HALEY OF ONE TREE HILL SPONSORS KENYAN GIRL FOR 10 YEARS

American actress Bethany Joy Galeotti better known to her fans by her screen name Haley is a sponsor to Leonida, a little girl who lives in Mombasa.
The One Tree Hill star who is also a singer, songwriter and director made the revelation in the beginning on July.
In Bethany’s blog she wrote, “She (Leonida) is a good friend of mine as I have had the privilege of being her sponsor for nearly 10 years through Compassion International (a Christian child advocacy ministry).
“She is a bright, funny, and beautiful young woman who loves God and her family deeply. In her letters she writes to me often about the water conditions in Kenya. Though they have recently had relief from an extended drought the water still needs to be purified properly in order to be digestible.
“Here are a couple organizations that are doing something about it The Kenya Water Wells Trust and the Foundation for Sustainable Development.”
To follow up on her commitment to provide clean water for Leonida and her peoples in the village Mffffft...trying not to laugh, Bethany recorded a single dubbed Shiver which is already on iTunes and it costs Sh 150, yaani $1.99.

TERRYANNE CHEBET MOVES TO CITIZEN

Sassy business reporter and now the former face of CNBC Terryanne Chebet has already changed employers and is settling in at Citizen TV's Business Desk.
“I was approached last year thrice by Citizen TV to join them but I turned them down because I felt then I wasn’t ready, but this time round when Farida Karoney made me an offer I couldn’t refuse I went for it,” said Terryanne.
Terryanne has been with CNBC for the last three years and officially joined Citizen on Friday July 30.

THE LAST MAN PUPPETRY PERFORMANCE

Designed as an indoor evening event, the highlight of the Last Man Standing comes at a time when there is serious environmental degradation in Kenya. The bones of the wildebeest take us to the harsh reality of increased economic activities that undermines the realisation of MDG 7.
On August 6, 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya, The Kenya Institute of Puppet and Theatre present The Last Man Standing Puppetry Performance at the French Cultural Centre at exactly 6 p.m. The Institute will bring the finest puppetry performance dating back to 2070 where life as we know, has become extinct due environmental degradation.
The Last Man Standing Puppetry Performance is an out-of-the ordinary performance from the world of the dead and the living. It is a tale of a brave wildebeest called Mara and recounted by Bones (Mara's Carcass) in the year 2070. It will take the audience through the life cycle of a wildebeest, times of struggle, bravery, feast, famine, life and death.
It is a multi - disciplinary, multi - cultural performance incorporating modern theatrical genre with other art elements such as objects, figures, dance, architecture and installation.

FROM MUTINDA TO HIS FANS...

Greetings!
Back from a wonderful tour in Europe, I now have the pleasure of performing again in Kenya. This Sunday August 1, from 1 pm, Blankets & Wine Festival has a magical program lined up. Besides myself; Abbi, Super Mazembe and Iddi Achieng will be performing.

I hope to see you there and catch up!

Best wishes,
Mutinda

ALEX OF XYZ: NOPE NO WEDDING PLANS!

Former XYZ singer Alex Kinyua, now know as Lexx denied that he is in the country to plan a wedding. Talking to Hot Secrets, Lexx who has taken a break from his studies in Dallas, Texas is in the country for ‘musical reasons’.
Lexx is in Nairobi promoting his new single Pretender that will premiere on Kiss TV on Saturday 31.
“I wrote the song about a year ago, it’s about those people who show off their material wealth and yet they wouldn’t lift a finger to help the less fortunate.”
Moving on to juicier and more interesting stuff, Lexx said he is totally single and he does know 'a Brenda' but he is not planning to marry her.
“I’m single and the claims of me planning to wed are just that rumours.”
The Juu Yako singer denied that he is engaged to Brenda of the Moss Moss fame. “I have never talked to her, all I know is that she is a singer,” adding, “Yes I know a lady called Brenda but we are just friends. When it is the right time to introduce the woman I love to my fans, I want to be the first to do it.”
Here is Lexx and James Kyama at the Kiss Studios during an interview.

