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 Presidents in realpolitik, are hardly selected by the voting masses. They are handpicked by Deep State-what is called “the system” and their election campaigns bankrolled by a few old […]
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 Money, it has been said, does not change you, it reveals you. What wealth reveals about the late former President Mwai Kibaki, is that he is a modest, front-pew Catholic. Today, few […]
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 […]