The Port of Mombasa has been ranked number 114 among the world's best 120 best ports that handle container cargo.

This is one step ahead of 2016 when it was ranked at position 115 worldwide.

The annual ranking is conducted by a reputable shipping magazine,Container Magazine .

Speaking at the Port of Mombasa, Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Head of Corporate Affairs Mr Benard Osero said that the latest ranking now puts the Mombasa of Mombasa at position 6 in Africa and 1st position in East and Central Africa .

Ports listed in the Container Magazine are those that  have attained well over 1 million TEUS annualy.

'' This is a laudable move and goes to show the steady and tremendous growth that the Port of Mombasa has been undergoing after a number of infrastructural upgrades,'' Osero said.

In the listing, Mombasa Port handled 1.1 million TEUs in 2017 up from 1.09 million TEUs , a 9 per cent growth  .

''This percentage increment was better than what the best performing Port in the World- the Port of Shangai in China which had 30 million TEUs in the latest rankings,'' Osero said.

He added that other best performing Ports in Africa included Tanger Med Port in Morocco  which handled 3.3 million TEUs, Durban (South Africa ) did 2.6 million TEUs and Lagos Nigeria that made it into the list for the first time clocking 1.5 million TEUs in 2017.

Africa's other best performing Ports are Alexandria and Port Said both in Egypt.

Osero spoke on the sidelines of the Customer Service Week which are being observed for one week.

The event is an annual global occasion which is celebrated during the first week of October when customer oriented, organisations and institutions around the world  recognize  the importance of customer  service excellence and the staff who serve the customer.

KPA Acting Managing Director, Dr Arch.Daniel Manduku while addressing KPA staff at the firm's Headquarters yesterday said that to mark the global event, KPA has come up with a slogan 'You are Important ' shall be organising a series of events to demonstrate customer centric attitude.

KPA Head of Container Operations, Mr Paul Bor represented the MD at the function.

'' We have organised a road show within the Port's precincts  to help create awareness  on the event  and to motivate KPA employees to remain committed to improving customer satisfaction,'' the MD said.

Otile Brown debuts a new hit single titled 'Nikupe' featuring Tanzania's Aslay. 

The audio has been produced by Tanzanian music producerABBAH.

Watch the video below

Fast rising teen singing sensation Leyla, 13, has dropped her first ever single, WimboWaHistoria, a masterful rendition of the famous Kenyan Patriotic song of the same name.

Leyla, who was first spotted by Video Director Sammy Dee,was later recommended her to Peter Chuani (commonly known as DjPinye), a veteran DJ, Producer and Talent Scout credited with spotting and nurturing top Kenyan musical talents like Octopizzo and Elani. Fast forward, and Leyla’s debut single is finally here.

Leyla showcases talent way beyond her years, both in the audio and video. She performs the song with great diction and vocal prowess. It is clear that Whitney Houston is her biggest musical influence.

Leyla Biography

Leyla Mohamed is a talented Kenyan Singer, a 13 year old girl (as at October 2018) of Somali origin, born in the year 2005 in Naivasha Town at a place called ‘Kabati’ but now lives in Nairobi’s vast Eastleigh Estate with her single mother.

She comes from a humble background, a small family made up of her mother, who is the sole bread winner, and a male cousin who she fondly calls a big brother as she has known him all her life.

Leyla is currently a standard eight pupil at St. Teresa’s Girls Primary School and is set to sit for her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education in November 2018.

The young artiste currently calls the Permanent Presidential Music Commission her second home as it is where she is undertaking her vocal classes and also uses the various resources like the audio visual studios at the facility to improve her musical talent to world class standards.

Leyla was first spotted by video director Sammy Dee, who later recommended her to Peter Chuani (commonly known as Dj Pinye), a veteran DJ, Producer and Talent Scout credited with spotting and nurturing top Kenyan musical talents like Octopizzo, Elani and the 2017 Coke Studio Big Break artiste of the year , Band BeCa.

They were shooting one of the episodes of Dj Pinye’s musical shows, Dreams 2 Beats, when Sammy Dee spoke about a talented girl he knows. Pinye got in touch with her mother, he met them, they got acquainted and as they say, the rest is now history.

