The bank which was selling his villas is majority owned by his aunt… former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta! By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist Things are getting financially twisted when scions of old money starts staring at the auctioneer’s hammer in the face. Jeff Koinange, popular television anchor, was losing his two villas in upmarket […]
At every turn, William Ruto has had his wings clipped, political teeth removed with pliers, the presidential wind taken off his sails By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large It appeared like it was the turn for the hustlers to rule Kenya, but as we mark this year’s Madaraka Day, the political dynasties unleashed their gene of self-perpetuity. […]
I woke up at 9pm, some makarao doing msako were leaning on the car The closure of bars including our local, Teke Teke Wines & Spirits, over curfew was like shutting down maternity during labour. But our president is also the country’s Chief Kanyui and pubs were reopened on condition tipplers ate something inside 30 […]
Even President Uhuru Kenyatta has his own- St Mary’s alumni, childhood buddies and business Kahunas By Shifa Mwihaki Contributing writer/Essayist So now comedian Jalang’o has confessed his Boys’ Club was not a House of Lungula as Kenyans now believe. The Boys had rented an apartment where they let their hair and beards down after assisting […]
The loaded are different- from playing solo golf, indoor pools to flying over police road blocks By Brian Guserwa and Shifa Mwihaki Contributing writers Condemned to their sprawling mansions, Kenya’s super rich are not isolating like you and I with noisy, nosy neighbours. Flamboyant city lawyer Donald Kipkorir recently twitted photos of the rains ruining […]
He was not in the super-rich league because he lacked the ‘killer instinct’ or an appetite for gross corruption By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large He will pocket Sh2.8 million every month while drinking muteta soup most evenings with his old time buddies. Retired President Mwai Kibaki will trouser home that pay from July this year, making […]
The moneyed elite are about three things: wealth, power and prestige. Omar Lali had none By Undercover Reporter To marry her playboy guka from Lamu, Tecra Muigai, heiress to the Keroche billions, took Omar Lali to Naivasha, and asked for her parent’s blessings. After all, she had even become a Muslim, and again they had […]
The ever armed bow-tie wearing editor leaned back, put his gun on the table and intoned: ‘Chege, I am in charge here’ By Undercover Reporter He was born on the lips of the Rift Valley in Kijabe, the place missionaries banned alcohol and cigarettes. Chege Mbitiru, distinguished editor and journalist, spent 50 years observing life […]