The fiery Gatundu South MP says he hasn’t cut a drop since January By Special Correspondent You vowed to keep off alcohol at the beginning of the year. How is that going? It’s going well. I have not had any alcohol since the beginning of the year. I am not a slave to the […]
Month: July 2020
How Omar Lali burnt Keroche money… like a bank on fire!
In one month alone, Tecra Muigai blew Sh1.6 million on her lover. By the time of her death, her account had Sh1, 500 By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large @UndercoverKe Playboy Omar Lali, the freed lover of the late Keroche heiress, Tecra Muigai, was in the money- her money. Bank and M-Pesa account transfers from Tecra now […]
Kuwashwa na pesa: From Kenol to Naivasha… for just one drink!
If there were face masks for windscreens, Aunt wa Harrier would have 10 for her guzzler So now si we were hapo Kenol looking for a pub suitable for the class of Aunt wa Harrier when my favourite uncle from shags joined us. Kenol, for those not in the know, is that meeting point for […]
Papa Shirandula: Millionaire actor once couldn’t afford Sh10 fare
Charles Bukeko had many things going on for him: A carpet size malleable face, bulb like expressive eyes, toothy grin and a hot air balloon of a body By Undercover Reporter @UndercoverKe Charles Bukeko, was the actor who once trekked from his house in Uhuru Estate in Nairobi’s Eastlands to the Kenya National Theatre. He […]
Meet my family: The Afro-Sinema of ‘Aunt wa Harrier’
‘I only deal with men who buy more tires than shoe!’ is the attitude she carries in her wine red car My in-laws were very embarrassed. They had come prepared to squeeze endless fines from my folks. See, I had gone drinking past curfew hours and the barmaid suggested we komboa the lodging and cut […]
Tom Mboya: Best Man ordered his killer’s hanging…without prayers, last meal
Only three people in Kenya knew of assassin Nahashon Njenga’s execution By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large Tom Mboya, the nationalist politician, was assassinated this week and later buried in an emotional ceremony on July 14, 1969. Nahashon Isaac Njenga Njoroge was found guilty of shooting Mboya’s 39 year old body, after a trial that left more […]
Middle-class blues: Here are the cheapest, best places to live around Nairobi!
Tenants are looking for affordable comfort to complement their lavish lifestyles and access to the opposite sex By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist The high cost of living in Kenya has seen the middle class becoming enterprising with some peddling jungu and avocado in offices, others hawking chapatis online in gated communities. Others turned into Mama […]
Uncle from Shags, slept with wrong number…in wrong lodging
Nimo’s father looked at me with glassy eyes and said: ‘Nishawahi kukosea?‘ The day had come for coming face to face with the wazees from angry in-laws. Besides breaking their daughter’s leg before paying ruracio I was to answer charges of being caught red-handed, sleeping at the lodging with Skonye the barmaid, her one tit […]
How the other half lives: Posh Kenyan homes…better than the Kubais
Wardrobes and kitchens are made by the company which makes the interiors for Mercedes By Camy Akinyi-Gecaga Contributing Editor Kenyans, mostly those living East of Uhuru highway, couldn’t help talking about the Runda home of city tycoons Peter and Isabella Kubai after daughter, Joan Kubai, excited her online fans with a video tour of their […]