Paleki says goodbye

Southern Sudan's songbird, Paleki was the contestant to say goodbye to the Tusker Project Fame house this weekend.  Steve was saved by the audience while the faculty saved Msechu from Tanzania. That left the two female contestants, Paleki and Gaelle with their heads on the chopping board. Visibly surprised and emotional, a shaken Gaelle went back to join her fellow contestants while Paleki performed for the last time on the TPF stage. Gaelle has proved to be the proverbial cat with nine lives as she has braved her numerous probations, making it to the top five contestants.With only a week to go before the show wraps up, many a contestants have been sent parking, leaving the arguably less talented and soft-spoken Gaelle in the academy. On Sunday, the contestants sung their own compositions, with the judges terming them as "having grown." All five remaining contestants were put on probation "to level out the playing field" as Judge Ian  said.

Uganda taking TPF4 by storm

The Uganda contestants on the TPF4 house are aiming for the top most prize as they wow the crowd every week. The two Ugandan contestants, Davis and Rachel are the only in the house who have not earned a probation ticket since the start of the competition. And they continue to prove that Uganda is a force to be reckoned with as this week Rachel kicked off the performances with a bang. " You are a killer, fantastic performance..." Judge Ian told her, while Judge Hermes put her on the "...same level with Juliana." Rachel has wowed both the Judges and the crowd, never letting them down in any of her performances. She is not an attention seeker, always hanging behind the pack but when she steps on stage, her performances are electrifying.

Davis on the other hand is the ultimate attention guy. Just like Rachel, he has never been on probation, wowing the crowds evertime he steps on stage.He has been termed as "...growing vocally..." by Judge hermes while Judge Ian termed this week's performance as "...up there with Rachel..." The Ugandan nationals have ha amongst the best performances each and every week, with the judges raining praise on them. This contestants on probation include: Paleki, Gaelle, Steve and Msechu. Gabiro is the latest to leave the TPF house.

Cece Winan's show cost organisers 30 million.

She came, she sang and left a big dent in the organiser's pockets. Popular, celebrated gospel musician, Cece Winan's concert is said to have cost the organisers close 30 million Kenya shillings. The musician, together with her entourage, made the organisers cough up 4 million shillings just for air ticket and other travel expenses. They were also booked in the presidential suite at Hilton hotel. Her performance fee was around 4 million shillings. But it seems that the concert was worth the money as she rocked the worshippers as she belted her popular songs. The concert was graced by dignitaries, amongst them, Prime Minister's wife, Ida Odinga who received red carpet attention.

Cece Winans to grace Kenya

Witnesses for hire?

Seems like anything and anyone is for sale in Kenya, including witnesses.  Two Kenyans have stepped foward and signed affidavits with the police, claiming that the KNCHR was paying for their upkeep in posh hotels so that they could implicate Eldoret North MP, William Ruto for the 2007 Post Election Violence. The two witnesses, Ken Braziz Wekesa and William Kepkemboi Rono,  claim that they were given rent, upkeep and a promise to be relocated outside the country if they could record statements with the KNCHR and the Waki Commission. They also claimed that they were given the money by KNCHR boss, Mr. Hassan Omar Hassan. Mr Ruto was heading to the CID offices to record a statement with them.
"It is very unfortunate that the same body that was chosen to uphold human rights is the same body suppressing them," he said. 
There is a new twist to the story as the KNCHR claims to have "housed the witnesses" for security purposes and denied bribing and coaching Mr. Wekesa and Mr. Rono.
Meanwhile, the former Higher Education Minister's woes seem to be growing as a victim of the post election violence, Mr Adrian Gilbert Muteshi, is sueing Ruto for allegedly grabbing his piece of land, which is located at Uasin Gishu. 

Bebe Cool is the 2010 PAM Awards Artiste of the Year

The 2010 PAM Awards saw the most prestigious prize go to Ugandan music hotshot, Bebe Cool. Bebe Cool dedicated hi award to " Allah, my mom, H.E Yoweri Kaguta, My wife n kids, brothers and sisters, producers, djs, friends and fans of gagamel." Bebe Cool took the prize and beat fellow countrymen Chameleone, Bobby Wine and Radio and Weasle. He also scooped the Best Reggae Artiste Award and his album, Kasepiki scooped  Album of the year.

Bebe was not in the country to receive his awards.

"Siakago killer may have been psychologically disturbed"

Internal security minister, Prof. George Saitoti yesterday termed the Siakago killings as an isolated incident in the armed forces. Speaking in a news conference yesterday, Saitoti said that the "killer may have been psychologically disturbed." Peter Karanja, the AP officer who went on a shooting rampage last weekend, leaving 10 dead, including 2 colleagues is being held at an Embu prison "for investigations." He surrendered after killing the 10, including a university student who was on holiday. Mr. Karanja was looking for his girlfriend, whom he suspected to be having an affair.