President’s troubled, jobless grandson has pending rent arrears besides a Sh1 million child upkeep stipend By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large Collins Moi, the jobless, alcoholic grandson of the late President Daniel arap Moi has gone to court seeking a piece of his inheritance from his guka’s Sh300 billion estate-from which he laments of being disinherited. His […]
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 […]
Rawson Macharia confessed to walking seven times in an arch of banana leaves before sipping from Kenyatta’s hands By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large He missed a chance to attend Alliance High School over Sh150-annual fee- in 1934. Missing out on Alliance because of money pained Rawson Macharia for over 70 years. Now imagine how it felt […]
We dined with President Clinton; I realized she was my partner for life By Undercover Reporter She was married to a man Forbes magazine named among Africa’s Most Influential in 2015. But few could pick Edwin Macharia in a crowd of three. See, this dude could call any president in the world and get an […]
Radio queen Cess Mutungi turned 50 but looks 30. So does Esther Musila…here is the secret of their age defying looks… By Kieran Ngendo Contributing Writer/Lifestyle Kambas have this ageless look about them. Think Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu. She is a cucu, but still resembles a moneyed mama just hitting 40. She is 69, shrugging […]
President Uhuru has a team of doctors who keep to the shadows unlike his predecessors By Undercover Reporter Death, as it does to all men, finally came to Tanzanian President Dr John Pombe Magufuli. He died of heart complications related to ‘Miss Rona’ which most suspected all along, anyway. And so did President Uhuru Kenyatta’s dentist, Dr Andrew Machua […]
If you escape, there is still April and June, and most murders happen at the bar or home – never by the roadside By Pascal Owade Contributing Editor/Crime You are likely to be murdered by your wife around October and December -especially if she’s from Kiambu, the county with Kenya’s highest crime rate and home […]
Wealthy politician and Margaret Kenyatta were also partners in crime By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, who was assassinated 46 years ago this week, was known for many things: fabulous wealth, financial generosity and populist ‘hustler’ politics. But kept under wraps was that the MP for Nyandarua North was a playboy with a long-running […]
