A kilo of meat in Kenya is Sh400 or thereabouts depending on which side of Uhuru Highway the butchery is But in DRC the same goes for Sh1, 600. Are you thinking what I am thinking? By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist There are endless job opportunities and money to be made but only if you […]
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Mama Ngina Kenyatta: How house wife became Kenya’s richest woman!
#Pandora Papers: ‘Ventures’ magazine named her one of the over 50 people in Africa who were dollar billionaires By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large @Undercover KE By now you must have heard that former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta is begging the unyielding Mountain to support Baba as Kenya’s next President come the August elections. The Presidency […]
Hata ndururu: Sh150 million in cash, Tob Cohen left Wairimu’s daughter with nothing!
Renee Chettle was left with a good education, society wedding and a good job at Shell By Shifa Mwihaki Feature Writer/Essayist @Undercover KE The late Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen took his step-daughter, Renee Chettle, to the best schools, but left her with no inheritance in his will. Renee is the daughter of Sarah Wairimu-Cohen, a […]
Confession time: Priests, nuns & 1000 years of loneliness
Nuns getting pregnant is not new, one gave birth to a son in 2014 and named him after Pope Francis By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist Two African Catholic nuns who returned to Italy pregnant from their missionary work in their home countries have ignited the age old debate about the vow of chastity which forbids […]
TV Girl: Why Kenyans love ‘yellow-yellow’ news presenters!
Even women viewers confessed they preferred female anchors as they got to learn of the latest fashion, make-up and hair trends By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Esssayist Kenyan men of a certain age are likely to forget what they’re watching on prime time news if the anchor is a fetching beauty. These men are also likely […]
Landlord manenos: Why renting is better than buying a house in Kenya
An asset is that which brings you income, house, as a roof over your head, does not bring income By April K. Mbalu Consulting Editor A true Kenyan of the blood, huwa hashikikii, after buying a house through some miracle from a long-bearded Prophet in the Old Testament. They never tire telling anyone who cares […]
Inside the 2019 Census:Why Kenyan men are scarce, ‘community husbands’ in waiting!
A decade ago, every Kenyan man had a woman to himself, but kwa ground, things are different in 2019 By Camy Akinyi-Gecaga Contributing Editor We are not yet 50 million people as we thought, after all. This year’s preliminary Census results reveals that Kenya has about 47 million mouths to feed, having grown at a […]
Funeral homes:Some have cafes, lounges…all they’re missing are heated swimming pools!
Funeral parlours were unheard until 1988 all because a former Attorney General could not imagine his body refrigerated next to victims of mob justice… By Camy Akinyi-Gecaga Contributing Editor The City Mortuary is not a place you can try dating a mourner while waiting to collect your stiff. It has no cafeteria. The sitting area […]
Dr David Silverstein: He knew President Moi from head, shoulders, knees and toes
Of all his patients, few were as precious as Moi. The pay was a king’s ransom, opportunities endless By Camy Akinyi- Gecaga Contributing Editor @Undercover KE Dr David Silverstein has seen the belly buttons, and not a few bottoms of Kenya’s most powerful, richest people: Bob Collymore, Zacchaeus Chesoni, Charles Njonjo and Daniel arap Moi […]
Mr Calamity: Why Raila Odinga loves milking disasters to death!
Esther Passaris has tried using calamities but she cannot hold a candle to Mr Baba Man By Jodi Ochieng’ Political economist Raila Odinga just loves tragedies, I tell you. Take the Likoni ferry disaster in which a mother and daughter drowned in their car pass in 2019. Raila did not let that disaster pass him […]