RAY C ENDOSES KENYAN ENERGY DRINK; DASH

Tanzanian diva Ray C has been hand picked by the CEO of a Kenyan firm, Adonai Enterprises, to be the brand ambassador for their new energy drink Dash.
The drink is manufactured in Korea and is set to hit the Kenyan market in September.
The CEO of Adonai Enterprises Sadat Muhindi told Hot Secrets, “Ray C is popular and her type of music cuts across all ages just like the drink, it is for all ages including children and pregnant women.”
That said, Ray C will be in Nairobi next week for a series of event scheduled to take place in various towns in the country.
The first show will be at the Summit Club in Nakuru on August 7, followed by the August 13 performance in Westgate Hotel, Mumias this will then culminate into touring other regions like Busia, Kisumu and Eldoret. Part of the proceeds from her tour will go into helping the Maliza Umaskini Youth Empowerment project in Western Kenya.

KIMANI MARUGE FILM ‘FIRST GRADER’ TO PREMIERE IN ITALY

Kenya’s oldest primary school student the late Kimani Maruge will be celebrated for his bravery and ambition in search for education.
A biographical film about the 84–year-old student dubbed the First Grader will be screened for the first time at the 67th Venice Film Festival that kicks on September 1 and runs through to September 11.
The movie, currently in post-production, features British and Kenyan movie stars.
The female lead is played by British actress Naomie Harris (Pirates of the Caribbean). She plays Jane Obinchu, Maruge’s teacher who got in trouble for allowing him to sit in class with the 6-year-old students.
Kenyan journalist and an actor Oliver Litondo, 62, plays Maruge, an octogenarian who did not let age stop him from taking advantage of the Free Primary School initiative to get the education he always wanted.
Other Kenyan actors cast in the film include John Sibi-Okumu (Chairman of Education), Comedian Dan 'Churchill' Ndambuki (DJ Masha), Lydia Gitachu (CNN Journalist), Mumbi Kaigwa (Education Secretary), Ainea Ojiambo (Education Officer), Abubakar Mwenda (Boie), Melvin Alusa (Mr. Mutahi's Aide), Charles Ouda (Adult School Teacher), Gilbert K. Lukalia (Mr. Mutahi, a Politician) and KTN News anchor Michael Oyier (Newsreader).
In addition to the Venice premiere, First Grader has already been accepted for the London Film Festival in November.

GIRL POWER RULES AS KENYAN FILMMAKERS WIN BIG IN RWANDA

This year's edition of the 6th Rwanda Film Festival was punctuated by top Kenyan filmmakers walking away with coveted awards.
Wanuri Kahiu, Hawa Essuman, Ravneet Chadha and actress Ruth Mueni all won awards at held in Kigali.
Wanuri’s Pumzi and Ruth’s role in Chasing Moses won of of them the Peace Basket Award for their contribution in Kenyan cinema.
While Hawa's film Soul Boy and Ravneet's Subira bagged the Best East Africa Film Award.
Jitu Film's Ruth played the role of a witch in Chasing Moses.
She told Hot Secrets, “It was a great fun event. The festival organizers and volunteers were very welcoming and they were great hosts, during my short stay in Kigali and I was treated like a Hollywood Star. The screening was well received by the audience and in the Q&A they asked to submit more Jitu Films in the festival.
"I also felt very proud when all Kenyan women filmmakers that participated in the festival got an award. I would like to thank Jitu Films for giving me the chance not only to act in their movies but also to reprehend them in film festivals abroad and gain all these new cultural experiences.”

