insert_link 1 Featured Keeping Up With the Discourse: Blood Spilled Across Border In the sweltering heat of Ubungo, Dar es Salaam, on October 29,mere hours after Tanzania's polls closed under a shroud of blackouts and boycotts, John Okoth Ogutu, a 38-year-old teacher from Siaya County, was gunned down in the streets. He'd spent eight years molding young Tanzanian minds, sending remittances home to his wife and three children in Kenya, only to become the first confirmed Kenyan casualty in what has spiraled […] todayNovember 7, 2025 4 1
insert_link 1 Featured New Kenyan Music on the Radar – 7 November 2025 November’s first playlist hums with tension,the kind that comes from artists confronting their own contradictions. Wuod Omollo’s production fingerprints run through two of this week’s most striking releases, his signature fusion of traditional instrumentation and modern synth work binding the stories together with an earthy pulse. The raw-edged swagger of Mwanaa & 4MrFrankWhite and the self-assured poise of Charisma contrast beautifully with the gentler introspection of Jivu, yet all acts […] todayNovember 7, 2025 12 1
insert_link 4 Featured Radio 254 Launches #RentsDue Challenge – Win Your December Rent! Radio 254 is closing 2025 with a bang! After the success of The Hustler Challenge and Kenyan Riddim Challenge, we’re launching the #RentsDue Challenge on 5th November 2025. Kenyan artists now have the chance to win their December 2025 rent and feature on the #RentsDue Riddim, which will be played on Radio 254 and uploaded on YouTube. How to Join: Be a Kenyan artist. You can rap or sing on […] todayNovember 5, 2025 10 4
insert_link 2 2 Uncategorized Octopizzo Declares Bid for Kibra MP; What Are His Chances? In a declaration shared on social media on November 4, Kenyan hip-hop artist Octopizzo(born Henry Onyango Ohanga) announced his intention to contest the Kibra Member of Parliament seat in the 2027 General Elections. "Kibra, it's time we rise – I'm running in 2027 to build the future we deserve," he stated during a live X Space session and in subsequent posts. The move has drawn immediate attention, with supporters praising […] todayNovember 5, 2025 10 2 2
insert_link 2 5 Article How Motif The Don Is Setting a Blueprint for Kenyan Producers Beyond Music Production Most people know Motif the Don as a Kenyan music producer, famous for his producer tag: “Yo Motif Turn Me Up on the Headphones!” popularized by Khaligraph Jones. However, Motif represents more than production—he is building a business model that shows how producers can expand into entrepreneurship. On June 7th, 2023, Motif posted on his Instagram page that he would create structures to make the music industry profitable, and in […] todayNovember 3, 2025 24 5 2
insert_link 2 4 Article New Kenyan Music on the Radar 31 OCT 2025 It’s Halloween, that strange night when masks come off as often as they go on , and fittingly, Kenya’s latest music drops arrive with equal parts revelation and mischief. Breeder's bravado is set to spook naysayers and rappers who disdain adaptation. Savara’s Massage teases moral boundaries with humor and candor, transforming a story of indulgence into a working man’s confessional. Albeezy returns from the shadows with beezy, where u been?, […] todayOctober 31, 2025 33 4 2
insert_link 3 6 Article When 20 Years in the Making Looks Like Overnight Success Bien and Nyashinski are arguably the two biggest names in Kenyan music. Every other artist either looks up to them or wants to be them. What many people forget is that the two artists and collaborators had a very long journey to the top before they reached their current position. Bien’s musical career began as a member of Sauti Sol, which he formed with his classmates at Upper Hill Secondary. […] todayOctober 31, 2025 12 6 3
insert_link 1 Article NCBA and Motif The Don Pioneer ‘Talent Banking’ in Africa The financial landscape in Kenya has long been defined by stability and scale, a pursuit epitomized by the 2019 merger that birthed NCBA Group Plc. Formed from the union of NIC Bank and the Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA), NCBA instantly solidified its position as a top-five player, leveraging a combined asset base and digital strength (including platforms like Loop and Nipah). Having achieved remarkable growth—doubling its assets to over […] todayOctober 30, 2025 14 1
insert_link 2 Article New Kenyan Music on the Radar 24 OCT 2025 In the music highlighted this week , romance seems to be on the mind of the artists with them exploring the tension that comes from being unsure in the face of unrequited love. Nikita Kering' unites with Vic West and a whole ensemble to put out an Afro house song that is rich in production techniques to show the tension of love but the narrative ends without a major decision […] todayOctober 27, 2025 23 2
insert_link Article Keeping Up With The Discourse: Kenya’s New Cyber Law In the ever-evolving theater of Kenyan politics, where drama often unfolds with the speed of a viral trend, President William Ruto's recent signing of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Bill, 2025, has emerged as the latest, and perhaps most consequential, plot twist. This legislation is more than a routine bureaucratic update; it appears to be a calculated maneuver by the government to potentially weaponize cybersecurity as a tool to […] todayOctober 27, 2025 11