baya (Kilifi North) and  Michael Kingi (Magarini).

In the meeting the legislators announced that they be reviving the Jumuiya ya Kaunti za Pwani, they also took issue with threats from ODM to discpline Malindi Mp Aisha Jumwa and her Msambweni Suleiman Dori over their allegiance to Deputy President William Ruto.

“We are following keenly on the development. If ODM acts on the MPs, it will affect the building of bridges. We shall not take this one lightly,” said Kingi.

Coast-based Kenya Premier League side Bandari Football Club has sacked Salim Sumra as the team's board member.

According to a source within the club, Sumra will be served with his release letter during the Tuesday premier league match against defending champions Gor Mahia.   

The  source also revealed that  the meeting to sack Sumra was chaired  by the football club chief executive officer Edward Oduor.

"The full house meeting unanimously resolved to sack him on allegations he is behind the club's poor performance and for insulting players and being unfriendly to them" said the source   

Meanwhile Bandari Football Club has released gate charges for the Gor Mahia match with each spectator required to pay Sh 200. Security will also be beefed up before and after the match.

The Mombasa International Cultural festival which had been scheduled for 23rd to 26th August has now been postponed to a later date.

According to a public notice from the County Executive in charge of Youth, Gender, sports and Cultural affairs Munywoki Kyalo, the extravaganza has been postponed due to 'unavoidable circumstances'.

"We regret to inform the general public and stakeholders of the Mombasa International Cultural festival that due to unavoidable circumstances, the extravaganza scheduled for the 23rd to 26th of August 2018 has been postponed to a later date that will be communicated" reads the notice.

Ommy Dallah has however established that power struggle between the departments of culture and tourism all under the Youth, Gender, Sports and cultural affairs ministry and which have since been separated is the main reason for the postponement.

The two departments each with its own Chief officer have been fighting on who to host  the event.

"There has been alot of infighting on who to take charge of the event between the two departments but lets just wait and see how things will turn out" said a source who spoke on condition of anonymity.

RnB singer, songwriter and actress Keri Hilson is in town. She together with the Man’s Not Hot hitmaker Big Shaq, legendary Horace Brown, WSTRN and Bobby V will be performing this weekend at the Terminal music concert.

Local artiste among the Khaligraph Jones, Sage, Steph Kapela, Kagwe Mugai, Barak Jaccuzi. The Friday show is dubbed Grown And Sexy for a mature audience while the Saturday show is dubbed UK Grime meets Kenyan Hip Hop.

The show will see Kenya’s biggest DJs jazz the crowd with their sick mixes. Djs headlining the events are DJ Stylez, Pinye, Adrian, Mixmaster Lenny and G Money. DJ Joe Grinds from the UK will also grace the event.

On her stay here,Keri Hilson visited The Kenya High School to the amazement of the students who couldn’t get enough of the artiste.

Keri also spent her time interacting with girls from Kibera Creative Arts where she participated in bead making.

She wrote, “Day 1 in Kenya was AWESOME!!! I inspired 1,000 girls, made bracelets with @kiberacreativearts that provides a living & opportunity for the underdeveloped community, learned the Kenyan Odi dance (& some Swahili), & received welcome gifts from young locals.”

New Age Folk Sensation Ayrosh, drops a new collaboration “Love. Respect. Repeat” featuring the sultry Ythera. A Waithaka Entertainment production, the song is a plea to lovers out there to speak the language of respect and to show sincere love to their partners.

A twist from his usual style, Ayrosh balances Kikuyu and English in his performance in this song with subtle hints of his signature style before Ythera takes it away with her alluring vocals. The catchy beat, which leaks of a fusion of rhythmic bounces, laid over unique vocals, wavey harmonies and easy lyrics gives you a reason to believe in the diversity, innovation and inclusivity of the Kenyan music scene.

Following the success of his other releases, ‘Shuga Mami and ‘Maheni’, Ayrosh is also gearing up for his soon to be released EP, a collaborative project with seasoned Kenyan producer Waithaka, who's currently based in USA.

A high court in Mombasa has sentenced Changamwe MP Omar Mwinyi to four years in prison or a fine of Sh1 million after he was found guilty of assaulting two police officers.

The incident occurred last year during the ODM party nominations.

According to Chief Magistrate Evans Makori on Thursday there is enough evidence that the Mp together with  his supporters assaulted the two police officers namely constables Dennis Nambisia and Agapio Ndwiga.

Mwiniyi was accused together  with others not before the court of destroying ODM ballot boxes at Mwidani Social Hall, Bomu Primary and Al-Inshadi Nursery School polling stations on April 22.

The Mp has however vowed to appeal the ruling arguing it (ruling)  is due to his political stand.

Talented Kenyan artiste Beka the Boy has released the video to his new song featuring Petra 'Level'.

The video has been  directed by Kevin Bosco Jr x Double B Pro.

Watch it below

Fly Tristar airline, a newly launched low costing airline is set to launch its early morning flight in and out of Mombasa.

The airline will be the first low cost airline to operate a morning flight to and from Mombasa , currently only the national carrier Kenya Airways has the service.

Speaking in Mombasa  during the firm's official launch cocktail the airline CEO Daniel Muriithi noted that the decision was reached at after numerous parties especially business men who are the main target for the new service.

"Fly Tristar Service is committed to offer unrivalled, reliable air service to make it easier to fly" said Muriithi

He also revealed that they are also planning to start regional flights to Entebbe (Uganda), Somalia and Mwanza (Tanzania) and are currently in talks with the relevant authorities in the countries.

Currently,the airline which operates Fokker 50s has put onto the market 4000 seats that are available from this month of July all the way to January 2019 at discounted price of sh 4,333.

Police in Mombasa are investigating an incident where a prison warden shot an inspectorate officer yesterday(Tuesday) evening.

Samuel Mwita shot Patrick Omondi with the bullet penetrating the ear and neck. Omondi was later treated at the Coast General Hospital and discharged.

According to the Mombasa County Inspectorate Director Mohamed Amir said trouble started after Mwita committed a traffic offence and turned hostile.

Mombasa Police Boss has assured that the investigations will not be interfered with and the findings will be out by tomorrow (Thursday) morning.

One of the major stories that has been trending on social media is that of the alleged break up between singer Otile Brown and Vera Sidika.

The rumours started doing rounds after the two deleted photos of each other on their social media pages just few weeks after coming from a vacation in Mauritus.

Otile Brown has however deny this through an interview with one of the local dailies.

He is quoted saying "And by the way, I love Vee - and God forbid - if we ever part ways, life has to go on, so don’t dwell on that. Till then, we lit.”

To prove his point right, Otile has released a new song titled 'baby Love' which is a dedication to Vera Sidika who also doubles up as the model in the video.

In an earlier interview Otile revealed how he had recorded two songs dedicated to Vera but he had to delete one since Vera only liked one.

“I did sing her a song expressing how I feel about her coz I love her. The song was called Vera and to tell the truth, sababu ambayo niliiondoa huo wimbo kwenye YouTube yangu ni kwa sababu yeye alitaka wimbo mwingine tofauti, alipenda wimbo mwingine tofauti kuliko huo ambao nilikuwa nimemuimbia coz niliimba nyimbo mbili na kwa kuwa mimi nilikuwa nimemdedicatia ule nikaona kwamba I pull it down alafu maybe when the time is right pengine huenda akatokea kwenye video kwenye hio ingine. Lakini sioni kama ni tatizo kumuimbia mpenzi wako about how you feel about her, so it’s not an issue,”  stated Otile 

Watch the video below