His annual pay, perks and bonuses makes him the highest paid head honcho of all listed companies at the Nairobi Securities Exchange By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large By the time you spill an hour taking a shower, brushing your teeth and trying unsuccessfully to shake off a hangover, Gideon Muriuki will have made over Sh 40, […]
Month: April 2020
Ken Walibora: Wrote from the language of his heart
Funny how working as a probation officer almost made him become a policeman By Undercover Reporter In a country where celebrities are near empty heads reeling from 15 minutes of fame, he rose from reading the lunchtime radio news bulletin, to television anchor and then professor, all the while skirting the wind of stardom that […]
Kasongo wa Kanema: The last of Oldskul Congolese crooners
Other band members were not as lucky. They began dying. Ten are in Lang’ata cemetery, 1000 kilometres from home By Undercover Reporter He cried easily when asked about the former band members of Super Mazembe. Kasongo wa Kanema, was among the last crew standing, his recent death, marking an end to Congolese musicians who immigrated […]
The 2020 Africa’s dollar billionaires: Why Kenya’s richest are missing in action
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 Not one Kenyan made it to this year’s list of Africa’s dollar billionaires, basically those whose worth kisses the Sh100 billion ceiling. The Kenyattas and the Ndegwas play in […]
Ndingi Mwana a’Nzeki: A cow, angry sisters & the ribbon of dreams
Archbishop will be buried at the Holy Family Basilica when mourners have been restricted from funerals By Undercover Reporter When he became a Catholic priest, it was common for boys from poor families to seek spiritual and creature comforts in church: Three square meals, nice houses, Parish cars, a cellar with choice whiskies. Archbishop […]