I was outgoing, I wanted freedom but my wife was conservative… maybe we were not two of a kind… By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist @UndercoverKe Billionaire industrialist Chris Kirubi lit up conversations on marriage when he called it slavery. “Marriage is enslavement and you have to be careful. You have to agree to go into […]
The most expensively dressed man in Kenya also has two rooms full of shoes, over 1000 Brioni neckties By Shifa MwihakiFeature writer/Essayist @UndercoverKe Billionaire Chris Kirubi often brags he’s easily Kenya’s most expensively dressed dude. The wool for his suits, he told Going Out Guide magazine a few years back, is bought in America or […]
Onyi, the electrician has red lips indicative of someone used to swlling copious amounts of ‘Glen-Ugenya’ You will always find half finished bottles of makali in every kalevi’s house. They are different brands, most times: Whiskeys, brandies, gins, bourbons, rams, harsh spirits. Drunkards collect them in various ways. Like hosting a bottle party and friends […]
Kenyans love mahindi choma with pili pili, but that mucakwe they throw away have other uses beyond feeding cows, lighting fires By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist Kenyans love roast maize. Kwanza when hot off the wire mesh. It goes very well with that red pili pili which turns the mouth into a peppery sauna. When […]
Then kwa umbali, I felt that itching bowel movement that signaled imminent diarrhea I woke up to a dry cough, fatigue and my mango head was throbbing like Lucifer was peeing hot urine inside. I tried calling out names like Alice Lakwena and Felicien Kabuga but words got stuck at the sore in the throat. […]
The three children would trouser home Sh400 million each if wealth was shared equally By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large @UndercoverKe A billionaire’s ‘other children’ are lunging for a piece of the Sh4 billion inheritance including rental income from Nginyo Towers on Koinange street, Nairobi. Nginyo Kariuki, father of six, died at 82 this February 24. Seven […]
Using a face mask is out as reaching out for my glass of makali requires an open mouth For ruining our daughter’s birthday, I was condemned to sleeping on the long sofa. It is where I often find myself at midnight after Nimo, the resident nagger retires to bed, double locking doors. The long sofa […]
But auctioneers rarely find women to auction, would you believe it? By Mbatia wa Njambi Visiting Thinker @UndercoverKe Women rarely solve their own problems. They mostly transfer them to others: an ex-file, current lover, sponsor, sibling, the folks, saved uncle, best friend, college mate, colleague at work, the boss. And women have many problems: rough […]
Arnold Origi, the only goalkeeper on the list, was once valued at Sh68 million–when younger By Idris ‘Shoes’ Lule Contributing editor/sports There are less than 40 Kenyan professional soccer players plying their trade outside the country. From Albania to Algeria, England to Egypt, Georgia to Greece, Sweden to Spain. It is one of the highest […]
His victims sue him, but shortly active death threats see them gassing towards the airport, fleeing By Pascal Owade Contributing Editor/crime Chris Obure is Nairobi’s resident gold scammer. Just four years ago, he conned a Venezuelan lawyer Sh200 million in a botched gold deal. Deals worth less than Sh100 million are for his juniors. Like Kevin […]