When he was accused of impregnating his half-sister, Mathai left the matrimonial home for residency at the Hilton Hotel By Undercover Reporter Whenever Mwangi Mathai chanced on a business idea, he did not hesitate to cash in on it. Sizing up the near virgin market for bar soaps in Kenya, he was shortly on a […]
Month: September 2019
Youngest MP met wife in a kinyozi, billionaire had honeymoon in a factory!
Political scientist Mutahi Ngunyi gave his future wife the landline number of a telephone booth in Eastlands when they met at a wedding By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist When Paul Mwirigi, Kenya’s youngest MP, went hunting for votes on foot during the 2017 election campaigns for the Igembe South seat, little did he know he […]
Why politicians died to visit Moi…and not Kibaki
Baba Jimmy is said to be formal, mean and aloof while Baba Gideon was open, generous and still was ‘professor of politics’ By Undercover Reporter President Uhuru Kenyatta rarely visited the late President Mwai Kibaki, Kenya’s best Head of State ever. Uhuru often visited the late President Daniel arap Moi, the worst ever. Other politicians […]
Jane Mugo: Troubled love life of nun, turned Spy Queen
She attracts men not only for her cash liquid purses but also for the undulating dashboard and swirling behind which can tempt Pope Francis By Pascal Owade Contributing editor/Crime Spy queen Jane Mugo has been in the news over that laughable BBC documentary on her secret world as a private eye. But her love life […]
Why coaches are promised ‘gun, good salary and a decent burial!’
Use of military language- words like battle, settle old scores, do or die-incites fans to violence, hooliganism By Idris ‘Shoes’ Lule Roving Editor Soccer is the only sport known to have caused a bloody war between two countries. It is also the only sport in which opposing fans pick the results on the pitch and […]
Land Without Thunder: Life in exile worse than a Kenyan jail- Miguna Miguna
Fiery lawyer Miguna Miguna was until this year’s Mashujaa Day the only Kenyan political deportee. He told Nyambega Gisesa of Baba’s betrayal after Uhuru bought him for 30 pieces of silver Learned friend, how was Canada? As you are aware, I was forced out of my country of birth and citizenship, Kenya, by Uhuru Kenyatta […]
Ali Zaidi: Clever devil, last of the old school editors
He was an incubator of great ideas, man of profound intellect By Wambua Sammy His was a dying breed of the old school newspaper and magazine editors whose idea of sartorial elegance left the conventional types with permanent frowns. Faded denims or khakis, in his case untucked checked shirts under multi-pocketed jackets, from where his […]
PART I: The 20 ways Kenyans become millionaires
Majority of those who scale the financial uplands do it in the easiest ways known: Solving human problems and charging for it By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large If you often spend sleepless nights wondering, scheming, planning, plotting, musing and dreaming how to become Mr or Miss Moneybags, you’re not alone. But just know that 20 percent […]
Crooks who made us laugh ourselves to death
Doing wrong the right way: Why do crooks steal millions then hide in Shags or Mombasa where cops will look for them first? By Undercover Reporter It is not easy being a criminal in 21st century Kenya. Just check the recent arrests of crooks be it in robberies, gold scams, pyramid schemes, tax evasion, corruption scandals, […]
The rich widow: Inside Sarah Wairimu-Cohen’s inheritance battle
Cohen was a rich man. He was a very sharp man with money- former Gatundu North MP Patrick Muiruri By Undercover Reporter Slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen had an eye for the unusual in business which made him a multimillionaire in real coin. “Cohen was a rich man. He was a very sharp man with […]