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.

Atemi's new video featuring Nameless 'Romantic' was officially launched last week  at the Shifteye Studios on Argwings Kodhek Road at an exclusive event attended by  a host of top entertainment journalists and other stakeholders.

The video was shot in Nigeria by world class video director Clarence Peters.

Below are photos from the launch.

TCB Naturals an iconic brand in the hair industry last Saturday launched a unique show titled ‘TCB Naturals Hair Runway Show” at the InterContinental hotel, Nairobi.

The show is aimed at showcasing the talent of local Kenyan stylist and it’s evolution in line with international standards.’

The show a first of its kind involved having the stylists use various TCB products on the models to create outstanding hairstyles across the 3 categories (Relaxed Hair, Natural Hair and Natural Hair with extensions).

Judges for the event included Muli Musyoka (Chief Trichologist & CEO – Hairhub), Farouk Jannedy (Leading Hair Stylist in Kenya) and Tabitha Tongoi (Creator & Owner - Craving Yellow).

TCB Naturals recently launched their new campaign with the tag line – Hair that lets you Shine.

The campaign includes the on-going TVC featuring the soundtrack ‘Lookie Lookie’ by the leading Kenyan-Norwegian singer Stella Mwangi.

TCB Naturals has had a stellar history of providing exceptional and effective hair care products for the Kenyan women.

It is a product of Godrej Consumer Products Kenya, since 2016 and it offers a range of products from relaxers to maintenance and recently introduced products under the styling category.

It’s current portfolio includes Relaxers, Hair Food, Herbal Pomade, Leave-in Treatment and Oils.

Those who were in attendance included competition participants (stylist & models) from the salon and trade channel among others.