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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The Ugly Side of BigBrother Africa: News And Pictures That Close Friends and Relatives Avoid
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The Ruby Housemates decided to push Nominations blues aside by stripping down to the bare minimums.
The Jacuzzi is always a hot bed of all kinds of hanky panky. This evening was no different, as the Housemates decided to give the warm bubbles a go, champagne in hand of course.
Nigeria's Beverly seemed to be in her element as she sashayed through the garden and into the Jacuzzi, in a tiny bikini. Not to be outdone, Bassey pulled up his boxers, to hilarious effect.
The Sierra Leonean showed off his pert bottom, which hung out for all to see. After taking a look at himself in the bedroom mirror, he decided to ditch the look altogether, pulled his boxers to a decent length and made a beeline for the Jacuzzi.
The Jacuzzi is always a hot bed of all kinds of hanky panky. This evening was no different, as the Housemates decided to give the warm bubbles a go, champagne in hand of course.
Nigeria's Beverly seemed to be in her element as she sashayed through the garden and into the Jacuzzi, in a tiny bikini. Not to be outdone, Bassey pulled up his boxers, to hilarious effect.
The Sierra Leonean showed off his pert bottom, which hung out for all to see. After taking a look at himself in the bedroom mirror, he decided to ditch the look altogether, pulled his boxers to a decent length and made a beeline for the Jacuzzi.
Kenya's Bigbrother Hopeful Up For Eviction: Lets Save Huddah Monroe
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| Huddah Monroe Up For Eviction |
DStv viewers saw how reality set in for housemates on Big Brother: The
Chase on Monday as they had to nominate each other for eviction, less
than 24 hours after kicking off the game. Following Mondays first
nomination show, the 5 housemates that are up for eviction this week are
Ruby housemates Selly (Ghana) & Natasha (Malawi) and Diamonds
Denzel (Uganda), Betty (Ethiopia) and Huddah (Kenya). Viewers can now
decide who stays and who goes!
With Just Two Days Gone, Friendships and Love Is Already On Fire At Big Brother Africa
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| Hakeem and Natasha Kissing |
Well, what do we have here? It’s Hakeem and Natasha locking lips.
While the rowdy Rubies casually went about their day, chattering loudly with one another, Zimbabwean hunk Hakeem and the vivacious Natasha played a little game of tonsil hockey in the background. It seems as if the male model was the one to initiate the brief snog.
While the two chatted in the kitchen the Ruby lad gazed upon his fellow Housemate and mouthed the words: “I want to eat what you are eating”.
While the rowdy Rubies casually went about their day, chattering loudly with one another, Zimbabwean hunk Hakeem and the vivacious Natasha played a little game of tonsil hockey in the background. It seems as if the male model was the one to initiate the brief snog.
While the two chatted in the kitchen the Ruby lad gazed upon his fellow Housemate and mouthed the words: “I want to eat what you are eating”.
Kenya's Bigbrother Representative: Understanding The Controversial Huddah Monroe
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| Huddah Monroe |
Huddah is a model with a Diploma in Programming. She loves Chinese food, ugali and fish.
Huddah’s favourite place in Kenya is Mombasa, and she says the best
thing about Africa is the diversified cultures and natural resources.
Her favourite place outside Kenya is Miami, because it’s a beautiful
place and she loves tropical weather.
Kenya's First Lady Pledges To Tacke HIV/AIDS Head On
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First Lady Margaret Kenyatta
Sunday pledged to wage a vigorous campaign against the spread of
HIV/AIDS and to conquer stigma and discrimination against people living
with the disease.
Monday, May 27, 2013
The Kenyan Most Wanted Thug Who Married A Church Nun
Kiriamiti was himself astounded by the fame that
the book — soon to be made into a film by Janet Kirina and Nell Schell —
brought him and he attributes its instant appeal to curiosity and the
fact that violent crime was on the rise in Kenya in the ’80s, yet the
press was barely covering it. His book, then, served two purposes: it
titillated and thrilled and also went where newspapers dared not —
exposing criminals’ dirty secrets from an insider’s point of view.
“(The success) could also have had to do with the
simplicity of the writing,” he suggests. What he is not saying,
however, and what everyone who has read his books agrees, is that the
instant appeal of My Life in Crime also had to do with the fact
that the man is a great storyteller whose protagonist, Jack Zollo,
seems to be writing a first-hand account of his experiences, struggles,
and illegal schemes to not just survive, but also thrive “by any means
necessary”, including violently robbing banks.