Her biggest wish is to perform for the President of Kenya and then later represent Kenya on the world stage as a singer 

Leyla describes herself as a sanguine, she is a talkative and jovial girl, her biggest musical influence being the late Whitney Houston, who she grew up listening to on her mother’s favorite radio station, Kiss 100 . She began singing at the age of 3 and has never looked back since then.

She is a great vocalist, doesn’t play any musical instrument at the moment but would love to learn to play the piano when she joins secondary school. Her ambition apart from being a successful musician is to be a pilot.

Her debut single is set to come out in October 2018, which is a rendition of a famous Kenyan Patriotic song known as Wimbo Wa Historia, originally written by Enock Ondego.

Follow Leyla on social media:

Facebook: Leyla Kenya

Instagram: @leylakenya

King of Ballad Kenny Lattimore is in town for the much anticipated “Never Too Busy Experience” set to take place at the Carnivore Grounds this Saturday 29^th September.

The fire line-up for the night will include veteran DJ Pinye, The celebrated Improv outfit “Because You Said So”, Nairobi based Burundian Sensation Kidum and Saxophonist Parseen.

Speaking at a meet and greet held at the NRG Headquarters the famed song writer, producer and performing artist expressed his excitement being in the country calling out to fans to attend the grown and sexy show in droves.

“I can’t wait for Saturday night, I celebrate love and enjoy singing love songs.  I sing to the hearts of women and the minds of men, It’s going to be a romantic night fans Nairobi cannot afford to miss’ Lattimore said.

RnB lovers have just 1 more day to grab tickets to the most sensual show of the year courtesy of NRG radio. Fans will jam to classic romantic hits including “For You”, “Stay on Your Mind” and “Never too busy” as well as classics by our Kenyan artists lineup.

You want to bring your grown and sexy friends as all roads lead to the Carnivore grounds for an authentic RnB experience like no other. Kenny Latimore is celebrated as the “modern soul man,” with his music which is of soulful sensation translating far and wide across various audiences.

The event is sponsored by Safaricom, NRG Radio, MoSound Events, Living with Ess, The Trend, NTV,  Mookh, Magnate Ventures, Party Lounges, DT Dobie, Schweppes +C, Campari, Kenya Nut, Black Pine Entertainment, Vivo Energy, Tamarind Tree Hotel, Carnivore, Radar Security, Big Square, Pulse Live and Kenya Buzz.

A Nairobi tycoon who faces charges of attempting to bribe Nairobi governor Michael Mbuvi Sonko with Sh 5 million has made an application to travel out of the country to attend to his daughter’s medical needs.

Praful Kumar Premchand Saula, who is out on bond, made the application through his counsel Kennedy Marete under certificate of urgency while attending his pretrial conference at the Mombasa law courts before Principal Magistrate Henry Nyakweba.

The counsel told the court the application is urgent as the accused person had to seek the court’s permission to travel outside the country.

Marete informed the court that Praful intended to travel to the United Kingdom to attend to his daughter’s medical needs from October 22 to November 22.

He told the court he is fully aware of the court’s ruling delivered on August 24, 2018 in regards to the accused leaving the jurisdiction of the court without the court’s leave.

“I wish to reiterate the accused person is a law abiding citizen and that he continues to obey the court order and to attend when he is required,” he said.

The counsel said his application is in keeping with the dictates of justice and fairness and pleaded with the court to expeditiously address the prayers they have sought.

Marete informed the court he had served the office of the Director of Public Prosecution with the notice of application on the Nairobi tycoon’s intention to travel outside the county.

The matter will be argued on October 4 after the court set the date.

Five witnesses have been lined up against Praful in the case.

Tanzanian music group Navy Kenzo made up of love birds Aika and Nahreel has partnered with super star Diamon Platnumz in a new club banger titled 'Katika'.

Watch the video below

Ugandan singer Juliana Kanyomozi has just released her latest video.

The video titled 'Zaabu' is off the Bits & Pieces Album that dropped in July this year.

It's track #9 & the fifth video off of the Album.

Watch the video below

Popular music producer Shirko is back home, Mombasa. This is after spending close to 15 years in Tanzania where he also managed to work closely with almost all top artists from the country (Tanzania).

Among his most recent work is Aslay's 'Nibebe' which is still ruling the airwaves across East Africa.

Shirko has now set up a state of the art music studio in Liwatoni.

In an exclusive interview with Ommydallah, the talented producer revealed the reason for his return, experience from Tanzania among other issues.

Below is the interview.