Diamond Platnumz's Television station Wasafi TV has been banned for six months, effective January 5. 

According to the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA), the station which is currently among the top Tv stations in Tanzania violated the broadcasting regulations during the Tumewasha festival on January 1, by airing live singer and socialite Giggy Money dancing on stage while almost nude.

Addressing the media in Dares Salaam on Tuesday, TCRA’s acting director Johannes Kalungule said the station risks facing other legal actions if it fails to observe the directive.

TCRA has also directed the station to offer a public apology.

This is not the first time that a media house associated to Diamond Platnumz is being suspended. In September last year, the sister station Wasafi fm was suspended for seven days after airing what was termed as abusive language through one of its programmes,  'Mashamsham'.

Former AFC Leopards and Rayon Sports tactician Andre Casa Mbungo is now the new head coach for Mombasa based Football Kenya Federation Premier League side, Bandari Fc.

Mbungo was unveiled by the club on Monday morning at a brief ceremony held at the Mbaraki sports club.

The Rwandese national has penned a two year deal with the club taking over from Ken Koth who joined Sofapaka.

Speaking during the ceremony, Bandari vice chairman Bernard Osero said they are confident the new coach will lead the club to victory.

"We did not go far to look for a coach, he is just from Rwanda one of our fellow member countries in the East Africa community. We looked at his CV and he is of course qualified to take over and lead our team to greater heights." said Osero.

On his part, Mbungo noted that apart from winning trophies, having different players from Mombasa who have also passed through Bandari Fc in the national team is part of his priority and goal.

Mbungo charged "You can't call yourself a coach when only one or two players are in their national teams, we will work hard in getting more players at the national level. I believe Mombasa has alot of talents and I will work closely with also young players to achieve this".

Abdallah Hassan is currently the only player from Bandari Fc playing for Harambee stars.

Apart from the new coach, there are other changes that the club has so far made in it's technical beach.

Daniel Lenjo who was in charge of the young team Bandari Youth is now the assistant coach, former team manager Wilson Oburu is now the goalkeeper trainer taking over from Razak Siwa whose contract has since expired. Nasoro Mwakoba who was the assistant coach has also left the club after his contracted expired.

After a successful collabo with Tanzanian singer Jux in the hit song 'Regina', Kenyan secular singer Otile Brown seems to be working on a collabo with yet another Tanzanian top singer, the King, AliKiba.

The two artists were spotted in studio together in what seems to be a working session under producer Yogo beats in Daresalaam.

Otile had a successful year in 2020 after most of his songs topped the charts with 'Dusuma' which he featured Meddy being ranked as the most watched video on you tube for 2020.

The song gained momentum after a social media challenge grew around it, leading it to surpass 10 million views in three months. The video currently enjoys over 19 million views on you tube.

Deputy President William Ruto should stop blaming the handshake for derailing the Jubilee administration’s development agenda ahead of the 2022 general elections.

Orange Democratic Movement [ODM] party leader Raila Odinga defended his handshake with President Uhuru Kenyatta saying they meant well for the country ahead of the polls.

He urged Ruto to get his facts right before blaming the handshake which brought on board the Building Bridges Initiative [BBI] to amend the 2010 constitution.

“I am not responsible for the failure of the ruling party to deliver to the electorate ahead of next year’s polls,” he said.

Raila told Ruto he is not in the government despite the inception of the handshake three years ago.

He spoke when he met Muslim scholars from the coast region during a forum to drum up support for the initiative at the Wild Water Centre in Nyali constituency in Mombasa county.

The former Prime Minister reminded the forum they had lengthy discussions with the Head of State to put a permanent stop to perennial chaos after every five years of elections.

Raila said the bottom line of the initiative is to end post election skirmishes which the country faces every time of the polls.

“I have buried the political hatchet with President Kenyatta and we have resolved to forget the past and forge ahead,” he pointed out.