SUZZANA OWIYO AND WINYO AT ALLIANCE FRANCAISE

FRENCH ARTIST JR IN KENYA TO LAUNCH BOOK

French artist JR is in Kenya to launch his book : 28 millimeters : Women in Kibera. The book has been specially printed for the Kibera community. The women who took part in JR’s global project will autograph and distribute 500 copies to the community at the MSF compound in Gatwekera, Kibera, on Friday July 30, 2010 from 4.00 p.m. The French Ambassador in Kenya, Elisabeth Barbier, will attend the event.
JR first came to Kenya in 2007. He took photos of the women of Kibera and came back in 2009, to present these photos in an action, where the women’s photos were put on a train that passes through the slum at least two times a day, while the lower parts of the faces were placed on a slope near the railway tracks. This way, the train reconstituted the faces every time it passed by.
In addition, 2000 square meters of rooftops were covered with photos of the eyes and faces of the women of Kibera.

JR and his team are continuing their action by covering 2000 square meters more of rooftops in Kibera, close to the first area. This is part of the actions being supported by the JR foundation.
The JR foundation was created to give a social continuity to his projects, after he has accomplished the artistic action, as he already did in Brazil.
For more information on JR’s work, please visit the site.

HASHEEM THABEET FOR KENYAN SPRITE SLAM TOUR

Tanzanian Pro basketball player Hasheem Thabeet will be in the country to scout for the best local talent to join the All African Star Team who will take part in the USA boot camp at the home of NBA.
The three players chosen by Hasheem and the Kenya Basketball Federation will have to be part of the Sprite Slam Tour (SST) that will take seven weeks that will take place is various towns around the country.
The SST targets teens and young adults who have a passion for basketball as well as providing an avenue for self-expression especially for rappers and graffiti artists.
The tour kicks off on July 31 in Kisumu and concludes in September in Nairobi. Others towns hosting the weekend activities include Eldoret, Mombasa and Nyeri.
The best in each region will get to play off against each other in Nairobi at the finals.
Sprite Slam Tour is a Coca-Cola East and Central Africa initiative that targets teens and young adults, who have a passion for basketball, and it also allows them to express their individuality. The other objective of the tour is to raise the profile of basketball in the country while at the same time developing young talent from the grass root level.
Speaking during the tour’s kickoff on July 27, Pamela Mutua, the Coca-Cola’s Senior Franchise Brand Manager Kenya, said that, “Sprite through the Sprite Slam tour, aims at budding and building long last relationships with its target group which is the youth.” She also added that, “the tour will see grassroot basketball develop and nurture talent that can go on to represent the country in the National basketball team or even play in the NBA circles.”
Sprite is targeting youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who are fuelled with self belief, want to charter their own course and believe in a world full of possibilities.

ABBAS WON’T GET PRIZE MONEY AFTER RAP BATTLE

The organisers of last weekend’s rap battle between rappers Abbas and Chiwawa have held on to the prize money after complains emerges.
Chiwawa claims that Abbas memorized previously written lyrics during the rap battle at the Carnivore and did not get them off the top of his head.
Brian Okemo told Hot Secrets that the rap battle spoils amounting to Sh200,000 prize won’t be given to Abbas after Chiwawa complained.
“Abbas won by crowd decision. We saw it fit to first investigate the claims by Chiwawa before handing over the money. We can’t ignore the allegations,” Brian said. “The tempers are high, I’m not sue there will be another rap battle.”
The organisers are trying to establish if indeed Abbas used the lines fro some of his songs like Chapaa, and Get Down.
The reason for the beef between Chiwawa and Abbas is yet to be established by Brian stressed that it’s a “profession and not personal reason,” as reported in the media.

P UNIT’S BON EYE STARTS VIDEO COMPANY

Rapper and member of P Unit, Bon Eye has started his own company for music video production dubbed Bon Eye Visuals.
His first complete job was at the music video for their latest single Karee, where he played the directorial role in conjunction with super director Willy Owusu of Big Ideas. Bon Eye – real name Boniface Chege - studied film school before he started an active career in music.
“I have done this before for other videos like Hapa Kule but this one was a more hands on job. This is something I have always wanted to do after I finished my studies in Film school, owning my own productions company.” Bon Eye said.
The video was shot on Sunday at the New Galileo’s lounge and it’s currently in the editing stages waiting for release in two weeks time.

