Fiona Farha Kirubi, his mpango wa kando’s daughter from Dubai, won’t be forgotten By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist The easiest way to wealth is via inheritance-you gladly receive. And the two children of the late billionaire industrialist Chris Kirubi are in for a dizzying financial bonanza. Kirubi once said “my major talent is making money…. […]
His office resembled one in downtown Beirut in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing By Undercover Reporter Even in his 80s, he walked almost every lunch hour from Upper hill to the Central Business District, his tall lithe frame sauntering as if being pushed from behind by some invisible hand. He hated lifts, but loved […]
Keep emotions out of business, save that only for your wife By Undercover Reporter He made the most money of any Kenyan in the shortest time since independence: Sh2 billion in two hours, the stuff of fables. With no background in agriculture, he bought a multibillion agricultural company from a stranger-without seeing it- during a […]
‘That house is like being in a dream’, said William Bellamy, US Ambassador to Kenya By April Mbalu Contributing Editor/Lifestyle The priceless African Heritage House, Kenya’s most famous private home and ‘the most photographed house in Africa’ has a price tag after all. For Sh300 million you can own this scenic pad in Mlolongo, Machakos […]
This mid-year celebration has lost relevance, should be merged with Jamhuri Day! By Sekou Toure Otondi PhD Political Science Candidate, UoN Kenya’s national holidays have gone through interesting twists and turns since the country attained its independence in 1963, and became a republic in 1964. For a long time there was very little clarity about […]
Nicknamed ‘Father Abraham’, rugby legend was blessed with a ‘promiscuous gene variant’ By Undercover Reporter He lived under one roof with his four breathing wives. That is quite a domestic tackle, but Kenya’s best rugby tackler-the late Benjamin Ayimba-was up to the scrum. The ragger legend, nicknamed ‘Father Abraham’ succumbed to cerebral malaria at the […]
President’s grandson sued for Sh1million monthly child support, but family still in court over Moi’s Sh300 billion inheritance By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large Collins Moi, the alcoholic grandson of the late President Daniel arap Moi, was once in court over theft of his daughter’s phone. That was five years ago. Matters settled out of court. He […]
Tycoon battling domestic wrangles, recently held a cleansing ceremony to reverse the curse By Mbatia wa Njambi Visiting Thinker Media mogul SK Macharia was issued with an irreversible curse from which he was to suffer endless calamities despite his billions. That was four years ago. Could the curse be coming true going by the endless […]
The poor show off clothes, middle-class parade cars, and upper-class brag about houses…the billionaire is different By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist The rich are rich because, most times, they’re different: You will rarely find them on social media. They are faceless, modest, pretty understated and nowhere does this become apparent than in their dressing. While […]
Accountants at Nation Media often warned new journalists against living the life he had led despite his intellectual arrogance By Undercover Reporter He never believed in God, thought the bible an ‘interesting’ book of enriching anthropology. He hated Luo traditions, wrist watches too. But he loved whiskey, three-piece Savile Row suits with paisley kerchief at […]