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8 killed and 15 maimed because of a Heifer

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As the heifer above chews the cud oblivious of the fresh graves around it, grieving families in Narok South wish they had said: “After all it is only a cow.”
Too late. Eight people have died, 15 maimed and more than 20 houses burnt in ethnic violence that started after a family reported the Sh20,000 heifer stolen.
The mystery cow is like the golden calf which in biblical times caused misery to the entire nation of Israel.
Never has so much blood been shed for so less. Narok South has not known peace for days. Scores are sleeping out in the cold. They have no homes. Eight people are dead, 15 will be scarred for life. All this because of a heifer.
It all started last Saturday morning when Mzee Philip Patum in his 50s woke up, strolled to his cattle shed and found his favourite cow missing.
Alarmed, he raised alarm causing his neighbours to regroup believing the cow had been stolen.
According to officers pursuing the matter, Mzee Patum described his ‘stolen’ cow, which is now at the epicenter of the ethnic fighting, as a cross-breed heifer.
“That cow was my life, it provided me with milk and was able to breed and bring me more cattle,” says Patum.
The Standard visited the area to get at the bottom of the matter that has rekindled animosity whose current phase dates back to 2018.
Skirmishes started at Olooruasi village then spread to the neighbouring villages of Ololoipang’i and Kaplulekule where the two communities fought with bows and arrows, spears and even guns.
Following a tip-off from members of the public after the flare-up, Mzee Patum and a neighbour were arrested, driven to Ololung’a police station and arraigned at a Narok Law Court where the police sought more time to investigate the matter before preferring charges but the court released them for lack of water-tight evidence.
Area Deputy Commissioner Felix Kisalu calls the heifer angle a myth as the narrative around it changes by the day.
According to Kisalu, Patum insists that his cow was stolen but criminal intelligence indicates that the man’s wife and son had connived to hide the animal at their neighbour’s, which neighbour is from a different community, to save it from being sold by the man of the house.
“When we arrested the owner of the cow and a neighbour, the rest of the family failed to turn up raising suspicions,” says Mr Kisalu

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Kidis the Jembe quits music after losing millions of shillings

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Coast-based musician Kidis the Jembe has announced that he has quit music for good after failing to make it in the industry in over a decade he had been in the game.

A frustrated Kidis, who burst into limelight with his hit banger Kamua Leo several years back, claims he has lost millions of shillings in the music industry, something that has prompted him to quit.

The singer also claims he lost a whopping Sh6.5 million on the song Mshamba which was used as the signature tune for TV comedy program ‘Mshamba’ which aired on a local TV station.

Kidis says he has never been paid the loyalty for the song and his effort to get his dues have been futile. He also claims Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) owe him Sh7.5 million in loyalties.

Kidis made the revelations during a phone conversation with Milele FM radio presenter Chris The Baise. “Sanaa ya Kenya iko na uhuni sana, sasa naibiwa pesa hadi nilishindwa kulipa nyumba shilingi elfu kumi. Niambie vipi Kidis ashindwe kulipa elfu kumi?” he posed.

This is not the first time Kidis has shared his frustrations with the Kenyan music industry. Back in 2014, he became the first artiste to ditch Grandpa Records that was huge back then. He quit after a bitter fallout with the owner of the label Refigah.

Kidis claimed he never met his expectation since joining the label which signed him after he dropped Kamua Leo. However Refigah denied falling out with Kidis, stating that his contract with the now dead label, had come to an end.

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Kanye West ends marriage with Kim Kardashian in bizarre divorce rant

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Kanye West has seemingly ended his marriage with Kim Kardashian in a extraordinary divorce rant. The rapper, 43, reportedly caused an uproar in the Kardashian family when he dropped the bombshell his wife wanted to abort North during his presidential rally over the weekend.

Concerns for the musician have been growing after he sensationally claimed Kim called the doctors to lock him up and compared his life to horror movie Get Out in a Twitter firestorm.

The Kardashians were said to be incredibly worried about Kanye amid claims he’s in the middle of a serious bipolar episode. Kanye’s latest claim appeared to suggest he had been trying to divorce Kim since she met fellow rapper Meek Mill at a hotel.

His tweets have been deleted since they were posted on Monday.

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Frankie JustGymIt responds to deadbeat dad tag

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Popular fitness trainer Frankie Kiarie better known as Frankie JustGymIt recently broke down responding to questions posed by his followers pertaining to his children. In the video dubbed ‘Deadbeat Dad’ posted on his YouTube channel, Frank read out questions asked by netizens.

One question took him aback after one user asked why he was a deadbeat dad to his two children with Maureen Waititu.  In response, Frankie googled the meaning of a deadbeat dad stating that he took care of his children and was always there for them.

“Each week I send money for my children’s upkeep, actually let me be candid and say I send Sh6, 000 every week for their upkeep. Personally, I spend like maybe Sh2, 500 on myself and I’m a fully grown man.

“I pay for school fees. So with school fees, Lexi goes to Montessori, he loves it there. It’s a private school, the fees there is not cheap. Let me just be candid, the school fees is about Sh150, 000 per term. Paying is not easy and there was a reason he went there which I’m not going to touch on,” he said.

The fitness trainer cautioned netizens against labeling individuals and tasked them to do their research.

Asked on whether he left Maureen to be with Corazon Kwamboka, Frankie explained that things between him and Maureen were not okay and it is after they broke up that he met his current girlfriend.

“I didn’t leave Maureen for Kwamboka. Maureen and I broke up then I met Kwamboka. It wasn’t planned that I am going to get rid of this beautiful thing that we had going on and go start another beautiful thing that we have now going on. That wasn’t the thought process. We had our differences and issues and it’s something that people need to understand.

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