EDI GATHEGI TO STAR IN X MEN

Kenyan born Edi Gathegi, who played an evil vampire Laurent in Twilight, has been cast in X-Men: First Class in the role of Darwin, a mutant with the power of "reactive evolution" which allows him to adapt to any situation or environment. Plunged underwater, he'll grow gills, he'll gain night vision in pitch black and his skin grows fire retardant when burned.
Edi is joining a cast comprised of James McAvoy as Professor X, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Alice Eve as Emma Frost, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Caleb Landry Jones as Banshee and Lucas Till as Havoc. Kevin Bacon is playing the villain.
X-Men: First Class is directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) and is scheduled to hit theaters on June 3rd, 2011.
The character is actually a recent creation, first appearing in the X-Men: Deadly Genesis comic book mini-series just four years ago.

LINDA MUTHAMA DENIED CHANCE TO SING AT ATHLETICS OPENING

Linda Muthama’s management is pissed like crazy after Linda was denied the chance to sing the National Anthem at the opening of the CAA Senior Africa Athletics Championship at the Nyayo Stadium on July 28.
“After four weeks of practice and appearance at the Nyayo Stadium preparing for the opening ceremony Linda ended up not performing the National anthem,” The singers management told Hot Secrets, “Apparently a phone call from state house quashed the committee's idea of Linda Muthama opening performance of the national anthem claiming that the National Anthem cannot be sung in the presence of the President, and that its only the Police Band that plays as it is traditionally.
“As Linda's management, we wonder, why was this communication was not sent to us in good time. In any case, we are yet to be informed the laws that prohibit the National anthem being sung by a renowned singer on an occasion such as this when the world is watching us,” they ranted on email.
“We have seen it happen in other opening ceremonies, why not in Kenya? Is it that we cannot differentiate a government function from an international event, and what better way would we have brought out our national anthem than Linda singing it?
“The question that remains, while the Local Organising Council (LOC) was preparing, did they not share information with state house? And why would state house issue such a directive like it was a crime for Linda to sing the National anthem? Linda had offered to perform this role pro bono as a sign of support and patriotism and she went further to spend on her make up, wardrobe and other services in order to represent the country well.”
That said, the former Tusker Project Fame singer shrugged off the incident saying, “I chose to sing for free and so if they felt it necessary to cancel last minute, so be it. Another opportunity will show up"

DRAKE COVERS INSYDER

The August issue of the Insyder magazine features one of the illest young money rappers on the planet - Drake. Insyde, you will find tit bits of what's brewing in the entertainment industry in Nairobi, Brooklyn and Kingston.
The magazine also features skul funkiez complete with the pix, the stories and the low, down dirt that you crave!
In the scandal mix is St. Gee, Changez, and Uppah amongst others. If you grab your copy you will you will be pleasantly surprised with a mega-sized poster of Gyptian!

ALAINE’S KENYAN TOUR UNCONFIRMED

The grapevine is rife with goss that Jamaican siren and dancehall star Alaine Laughton will be headlining a show in Kenya.
Hot Secrets talked to DJ John Rabar of Homeboyz who denied he had knowledge of Aliane performing at the November Sepetuka gig.
The dancehall hitmaker who is famed for hits such as Rise in Love and Without You is toping Kenyan music charts.

KIDUM: I HAVE NO BEEF WITH HERMY B

Benga heavyweight Kidum has denied reports that he is involved in a bitter beef with famed Tanzanian producer Hermy B.
Kidum whose new song Nitafanya which features Lady Jaydee is doing well on the charts was rumoured to have had a fallout with the former Tusker Project fame judge after he re-recorded the song which was originally produced by Hermy B again.
Kidum told Kiss TV’s Hotsource that he has no beef and he re-recorded the song because he was not satisfied with the audio quality. Adding, the song was actually originally set to feature model turned singer K-lynn but she was away from the country at the time.
Anyho, Tanzanian radio stations are playing the Hermy B version and not the R Kay version that is featured in the video.

