KAVEKE HEADS TO UK FOR LONDON FASHION WEEK

Kenyan designer John Kaveke jets out tonight to showcase his new line dubbed Askari Kanga to be showcased at this year’s London Fashion Week on September 16.Kaveke’s line is reminiscent of the colonial era when the British, German, Belgian and Italians clashed in the East Africa interior. To protect their conquered territories they recruited locals as a native police force. These local soldiers

YOUSSOU N’DOUR IN NAIROBI TO FIGHT HUNGER

Legendary Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour talked about his visit with communities that have been badly affected by the ongoing famine at the Dadaab refuge camp."Whenever there is a problem it is the Westerners who are in the foreground, where are the Africans?" Youssou said, speaking after a visit to Kenya's giant Dadaab refugee camps as an ambassador for the UN children's agency.Youssou and

K’NAAN TO SHOOT ROMANTIC MOVIE IN MWANZA

Rapper K’naan will have to take on a mushy role in a new romantic movie set against Belgian Congo's decolonization in the 1960s. K’naan will star in the movie titled The Catastrophist alongside actors Steve Coogan and Stephen Dorff that will be shot in Mwanza, Tanzania.Produced by British director Nick Broomfield via his Lafayette Films, Paul Miller of Escape Pictures and Blighty's Channel 4 with

RINGTONE TURNS TO POLITICS

Gospel act Ringtone declared his interest for the Kitutu Masaba seat. The singer famed for hits Pamela and Talanta has joined area ODM chairman Timothy Bosire and ousted MP Walter Nyambati who have already declared their interest for the seat.Well, keep your eyes peeled as National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende is expected is in the next few weeks to issue writs declaring the seat vacant.The

WILL.I.AM REVIEWED JUST A BAND'S SINGLE

Kenyan all boy group Just A Band have found out that Will.i.am reviewed one of their tracks called Save My Soul a while back.
Here is what they said on their Facebook page



...and this is what Will.i.am said about the single

ARTISTES UNITE TO FIGHT HUNGER

Top musicians are working together to fight famine under the umbrella of Africans Act 4 Africa, the artistes, aims to put pressure on their governments to fund relief for the hunger crisis.
Organizers by Afro Fusion act Sara Mitaru, the campaign is supposed to get the personalities involved in the crisis.
Sara has called, texted, Tweeted, and Facebooked her network of fellow musicians in

KENYAN GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING FLAVOR

Naija singer Flavour has being in the music industry for 2002 but y’all know him because of his hit remix Nwa Baby (Ashawo).



Well Flavour real name Chinedu Okoli began his music career in 2002 when he was 19-years-old. He joined the band Enugu in his home state as a drummer and went on to play the keyboard after performing with them for a while.



After going solo in 2004, he went on to

SHUGA TO AUDITION FEMALE AND MALE ACTORS

Upcoming production of Shuga: Love, Sex, Money has sent out a call to Kenyan youth to audition for two supporting roles. Auditions will be held on Saturday 27 August 2011 between 08:00 and 18:00 at Homeboyz Studios at Ambar House, Baricho Road in Nairobi. To be eligible to audition, you must be a Kenyan resident between the ages of 18 and 24 with good spoken English skills. No previous acting

CHIZI TALKS LAKE OF STARS FESTIVAL IN MALAWI

Dan 'Chizi' Aceda will be the first ever Kenyan act to play live at Lake of Stars Festival, Malawi’s annual international arts festival. In a year of firsts, Lake of Stars will also be screening Pumzi, Kenya’s first science fiction film by Wanuri Kahiu, in the festival’s cinema area.
The festival takes place from 30 September to 2 October on the palm fringed shores of Lake Malawi. The line-up

MISS WORLD KENYA CECILIA MWANGI IS A MUMMY!

