Nairobi Woman Representative Rachael Shebesh

In an earlier post, we reported that Nairobi County Women's Rep, Hon, Rachel Shebesh was hospitalized. As a result of the hospitalization, Shebesh had been unable to attend court proceedings in her case against Governor Evans Kidero. The vocal and outspoken Nairobi politician is hospitalized in a Nairobi hospital and we can now reveal what she is ailing from.

Late last year, Shebesh was involved in a number of spats with his Nairobi County political counterparts namely Senator Mike Sonko and Governor Evans Kidero. These fiascos seem to have taken toll on Shebesh who is said to be suffering from depression. In the past, Hon. Shebesh has come out and spoken about having bipolar disoder. Bipolar disorder — sometimes called manic-depressive disorder — is associated with mood swings that range from the lows of depression to the highs of mania. And her recent political upheavals seem to have swung Hon. Shebesh in the direction of lows of depression.

We sincerely wish her a speedy recovery.

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Mexican-born Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o has scoopped the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie 12 Years A Slave in the 86th annual Academy Awards. Lupita Nyong'o hit the Oscar red carpet in a custom Prada goddess look of ice-blue silk georgette gown with a deep V-neck top and low cut sides. The colour was immediately described by multiple broadcasting houses as 'Nairobi Blue' after the  Lupita herself said, " It's a blue that reminds me of Nairobi, and so I wanted to have a little bit of home. #Nairobiblue instantly started trending on twitter worldwide in recognition of the charismatic and media-loved actress.

Lupita Nyong'o on the Red Carpet in the now famous 'Nairobi Blue' custom Prada dress

Lupita stars in the movie 12 Years A Slave, directed by Steve McQueen, as Patsey, her first film acting role. Her most memorable scene was the one in which she receives a lashing for wanting to wash with soap. To scoop the award, Lupita, who was born in Mexico and brought up in Kenya, had to floor a field of reputed actresses including Jeniffer Lawrence for American Hustle, Julia Roberts for August:Osage County, June Squibb for Nebraska and Sally Hawkins for Blue Jasmine.

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