KALASHA FILM AND TV AWARDS ARE HERE AGAIN

The Kalasha Film & Television Awards will be held in September. The awards that are on their second year are organised by the Kenya Film Commission. The call for entries and submissions of the same has already begun.
The upcoming 2010/2011 Awards have been designed to allow Kenyans to celebrate their cultural diversity, address various social cross-cutting issues, as well as recognize the role of Film within the Creative Economy.
Specifically, the Awards will seek to challenge Local filmmakers towards quality Film production by rewarding Filmmakers and Television producers; celebrating and recognizing excellence in the production of Local Kenyan movies and giving the Film industry the impetus to grow further as one of the emerging industries.
Additionally, the awards will encourage the growth of this industry which has the potential to create employment to our youth, generate income and promote the entertainment industry.

STAN’S WANGECI IS A SPY

Penya Africa’s act Stan is famed for his smooth Jazz and RnB style of music. Here is one of his singles Wangeci.

ETO’O: I MIGHT JUST COME BACK WITH LIONEL MESSI

Cameroonian football star Samuel Eto'o who was in the country last week admitted falling in love with Kenya's wilderness and promised to bring his "best friend” Lionel Messi and other players to Kenya next year.
“Thanks for welcoming me to your family. It is a very beautiful region and I enjoyed my stay here,” the French-speaking player told hundreds of ecstatic football fans through a translator.
Sources whispered to Hot Secrets said it cost the Zeitz Foundation millions to bring Eto’o to Kenya.
Zeitz also brought Jamaican sprinter Usain ‘Boit’ Bolt to Kenya last year.
The Inter Milan striker was staying at the 50,000-acre Segera Ranch which is owned by Jochen Zeitz, CEO and chairman of the German-based sportswear manufacturer Puma AG.
Anyho, Eto’o was guarded by at least five policemen and army officers during his public appearances in Nanyuki. His security easily dwarfed that of three ambassadors present including the head of United Nations In Africa Achim Steiner.

WHY CHIZI’S ALBUM WAS NOT MASTERED ABROAD

Kenya’s crown prince of benga Dan 'Chizi' Aceda told Hot Secrets why he opted to have his sophomore album, Benganology mastered by a Kenyan producer and not abroad as was earlier planned.
“The time left to take it abroad for mastering was way too short and it wouldn’t make the July 30 deadline when I’m launching the album,” Chizi said.
Chizi has been in communication with Dave Kush, a man famous for working with John Legend, Alicia Keys, Outkast and Al Green amongst many others, at the The Mastering Palace.
Chizi meet him when he was in New York, on tour with Mo Faya the political musical that starred Eric Wainaina and Valerie Kimani.
The Soufle singer was considering another studio, Hilton Grove Mastering, a UK based studio run by engineer Dave Blackman to also do some work on his album.
Chizi opted for David ‘Blackman’ Muthami. “You will remember that I had the fantastic one of kind opportunity to either get it done at The Mastering Palace in New York or at Hilton Grove in London at extremely subsidized rates of Sh 121,000 (1500USD) But unfortunately I managed to miss both,” he said, “The album recordings just tended to drag on and on and now I may not be able to get the work done abroad by the July 30 deadline.”
The album launch will be at Kenya National Museum grounds on July 30.

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HOMEBOYZ TO LAUNCH ARTISTE AGENCY

Entertainment house, Homeboyz will soon be launching and artiste agency to be headed by event organiser Situma Jones.
The agency dubbed VAT - Value Added Talent - will be a booking agency of choice for most musicians and entertainment practitioners in Kenya.
So far the acts signed up include Abbas Kubaff, Allan Aaron, Amani, Atemi Oyungu, Avril, Big Pin, Bobby Mapesa, Cannibal, Chizi, Collo, Daddy Owen, DNA, Eko Dydda, Eric Waninaina, Habida, Juacali, Longombas who are based in the UK and Marya among others.

