You are not in business if you are not doing business with government By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large This is the fourth and second last part in the continuing series on how money was made, is made and will be made in Kenya and elsewhere. They say you are not in business if you are not […]
Self-aggrandizement, crony capitalism and nepotism made all the difference for Kenya’s First Family! By GW Ngari Editor-at-large The Kenyatta family has come a long way if you consider that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s father once worked as a ‘Kanjo’, reading water meters for the City Council of Nairobi for Sh250 a month. He even rode […]
They all served seven years hard labour but in 15 years, President Uhuru’s father made his family billionaires…the rest of his jail mates died as paupers By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large The Kenyatta family fortune has been pegged at around $1 billion (Sh100 billion) by Ventures, the Nigerian-based financial magazine. But there could be more dough […]
Ida Odinga had indicated that Allay Raila Odinga was the only son Fidel had sired during his lifetime By Pascal MJ Owade Contributing Editor It is getting interesting, this case of Raila Odinga family versus the widow of Fidel Odinga. A Judge in Nairobi this Wednesday directed that a DNA test be carried out on […]
After calling lawyer’s wife, boda boda rider threw away the toilet paper and his wife ignored the message assuming someone was conning her By Pascal MJ Owade Contributing Editor/Investigations The killers of lawyer Willie Kimani consumed energy drinks while smoking cigarettes before executing him, his client and taxi driver. The lead investigator, Robert Owino, told the […]
At the centre of court battle are Fidel’s Sh 75 million Karen home, twins born with another woman six months after his death, and properties running into millions By Pascal MJ Owade Contributing Editor/Investigations A vicious feud in the Raila Odinga family is brewing in court where it pits his wife Ida Odinga, daughter Winnie […]
The Raila family seems to have issues with widow Lwam Bekele inheriting hundreds of millions after three year marriage By Shifa Mwihaki Feature Writer/Essayist It might appear like drawing the winning card at a lottery when a commoner marries into a wealthy, prominent family. But more often than not, the outsider ends up crying in […]
You can become stinking rich via being the best in your profession-and charging a king’s ransom-like lawyer Ahmednasir’s Sh300 million for two week’s work By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large The way millions are made appears to suggest there is no particular formula for financial success. But in the third installment in this series, we’ll look at arithmetic […]
Owners of salt companies are never exposed as part of Who Owns Kenya By Camy Akinyi-Gecaga Contributing Editor Salt is one of the cheapest of home commodities. Its prices rarely change, retailing at Sh5 for decades. It is the one household item bachelors rarely worry about as a packet bought in January is still there-without […]
Dutchman Armand Bettonviel, the best sports nutritionist, was hired to contain his bowels By Idris ‘Shoes’ Lule Roving Editor Marathons often induce diarrhea. Constant limb movement and tension of expectations combine to induce bowel movement. This can excite a running stomach, the kind that can see Eliud Kipchoge deviating from the pacemakers and sprinting […]
