By Stevens Muendo

Five months after a romantic Roman wedding, Formula One boss Flavio Briatore and Elisabetta Gregoraci extended their honeymoon to Malindi, Kenya (last December). But this time, the billionaire was not holidaying in a yatch as he did in Sardinia. He flew in a private jet and had a state-of-the-art private boat in which he was riding with his entourage, comprising some Formula One big names such as double world champion Fernando Alonso and a bevy of beauties. On a hunting mission, MondayBlues tracked Briatores entourage at the Maungu Lovers Island, where the racing tycoon and Elisabetta, an Italian lingeria model, turned to be an attraction to the few locals and a host of foreigners who had come to the coast for holiday.

The tycoon was heavily guarded by his security men and no paparazzi were allowed to interview him or take photos of his entourage. In fact, their attire was fitted with camera detecting gadgets, which have the ability to destroy a picture once a camera clicks towards a subject. But the onlookers were treated to a show of stunning eye catching bikini dressed beauties with Elisabetta showing off her striking curves emerging from her cut-out swimsuit as the couple took a stroll on the Island. Two hours later, the private boat left for a private beach resolt near Watamu Island, said to belong to the Formula One guru. It takes a special invite for anyone to access entry to the resort, a club for billionaires. Elisabetta is the latest in a list of famous models who have dated the Formula One tycoon. Flavio previously dated Adriana Volpe, Naomi Campbell and Heidi Klum, with whom he fathered a daughter Leni, now four. Naomi Campbell and the racing tycoon are still close friends and are among international billionaires who frequent Malindi for vacations. The two are said to have special interests in the tourism driven coastal town.

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Grammy Award winners to rock Kenya

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Grammy Award winning Christian rock band Jars of Clay, are set to rock Kenya in mid-February, courtesy of the organisation I Choose Life (ICL). The US based band is slated to perform at the Nairobi Pentecostal Church in Karen, mid next month. According to Gregory Mwendwa of ICL, this is in a bid to launch a campaign towards sensitising the youth on HIV and Aids prevention, the Jijue 1 Million Campaign.The band will be around for ten days, and will also visit remote parts of the country, including Kisii and Marsabit, where they have projects they have introduced under their own Blood:Water Mission, which executive Director Jena Nardella says is to help Africa attain clean water and clean blood. Other artistes to perform during the scripted back-to-back concert include Eric Wainanina, Kanji, Harry Kimani, Wahu, Abass, Ukoo Flani among others.

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Magazine editor on a rollercoaster

A popular showbiz magazine’s writer-cum-editor — now working with a leading publication — seems to be on the loose. Known for her once lavish lifestyle and dating powerful, rich men, the young scribe previously stole her girlfriend’s lover of three years. Now, the two are dating and the relationship is said to be steamy. Consequently, the editor and her former housemate (the girlfriend in question) have become bitter rivals. They no longer see eye to eye. Before the sassy drama queen settled for the current guy, she had ditched a trendy radio presenter (who runs an evening radio show) whom she had settled for after her foreign boyfriend — rumoured to have bought her her current car — left her. Then she moved from her leafy suburbs residence to an out of town small house where she has been staying for the last six months. Now, word has it that her ‘stolen’ boyfriend beat her up, in church, during the New Year celebrations, after the two differed.