Former Miss World Kenya is now a mother. Cecilia Mwangi welcomed a bouncing baby girl on Wednesday (17 August) morning at 9:29 am at the Nairobi Hospital. The bundle of joy was named “baby Cherisé and weighed in at 3.1 Kgs,” Cecilia told Hot Secrets.
She continued: “I have to give a hands up to all our women who give birth normally. I went through it and it is not an easy task.” She added, “It

STELLA MWANGI TO FEATURE IN DANCE WITH THE STARS – NORWAY

Kenyan singer based in Norway Stella Mwangi has been selected to take part in a dance reality show called Skal vi Danse? (Shall We Dance?) – the Norwegian version of Dancing with the Stars.
In the show, Stella is paired up with a professional dancer, Asmund Grinaker in the show that will run late till October. Asmund, 31, is a Musician and teacher at the University of Oslo, Education and Teacher

STL GETS TOP NODS IN CHANNEL O MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS CATEGORIES

It’s down to the wire for Africa’s hottest artists and music videos with the just-released list of nominees in the 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards! Artists from Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Namibia are all in the running for this year’s awards.
This time around, the only Original.African awards feature multiple artists with two or more nods - making it an

DREW BARRYMORE WAS HERE!

In another segment of 'who was here' features the secret trip to Kenya by Hollywood actress, Drew Barrymore.
The child star now 36 years old was in Kenya in May for a charity trip. Her trip will be chronicled in the upcoming September issue of Condé Nast Traveler for the Visionaries issue, which features celebrities, activists and companies who are trying to change the world..
The Charlie’s

MY LIFE IN CRIME NOVEL TO BE SHOOT AS A MOVIE

The popular 80’s novel by John Baptista Wanjohi, better known by his pen name John Kiriamiti is going to be adapted into a movie. It is slated to begin filming at the end of 2011 with the release due in 2012.
Kiriamiti wrote My Life in Crime when he was incarcerated at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison and Naivasha Government Maximum Prison where he was to serve twenty years with forty-eight

LULU HASSAN WELCOMES BABY BOY

KTN news anchor Lulu Hassan and hubby Qfm’s Rashid Abdalla are proud parents of a baby boy. The couple welcomed the baby Tuesday August 9, morning at 6:07am at Nairobi Hospital.
This is the couple’s first baby after they exchanged their wedding vows last year July 30.
Congratulations to the couple on the good news.

BIG BROTHER’S MILLICENT TAKES OUR ONE LINER INTERVIEW

Hot Secret's Special Ops corespondent caught up with Kenyan rep in the just concluded Big Brother Amplified season, Millicent Mugadi and shot the one line questions at her. Here are Millicent's responses. Verbatim.

I’m good at…
Cooking and socializing.

I’m bad at…
Mind games. Puzzles and cross words are clearly not my thing.

The last book I enjoyed reading is…
Conversations with God by

KENYAN MODEL AND DESIGNER SHOWCASES AT AFRICA FASHION WEEK LONDON 2011

Kenyan model now turned designer Michelle Njeri Cuthbert was one of the designers whose designs were showcased at the first installment of the Africa Fashion Week London. The event went down on August 5 and 6 at the Bishops Hall in the east end of London.
The groundbreaking event was organised by the CEO/Founder Ronke Ademiluyi and partners to showcase international designers using African

KENYAN ACTS TO FEATURE IN CHANNEL O’S AFRICA DREAMING

A number of Kenyan acts will be features in Channel O’s new mini-feature dubbed Africa Dreaming which features both established African artists and rising stars sharing their vision for their home continent with audiences.
The list of acts already confirmed for the show include Juacali, Nonini and Wyre.



They will be joined by HHP (South Africa), P Square (Nigeria), Crisis (Zambia), D

WAPI-WAPI CROWNED 2011 MALTA GUINNESS STREET DANCE CHAMPIONS

The Malta Guinness Street Dance Pan African Championships came to an epic grand finale last Friday, 5th August 2011, at the Dome of the Accra International Conference Centre with WAPI-WAPI dance crew from Kenya being crowned the 2011 Malta Guinness Street Dance Pan African Champions!
Guinness Ghana Breweries limited is excited to announce the winning crew after rewarding loyal Street Dance fans

EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT THE AFROTAINMENT MUSEKE ONLINE NOMINEES

Following a month of exhaustive deliberation with an esteemed Voters’ Academy made up of African DJ’s, bloggers, VJs and entertainment industry figures, the Afrotainment Museke Online African Music Awards have announced the nominees for the second annual groundbreaking awards. The awards are aimed at giving fans across the continent and in the Diaspora a voice and a chance to contribute to the