{
  "id": 14174693,
  "title": "Esther Arunga officially drops Timberlake surname",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/esther-arunga-officially-drops-timberlake-surname",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T10:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBC",
    "slug": "kbc",
    "url": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/esther-arunga-officially-drops-timberlake-surname/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Kenyan television journalist Esther Arunga has officially dropped the Timberlake surname and reverted to her former name, Esther Adongo Arunga, following a formal name change published in the Kenya Gazette. In Gazette Notice No. 16203, Arunga states that she has renounced and abandoned the name Esther Adongo Timberlake and adopted Esther Adongo Arunga for […] The post Esther Arunga…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "Esther Arunga drops husband’s name years after son’s death case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/esther-arunga-drops-husbands-name-years-after-sons-death-case",
        "published": "2026-10-13T09:55:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}