GOOGLE DEVELOPER AND TECH DAYS ARE COMING TO KENYA

Google is dedicated to making the Internet relevant and useful to Africans, and to developing meaningful products for Africa. Google believes that tech entrepreneurs and developers have the opportunity to transform the web for the world and Africa.
With this in mind, Google is hosting developer and tech days across Africa with two exciting events, G-Uganda and G-Kenya, taking place early this September. These web and mobile themed conferences will focus on Google’s developer and business technologies from Chrome Extensions, App Engine, to mobile and AdWords. Attendees will have the chance to explore Google’s open source technologies through a combination of tech talks, breakout sessions and codelabs run by engineers and business teams from across the globe. G-Kenya is running September 6 to 8 at Strathmore University in Nairobi.
Each day of the conference will cater to a different audience, spanning professional developers, students and tech marketers. Take a look G-Kenya to learn more about a G-day that might fit your appetite and pre-register as space is limited.

TURKISH CULTURAL AND FOOD FESTIVAL

This August 11 to 15 the Safari Park Hotel unveils rich Turkish cultural and food festival featuring Oya Folk Dance group, belly dancers, authentic cuisine by Chef Zeki flown in from Turkey. This will be a must attend for lovers of good food and great entertainment. Special family show on Sunday August 15.
Get your ticket now at Arirang Coffee Shop, KICC or Safari Park Hotel. Call 0722205683/ 0733333713 for booking.

NAMELESS FEATURED AFRICAN COMPILATION SONY ALBUM

A Sony music album featuring top African acts has been released and Kenya’s Nameless is one of the acts featured in it.
The album, Hello Afrika, inspired by the 2010 FIFA World Cup is yet to hit the Kenyan market though the double-disc had a released date of May 31.
Nameless’s single Coming Home is slotted as the third track in the album. The song is about an African player who must leave his family to play abroad, is said to be one of the double-album’s treasures.
“There was never any way that the different musical styles and artistes from South Africa and the rest of the continent could fit on one official album and so the idea of a double album of strictly African artistes was conceived,” a Sony Music Africa spokesperson says.
Nameless is joined by a host of other stars like Freshlyground, TKZee, Magic System, Nneka and M.I. among others.
Also joining the fray of musical talent is a United Nations song 8 Goals Away that highlights the importance of the eight Millennium Development Goals created by the UN. This inspirational song brings together Kenya’s Eric Wainaina, Benin’s Angelique Kidjo, Senegal’s Baaba Maal, Mozambique’s Mingas, South Africa’s Yvonne Chaka Chaka, HHP, Soweto Gospel Choir and Hugh Masekela and Zimbabwe’s Oliver Mtukudzi.

EMMANUEL JAL TO FEATURE IN PICHA MTAANI DOCUMENTARY

Emmanuel Jal will feature in the upcoming documentary Picha Mtaani, initiated by CNN photojournalist of the year Boniface Mwangi.
The initiative is a youth-led national reconciliation initiative established to “to engage the Kenyan youth in finding lasting solutions to attaining peace and reconciliation; to healing the nation”.
Jal speaks about how he witnessed his auntie been raped at the age of five, losing his mother in the war and the anguish he went through during the Sudan Civil War as a child soldier. He narrates how hard life as a refugee was and why young Kenyans should stop do their best to avoid a recurrence of what happened in 2007.
The deal to appear on the documentary was stuck after Picha Mtaani Founder Boniface Mwangi and Emmanuel Jal met in London. Boniface was in London after attending the TED conference in Oxford as one of the 2010 TED Global fellows. London based Kenyan Filmmaker David Mbiyu of 601 TV shot the video.
The documentary brings you the human story, an eyewitness account, of the tragedy that befell Kenyans after the 2007 December elections. His song We Want Peace will also feature in the movie.