The ODM party leader acknowledged ethnicity is the disease of the elite which came in after the country attained independence from the colonial government.

Raila urged the electorate to unite to fight the way they fought with the colonialists for the country’s independence 58 years ago.

He reiterated the BBI is intended to amend the 2010 constitution and take the country in a journey down a memory lane.

On his part, the host, Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council (KEMNAC) chairperson Sheikh Juma Ngao, said he has no regrets in supporting the BBI to amend the 2010 constitution.

Harmonize ‘Konde Boy’ is remorseful. The singer has written an emotional message apologizing to Diamond Platnumz.

This comes barely months after the singer threw jabs at Diamond Platnumz, in his song Ushamba that explained how Chibu has been sleeping with women and announcing to the public.

In the song ‘Ushamba’ Harmonize uses Diamond platnumz look alike as emphasis of what he sings about.

“Legends want a fight with me, they fear I’m surpassing them. That Simba (Diamond Platnumz) is old and toothless. He sleeps with women and announces to people.” Harmonize sang.

In a post on his Instagram page on the eve of new year Harmonize wrote an emotional message to his former boss thanking him for nurturing his talent and expressing his love to him.

“Speaking this from the bottom of my heart I love you bro is a new year 2021, Thank you for changing my life pekee uliona dhahabu kwenye mchanga na giza jingi sana..!!” Harmonize wrote,

The post has since elicited a lot of reactions from fans who have congratulated harmonize for such a bold move of burying his differences with Diamond platnumz even though diamond has not said anyting

Harmonize has acknowledged Diamond Platnumz for his generousity and for making him a brand that is now popular in east Africa saying that whatever he has been doing was just to please him and nothing more contrary this even as he assured his love to wasafi CEO

 “Leo hii Africa mzima special East Africa wanajivunia uwepo wangu this love is 4 ever my brother everything I have done is just to make you proud don’t get me wrong kaa chini pekee yako bila mtu yeyote pembeni soma utajua ninacho maanisha you’re the legend one stay cool kondeboy and all the kondegang team we love you happy new one Chibu Dangote big brother”.He wrote

 Harmonize was signed under WCB Wasafi records in 2015 which is owned by Diamond Platinumz where they did several hit songs together.

Last year, Harmonize left the Wasafi crew and the two have been at loggerheads since.

Konde Boy allegedly accused Diamond of having an affair with his fiance Jackie Wolper. 

He got his way out and started his own record label known as Konde Music World Wide

He was forced to pay Tshs.500 million to terminate his binding contract with the WCB label.

Konde Boy sold some of his properties to finish paying up the full amount of Tsh 500 million.

Vanesssa Mdee and her Nigerian-American actor, singer, and model Rotimi are officially engaged.

In a video shared on social media, Rotimi is seen going down on one knee before popping the question “Will you marry me?”  an emotional Vanessa Mdee replies with ''Yes''.

In the video Mdee is also seen displaying the engagement ring.

The two have been in a relationship since last year after Mdee separated from her Tanzanian boyfriend Jux.

In June, Mdee, via her podcast Deep Dive, said was forced to call it quits and needed time off to embark on a journey of self-discovery- away from the industry that she termed as 'demonic' and blamed for leading her astray. 

President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed the Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill, 2020 into law.

The new law amends the Anti-Doping Act of 2016 to align Kenya's legislative framework with the 2021 World Anti-Doping code and regulations.

The new anti-doping law also ensures the continued participation of Kenyan athletes in local, regional and international competitions in line with the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention against doping in sports.

The National Assembly passed the Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill, 2020 on December 22nd while the Senate passed it on 29 December 2020 before it was presented to the President for signing on Thursday, beating the 1st January 2021 deadline set to bar athletes from non-compliant countries from participating in international sporting competitions.

Kenya broadcasting corporation(KBC) Coast news reporter Juney Karisa is the newest mum in town after she welcomed a bouncing baby boy named Jahari Mbelle Mwavula.

