Kenya's first rising artist Masauti has featured Tanzania's sensation Lava Lava in his latest song dubbed 'Dondosha'.

The audio has been produced by Motif Di Don video directed by  Nezzoh Montana.

Watch the video below

Mombasa County through the department of Transport, Infrastructure and public works is set to build six more fire stations in the county to boost the main fire station at Mwembe Tayari.

According to the County Executive Committee Member for the department Taufiq Balala the six fire stations will be set up in each of the six sub counties starting with a substation at Bamburi, before the end of 2022.

"Since the first tenure of devolution we have dedicated ourselves to building team of resilient and proactive fire fighters who have undoubtedly performed satisfactorily" said Balala

Adding " Mombasa currently boasts of an eight minute response time which is just one minute shy off the standard time of seven minutes".

Balala was speaking after he toured the Mombasa main fire station and interacted with the fire fighters.

He also revealed that they will be expanding operations at the main fire station by modernising the  available equipments and building the capacity of the fighters to respond to even more complex emergencies. 

Mombasa County is set to host this year's Mashujaa day celebrations on 20th October.

Mombasa now joins four other counties that have hosted the national celebrations which are Narok, Machakos, Nakuru and Kakamega.

The celebrations will take place at the Mama Ngina waterfront park which is currently still under construction. According to Tourism Cabinet Secretary the project which costs 460 million will be 80% full by end of this month.

The CS was speaking during a visit of the project  together with Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho.

The transformation of the former Mama Ngina Drive into the new facility is part of ongoing efforts to restore the glory of Mombasa as a leading tourist destination in the region.

The project which was commissioned on January 7 this year was supposed to be completed by May 31, but due to changes in designs, its completion has delayed.

On Tuesday President Kenyatta also visited the project in the company of Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho where he expressed satisfaction with the progress.

If you are a follower of Timmy Tdat on his social media pages then you must have across some suggestive photos of him and Tanzanian female rapper Rosa Ree.

The photos have led to some quarter suggest that they are in a relationship.

The two also released their collabo titled 'Kipopo' few months ago.

Well in an interview with Ommy Dallah, Rosa Ree revealed her relationship with Timmy Tdat

Tanasha Donna has just dropped her latest video titled 'Nah Easy'.

The release comes just days after her Tanzanian celebrity boyfriend Daimond Platnumz hosted a lavish party for her and his mother Sandra Kassim, to mark their birthdays.

It is at the party that the couple revealed that they were expecting a baby boy.

Back to Tanasha's new song. The audio has been produced by S2KIZZY

This is her second song after 'Radio' featuring Barak Jacuzzi which was released April this year, the video currently has over 1 million views.

Watch the video below

Mombasa business man Suleiman Shahbal has vowed to bring the bi-monthly Koroga festival to Mombasa.

Through his facebook page Shahbal who was recently appointed as the chairman to the Kenya Trade Network Agency (Kenya TradeNet System), regretted why the festival has never taken place in Mombasa.

His post came after he attended the event in Nairobi few days ago.

He posted "Together with Moses Kuria and Yassir Noor at the Koroga Music festival in Nairobi."

Adding " I am wondering why we don't have this festival in Mombasa. Next year I will work with other like minded people to bring this to Mombasa.

The 27th edition of the festival is expected to take place on September this year.

Shahbal vied for the Mombasa Gubernatorial post in the last general elections but lost to Hassan Joho.

Kenya’s umbrella body of creative agencies; the Advertising Practitioners’ Association (APA) hosted the first ever Young Creatives’ Hackathon  last weekend.

The creative hackathon brought together 25 creatives between the ages of 21-30 years old, to crack a brief on an iconic Kenyan brand- Tusker Lager. 

While the brief was simple, “Re-ignite Tusker as a modern icon of national pride”, the task was immense! The teams, which paired creatives from agencies, corporate or freelancers, had less than 48 hours to crack the brief.

 The set up was Nairobi Garage, a co-working space that provided the right environment for the task at hand.

The teams received coaching and development support from the mentors, who are the top creative leads in Kenya – Max Ngari, Emuron Alemu, Jason Bruckner and Sam Kihanya.

22 of the 25 teams managed to crack the brief and had 3 minutes to present, pitch style to the panel of judges that included: Max Ngari, Emuron Alemu, Jason Bruckner, Joe Njeru, Vicent Llopis, and led by EABL’s Head of Media Futures and Digital, Waithera Kabiru, as the Chief Judge.

A shortlist of 10 emerged,representing the teams that had demonstrated: 1) a clear idea that was relevant to the target audience and focused on delivering the objective, 2) an execution that was aligned to the creative idea and brings it to life, and finally, 3) an idea that was unique and offered something new/different/outside of what would be the expected norm within the brief.

The top 3 winning teams further demonstrated that their ideas not only addressed Tusker Lager’s needs today but were future-proofed. In the end, the top three were::

• In 1^stplace,  Team “ Koko Iko” – Stephen

•  Kiprono and Mutwiri Njagi
• In 2^ndPlace, Team “Please Find Attached” – Angela Njagi and Nevile Hawala
• In 3^rdplace, Team “Spirit” – Josephone Ng’ang’a and Martin Sasia

The winning team, “Koko Iko” has won an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas, USA to attend the Creative LIAsions this October.  The Creative LIAisons is a programme fully-funded by LIA for young creatives, that provides them with expertise, insight, new professional networking opportunities, and the chance to observe judging in the judging rooms all the way through to metal discussions. No other Show does this.