SANA AND MANGA BREAK UP!

The celebrity couple of Sanaipei Tande and Manga is no more after they split citing “irreconcilable differences”.
The two have been dating for three and a half years but media reports have constantly documented their turbulent affair.

The Kiss 100 presenter told Hot Secrets, “We called it off this month. I won’t discuss who left who all I can say is that no love is lost but it just wasn’t working,” adding, “The breakup was due to lots of issues but more importantly we didn’t see eye to eye on certain things.”
Sana is still riding on the wave of her hit songs Najuta featuring Jua Cali and You featuring Big Pin.

KANYE WEST IS DATING A KENYAN MODEL

Controversy loving rapper Kanye West is supposedly dating a UK based model who was born in Kenyan. Kanye dumped former stripper and now model Amber Rose and is now said to have taken up a relationship with Shay.
She is a model from the U.K who was born in Kenya and has a mixed heritage of Italian, Kenyan, Portuguese and Arabian blood. This reports come after US Weekly magazine reported that Kanye broke up with Amber because he’s diving into his music. “Kanye is consumed with recording his comeback record in Hawaii and had to shut it all off. When he’s in work mode, he can’t handle a relationship. He told Amber he needs to devote everything right now to his craft.”

COAST PROMOTER BEYONCE ON HER BIKINI RUGBY GIG

Controversial coast based promoter Julia Achieng popularly known by her stage moniker Beyonce will be organizing a Bend Over Beach Rugby starting Saturday July 31 to Sunday August 1 at the Pirates Beach.
The Coast Awards founder describes the new idea behind her event as a five-aside touch rugby of seven minutes per session where the players, dress down. The lady players dressed in bikinis will replace ball boys as they stand along the sea shore and sand dunes waiting for line-outs.
Twenty teams have registered so far from Nakuru, Mombasa and Nairobi. Registration is still on for both corporate and individual groups with a charge of Sh1, 500. Revelers will part with Sh200 on Saturday and Sh150 on Sunday.
There shall be no sex restrictions in a team or side. “The proceeds will be used to support youths interested in the sport, this time round the Spartans who are striving to join the Rugby seven will be the sole beneficiaries. We are also looking forward to making the event an annual one,” Beyonce told Hot Secrets.
The finals are to be played on Sunday night under floodlights. Trophies, medals and cash prizes of Sh20, 000, Sh10, 000 and Sh5, 000 respectively await the top three winners while medals shall be awarded to all participating teams.
While Saturday night will have DJ Bunduki, DJ Skills, and DJ Divine thrilling fans till dawn.

TEDDY ADDS MORE CLOUT FOR ‘TEAM SHEILA’

Even with ‘patriotic’ calls to have Sheila Kwamboka home in time for the August 4 referendum on social sites like Facebook and Twitter, hardcore supporters are sticking up for Kenya’s rep in the Big Brother All Stars season.
So far, two of Sheila’s bosom buddies Capital FM’s Laura Walubengo and Kiss TV’s DNG have declared their unwavering support, now, former BBA contestant Teddy Muthusi has joined the wagon. “I am behind Sheila all the way in spirit and in vote. More people should get behind ‘Team Sheila’. Hands down she stands a really good chance,” Teddy told Hot Secrets.
“Kenyans sometimes get too good at talking the talk and not walking the walk, while guys from countries like Nigeria and South Africa vote like crazy. We should also stop being pretenders and stop negativities on Sheila’s sexuality or drinking. Sometimes we like acting holier than thou. ‘Ye without sin, cast the first stone’ People should remember BBA is rated 18, I love her all, this is me na uta do? I mean, Africa loves her as it is,” he said.
Adding that if you find sending an SMS too expensive which it actually is not, there is an option of voting for Sheila on the Big Brother All Star website.
“If they feel voting is too much work, then keep sending messages that scroll on the bottom of screen. This will create a psychological effect all over Africa and get more peeps on the 'Sheila Wagon',” Teddy concluded.