Kiriamiti was not aware of the book’s impact on
the outside world when it initially hit the streets. “I was busy
teaching English to inmates,” said the son of two school teachers.
It was not until he got thrown into solitary
confinement that he discovered that his book was a bestseller, albeit
one that disturbed the powers-that-be so much they had to stick him in
solitary for several weeks.
Yet Kiriamiti had been a model inmate before one
of his students’ squealed to the authorities that it was he who wrote
the book that painted an unflattering picture of Kenya’s penal system.
He had been such a humble, polite, and all-round
“nice guy” that he had managed to persuade the prison welfare officer at
Kamiti Prison to let inmates attend classes, like the one he would
later teach twice a day. It was he who also managed to get books allowed
into the prison for inmates to read.
“It was in prison that I started reading James
Hadley Chase, Robert Ludlum, and Peter Cheney,” says Kenya’s leading
crime writer who had only made it halfway through Form One at Prince of
Wales Secondary in the early ’60s before he hit the streets and got into
his infamous life of crime.
“I was actually expelled from school while in Form
One for getting into fights with the white boys, who were dominant in
the school (later renamed Nairobi School), and who weren’t keen on
having to share their facilities with Africans like me,” he remembers.
Having been kicked out of school at age 15,
Kiriamiti was only 20 by the time he first went to prison. “Initially, I
was very depressed, but soon I met older inmates who’d been there 12
years or more, and they assured me that my life wasn’t over. I’d still
be a relatively young man when I got out. And so I decided to get to
work. I decided not to waste any time.”
So, like the African American revolutionary
Malcolm X, Kiriamiti chose to use his time in jail to educate himself.
He even studied journalism by correspondence, having befriended one of
the wardens who had all the course materials and shared them freely with
him.
“That warden was actually a student in the English class that I taught,” he recalls.
Kiriamiti made friends with another warden who
used to slip him paper, pencils, and pens and also help him smuggle out
chapters of his first book to his older sister.
“It was my sister, Connie Wanjiku, who handed the completed manuscript (of My Life in Crime) to Dr (Henry) Chakava (of East African Educational Publishers), who in turn passed it on to Ngugi (wa Thiong’o) to read,” Kiriamiti explains. “It was Ngugi who actually told Chakava to publish the book.”
“It was my sister, Connie Wanjiku, who handed the completed manuscript (of My Life in Crime) to Dr (Henry) Chakava (of East African Educational Publishers), who in turn passed it on to Ngugi (wa Thiong’o) to read,” Kiriamiti explains. “It was Ngugi who actually told Chakava to publish the book.”
Kiriamiti stayed in solitary confinement for a few
weeks. Then, after 13 years in the slammer (rather than the 28 he was
sentenced to serve) he was released and subsequently inundated with
media attention — an experience quite unlike that of the ex-convict in
his fourth novel, Son of Fate.
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In any case, Kiriamiti did not enjoy the limelight
for long. “I was picked up and thrown back into prison, supposedly for
being a member of Mwakenya,” recalls the man, who does not conceal the
fact that he had been embittered for having to endure three more years
inside as a consequence of then president Moi’s paranoia.
His only consolation was that he met many of his old friends in prison, many whom, he claims, were far more clever crooks than he would ever be.
His only consolation was that he met many of his old friends in prison, many whom, he claims, were far more clever crooks than he would ever be.
“The only advantage I had over them was that I
could communicate my story through writing, but they knew far more about
criminality in Kenya than I ever will,” says Kiriamiti, who notes that
many of them were either ex-Army servicemen or ex-police officers who
were members of secret networks which they continued to run from behind
bars...Read More Courtesy of Daily Nation
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Yes: You Can Now Catch Even Nude Images Of Big Brother Africa Contestants
Big Brother Africa has moved steps a head and launched a VIP Site whose access allows one to catch a glimpse of all behind the scenes happening in the show.
This is a major milestone and an exciting feature that will push contestants to their extremes.
Quick facts of what VIP Access entitles one to:
Uncut: Get access to your favourite housemates under-cover, after-dark or during shower-hour...
Backstage & Bye Bye:Your private pass behind the scenes with Big Brother's celeb guests and evicted housemates.
Rant & Rave: Alone in the Diary Room, they really let loose... See how Housemates show their true colours.
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