1. Chris Kantai
News broke out on Wednesday that one of Kenya's music pioneers had succumbed due to breathing complications at a Nairobi hospital. "I am in touch with his family, including his wife and mother, to arrange his funeral. We will give you more details as they come," said a family representative.
Kantai is best known for the hit single 'Happy' which brought Stella Mwangi (STL) into the limelight early 2000s.Kenyans took to social media to express their sadness and condolences.
https://twitter.com/Wakazi/status/1100993817841422336
https://twitter.com/TheKenyanPost/status/1100849060834172929
2. Bien Aime Baraza
Sauti Sol's boy band member is officially engaged! The information got wind on social media when Polycarp (one of the members) posted a photo of Bien's now fiancée Chiki said yes. This followed a celebration party in Kilimani which was posted by fashion stylist Annabel Onyango before the band's official Twitter account confirmed the news.
https://twitter.com/sautisol/status/1100831721195479044
3. #GenderBill
The implementation of the two-thirds gender rule has failed for the fourth time due to lack of quorum.Atleast two-thirds of the 349 MPs are required to be present to vote. However, only 174 turned up leading the speaker of the house to declare the motion void due to lack of quorum.
https://twitter.com/NationBreaking/status/1100742737228427265
https://twitter.com/CapitalFMKenya/status/1100747352896430080
4. Sara Ali Khan
The Indian actress was slammed on Twitter for culture appropriation after her 'Film fare magazine' shoot in Kenya. Ali, who is to make her magazine debut this March, had the photo shoot done with a Maasai man behind her. What turned heads however was the fact that there was no shadow of the man which led tweeps to believe it must have been photo shopped.
https://twitter.com/AwaraRish/status/1100683152719335424
https://twitter.com/whitelily22/status/1100480120471650306
5. #SayNoToWar
India and Pakistan are on the edge of war over border disputes in Kashmir, a contested territory between the two states. After independence, the two states decided to each own part of the territory.Overtime, tensions have escalated over the territory and each state wants Kashmir as a whole territory.
https://twitter.com/etribune/status/1100780015359352832
Tweeps worldwide took to twitter to encourage peace and dialogue between the states under the hashtag #SayNoToWar.
6. Football News
#ARSBOU : Arsenal stars Unai Emery and Mesut Ozil marked their first premier league victory of 2019 after leading the club in beating Bournemouth a whopping 5-1 by end of the game.
https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/1100881208945377280
#CRYMUN : Shaw, Lukaku and Young gave Manchester United a cool 3-1 defeat against rivals Crystal Palace inching them closer to the top four of the table.
https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/1100876303752933377
#CHETOT : Tottenham Hotspur's premier league title hopes were shadowed when Chelsea gave them a 2-0 blow over at Stamford Bridge.
https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/1100875941402890240
7.Mt. Kenya Fire
Reports of a fire broke out as it destroyed part of Mt Kenya National Park. 'The flames are spreading fast because of the strong winds in the region. The fire has moved up the mountain', said Isaac Mugo, a senior warden at the park. It is reported close to 80,000 hectares have so far been destroyed by the fire which started on Saturday.
https://twitter.com/mountkenyatrust/status/1100613324868337664
https://twitter.com/esther_ndeti/status/1101001052869013504
8.  Drake
Drake has been featured Summer Walker's remix of 'Girls Need Love' 2018 hit single and the internet is in love with his lyric addition to the track.
The artist also got named as the world's best selling artist last year.
https://twitter.com/sarah2breezyy/status/1100932902550790144
https://twitter.com/billboard/status/1100999087707570177

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