Use of military language- words like battle, settle old scores, do or die-incites fans to violence, hooliganism By Idris ‘Shoes’ Lule Roving Editor Soccer is the only sport known to have caused a bloody war between two countries. It is also the only sport in which opposing fans pick the results on the pitch and […]
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Land Without Thunder: Life in exile worse than a Kenyan jail- Miguna Miguna
Fiery lawyer Miguna Miguna was until this year’s Mashujaa Day the only Kenyan political deportee. He told Nyambega Gisesa of Baba’s betrayal after Uhuru bought him for 30 pieces of silver Learned friend, how was Canada? As you are aware, I was forced out of my country of birth and citizenship, Kenya, by Uhuru Kenyatta […]
Ali Zaidi: Clever devil, last of the old school editors
He was an incubator of great ideas, man of profound intellect By Wambua Sammy His was a dying breed of the old school newspaper and magazine editors whose idea of sartorial elegance left the conventional types with permanent frowns. Faded denims or khakis, in his case untucked checked shirts under multi-pocketed jackets, from where his […]
PART I: The 20 ways Kenyans become millionaires
Majority of those who scale the financial uplands do it in the easiest ways known: Solving human problems and charging for it By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large If you often spend sleepless nights wondering, scheming, planning, plotting, musing and dreaming how to become Mr or Miss Moneybags, you’re not alone. But just know that 20 percent […]
Crooks who made us laugh ourselves to death
Doing wrong the right way: Why do crooks steal millions then hide in Shags or Mombasa where cops will look for them first? By Undercover Reporter It is not easy being a criminal in 21st century Kenya. Just check the recent arrests of crooks be it in robberies, gold scams, pyramid schemes, tax evasion, corruption scandals, […]
The rich widow: Inside Sarah Wairimu-Cohen’s inheritance battle
Cohen was a rich man. He was a very sharp man with money- former Gatundu North MP Patrick Muiruri By Undercover Reporter Slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen had an eye for the unusual in business which made him a multimillionaire in real coin. “Cohen was a rich man. He was a very sharp man with […]
Troubled love life of Senator who meets lovers on Facebook, was dumped by Governor’s daughter!
Mhesh who never speaks in Senate has a dramatic life: fighting in night clubs, threatening lovers to recent gun drama with a woman… By Shifa Mwihaki @UndercoverKe Lamu Senator Anwar Loitiptip seems to have a troubled life with women: He was recently released after cooling porridge in a police cell in Nanyuki where he was […]