London International Awards (LIA) is a global festival that was CREATED for CREATIVES. LIA stands for great creative ideas and execution, and is proud to assemble the best talent every year to honour creativity and new ideas in Advertising, Production, Digital, Design, Health & Pharma, Music & Sound, Technology and Branded Entertainment. Listed as one of only five global shows in the WARC Creative 100 Ranking, LIA is rapidly rising to become one of the industry's most important shows.

The 3 winning teams will have the opportunity to present their ideas to the EABL Marketing Leadership Team and explore further engagement. Congratulations to the winning teams!

Kenya's fresh kid on the block MANOLO is back with a brand new banger Weka Juu, a month after dropping his monster collaboration #Kamata ft. Guardian Angel.  

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/B33G81Z8GVI  

 A little bit about Manolo

‘Manolo’ real name Emmanuel Mwongela is a top Kenyan Singer, Freestyle Rapper, Poet, Songwriter and Instrumentalist. His genre is Afro Pop and Afro Rap

Manolo is popular among the Kenyan Urban Youth especially fans of gospel music and is set to grow more in popularity as a solo act from the year 2020 on wards.

Manolo began his professional career in music in 2012 as the lead member of Recapp, an urban gospel group based in Kenya. He had formed Recapp with his friends while they were still in high school and as part of RECAPP, they released a total of 2 albums – Ambition and Proud to Be a Christian.

Some of their popular songs are 5 Stones and Worldwide. The group boasts of a whooping eight Groove Awards Nominations between the years 2014 and 2018, and headlining several major concerts in Kenya and Tanzania such as Groove Awards Ceremonies and J & T in Tanzania. 

After a successful 6 year career with the group, Manolo branched out on his own in 2018; to explore a new and different path as a solo artiste.

ActionAid Kenya and Sarova Hotels have partnered with the County Government of Isiolo to promote sports tourism for community development through  ‘The Shaba Challenge’.

The event is set to take place on the 10th of August 2019 at the Shaba National Reserve in Isiolo.

The Shaba Challenge features epic obstacle courses within the scenic Shaba National Reserve landscape and tens of team events specially curated to make it the most engaging and fun team event ever yet.

The event will seek to raise funds in support of marginalised communities in the county.

In the recent past, Isiolo County has heavily been hit by the effects of recurrent drought heightened by climate change, human-wildlife conflicts and other disasters, which have adversely affected the livelihoods of communities in the arid region.

Speaking at the event, Isiolo County Governor Mohammed Kuti noted that the event will accord teams an opportunity to interact with the diverse culture existing in Isiolo and enjoy an extraordinary outdoor experience,

All these while supporting responsible conservation and a worthy cause that will improve the lives of marginalised communities who continue to suffer the effects of recurrent drought caused by climate change.

He also added that the event is a great opportunity for Kenyans to experience the beautiful national park in Isiolo that is home to the big five.

Action Aid Kenya Executive Director, Makena Mwobobia emphasized on the need to tap into the power in people and stand in solidarity with the poor people and those marginalised.

On his part Sarova Hotels Managing Director, Jimi Kariuki noted that sports tourism has become very popular in the country and the event will drive sports enthusiasts to Isiolo County.

Isiolo is rich in culture, heritage and other unexplored tourism attractions that the hospitality industry is aggressively marketing in line with their diversification strategy. 

The Shaba Challenge entails three obstacle courses suited for various groups of participants.

• The Ndovu Course- The Tough Course. Suitable for professional fitness enthusiasts. Includes mud and trail runs, adventure challenges and more competitive timed obstacle course races. The obstacles include cargo net climbs, carrying heavy objects, traversing bodies of mud and water, crawling under barbed wire, and the natural Shaba terrain. The obstacles employed throughout the course will test endurance, strength, speed and dexterity.
• The Simba Pride Course. The Teamwork Course. Suitable for organisations who are interested in fostering trust and team spirit among their staff. Features a six-kilometre mud run out in the park through the tough Shaba terrain with epic obstacles such as tyre flips, cargo nets, balance beams, wall climbs and many more.
• The Swara Family Course. The Fun Course. Specially curated for friends and family teams who want to spend time together engaging in a physically challenging activities out in the savannah. Speaking on behalf of the Fitness Professionals Association of Kenya, Mr Philip Namasaka noted that this will be a trailblazer event not just in the country but in East and Central Africa; that will bring together people with varied fitness levels to celebrate physical resilience through the challenge activities, while contributing to the resilience of communities living in poverty and exclusion.

Mövenpick Hotel& Residences Nairobi celebrated World Chocolate Day in style, indulging guests of all ages in immersive ‘Chocolate Hour’ experiences that are fun and wonderfully delicious.

Chocolate Hour is one of Mövenpick’s brand signatures, staged daily in its hotel lobbies around the world, with in-house chefs hosting live demonstrations and entertaining experiences, from rolling truffles to icing cupcakes.

It offers guests the chance to taste complimentary chocolate presented in novel ways, which reflects the hospitality firm’s we make moments brand vision. 

To mark the sweet occasion, which takes place on July 7 and quite simply applauds and encourages the consumption of chocolate, MövenpickHotel & Residences Nairobi will be orchestrating a special edition of Chocolate Hour, inviting guests to discover new and exciting chocolate creations that bring this wonder food and its virtues to life.

Chocolate Hour also showcases Mövenpick’s world-famous chocolate and brings the Swiss heritage of the company and chocolate to life,ultimately delivering moments of delicious joy for guests every single day.