Juney delivered on Wednesday evening at the Aga Khan Hospital, Mombasa.

The former Tourism and Wildlife Minister, late Karisa Maitha's daughter got married to her lover Patrick Mwavula this year at a colourful wedding held in Mombasa.

The wedding was graced by Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho.

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Kenyan gospel artist Daddy Owen has for the first time come out to speak about his marriage that is allegedly on the rocks after reports of split from his wife Farida Wambui.

According to the reports the wife left him for another man, a tycoon and have since been engaged.

In a well crafted response via his instagram page published on Wednesday morning, Owen revealed that he has been receiving alot of calls, messages and support since the reports surfaced.

In the post the vanity hit maker has asked his fans and followers to keep him in their daily prayers pleading for patience.

“I want to take this opportunity to issue an official statement. Thank you to all who have reached out to me in one way or another over the last few days with prayers or encouraging words of support following news circulating in the media involving me and my family. The word of God encourages us in all seasons to rejoice, for the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfulness,” he wrote.

Adding “This requires us to maintain a perspective of joy in whatever we go through as we know ultimately our walk will produce perfection in God for her makes all things work out for good. Thank you for all encouragement and as I journey through this season, I request for time, patience and lots of prayers as you’ve always supported me in my ministry. I appreciate you for always being there, and I remain confident God will see us through. Love conquers all and love covers a multitude of sins. God bless you.”

In his post the gospel singer has neither confirmed nor denied the reports that his wife left him in the cold and that she was engaged with to thealleged tycoon, this as some quarters continue speculating that the breakup is a stunt.

The couple got married in 2016 in an invite only wedding that was attended by family and friends in the entertainment industry.they have since been blessed with two sons.

Kenyans have warmed up to realme products a few months after setting foot in the Kenyan market.

The world’s fastest-growing smartphone brand has broken a record in Kenya as among the few brands that have launched more than 6 new smartphones and AIot products in the market within a span of four months.

realme seems committed not to leave anything to chances when it comes to setting records as the brand has become the world’s fastest brand to hit 50 million shipments since its inception.

Notably, 50 million units were shipped during the third quarter of 2020. This is a milestone given that the brand has surpassed giants such as Samsung, Apple, and Huawei among others.

The smartphone maker has so far launched 6 smartphones on the Kenyan market. These are; realme C3, realme C11, realme C15, realme C12, realme 6, and realme 7i. realme 7i is the latest entrant that has already picked up as Kenyans rush to acquire it.

In establishing the realme brand, the smartphone maker also introduced realme Buds Q, and realme Air Buds Neo.

Since its inception in August 2018, realme has positioned itself as a leader in releasing smartphones that focus on the new trends in the market while sustaining high levels of security features for customers’ data.

One thing that has placed realme ahead of other players is its ability to efficiently bring cutting-edge technologies and features to the budget smartphone segment, and the “cool” marketing strategy to influence its target consumer segment.

In Kenya, the brand gained popularity from the power of batteries in their smartphones. Some of the realme brands have massive batteries with a capacity as high as 6000mAh that charges faster and takes longer to discharge. Realme C12, for instance, has a battery that is capable of lasting 57 days on standby.

The fact that the majority of the realme smartphones launched in Kenya were entry-level phones, as well as being pocket-friendly despite the high-end features, appealed to the majority of Kenyans to grab the opportunity to own a smartphone.

As Kenyans increasingly become gamers by use of their phones, the integration of an Helio feature, giving the realme phones high performance as one plays couldn’t come at a better time.

The spreading of wings of the realme brand is not in Kenya alone. Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic that has hit-hard on various sectors around the world, the brand has sustained its growth. It grew 300 percent during the third quarter in the Indian smartphone market, cutting 15 percent of the market share to itself.

The brand has also found its way up the ladder in countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam, growing 196 percent on a year-to-year basis and 47 percent on a quarter-to-quarter basis.