If you’re a Safaricom subscriber, a diehard drinker of EABL products, you make him filthy rich By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large @UndercoverKe Reclusive billionaire Dr John Kibunga Kimani, one of Kenya’s Uber-rich serial investors, can get lost in a crowd of three. Until recently, there was no photo of him in the public domain. As is […]
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Killer deals: When dead PCEA pastor stole Sh2.8 million from dead businessman!
Rev Peter Kania withdrew Sh3 million after his death and four months later his deactivated cell phone cleaned three bank accounts dry By Pascal Owade Contributing Editor/Crime It was the bizarre case of a pastor whose accounts lost Sh3 million before he was buried and his cell phone number used to steal Sh2.8 million from […]
Mark Too: Mpango’s kids demanding share of Sh500 million, 19 farms, houses in Muthaiga, Lavington
The mpango’s kids of late billionaire Nginyo Kariuki are also demanding a piece of his Sh4 billion estate By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist @UndercoverKe The late politician Mark Too had two wives and 11 children-four from mpango wa kando-and now crawling from the woodworks demanding their share of his multibillion shilling estate. It is a […]
Joyce Laboso: Auctioneers knocking on Sh100 million inheritance drama!
Women leave inheritance to their kids leaving out husbands. The late governor was no different… complicating matters By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large @UndercoverKe Your dear loving wife is unlikely to include you in her Will. Her bank account savings, which are a state secret, have the children listed as next of kin. You are also unlikely […]
Pesa Otas: What some of Kenya’s rich… think about money!
No matter how much money you make, there will always be someone with more dough than you By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large @UndercoverKe You must have spent many sleepless nights wondering, scheming, planning, plotting, musing and dreaming how to become Mr Moneybags, a financial Kahuna. The knack for making money though, manifests itself in various guises […]
Billionaire Nginyo Kariuki: Mpango’s kids now demanding Sh4 billion inheritance!
The three children would trouser home Sh400 million each if wealth was shared equally By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist @UndercoverKe A billionaire’s mpango’s children have lunged for a piece of the Sh4 billion inheritance bonanza including rental income from Nginyo Towers on Koinange street, Nairobi. Billionaire Nginyo Kariuki, father of six, died at 82 this […]
Chris Obure: Gold scammer who doesn’t touch deals less than Sh100 million!
His victims sue him, but shortly active death threats see them gassing towards the airport, fleeing By Pascal Owade Contributing Editor/crime @UndercoverKe 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 […]
Sportpesa comeback: Where Mega Jackpot winners live as jiranis
There is a misconception I am moneyed. The Truth is I don’t have the money. I know it’s hard to believe By Idris ‘Shoes’ Lule Contributing writer/Sports Gordon Ogada, holed up in Nairobi’s Kibra slums where flying toilets are the order of the night. That was before he hit the Mother Lode, winning Sh230 million […]
Uhuru brother in-law sues stepmother over Sh57 million
Udi Gecaga is now dating Dr Sally Kosgey after separating from Jeni Kenyatta By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large It is a bitter multimillion shilling inheritance and property dispute pitting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s brother in-law, Udi Gecaga and his step-mother. The case which is slotted for the courts this June has been opening up the intricacies of […]
Working from home: Kenyan CEO earns Sh1 million daily…during lockdown!
His annual pay equals earning more than Sh42, 000 every hour for 365 days minus dividends By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large By the time you spill an hour taking a shower, brushing your teeth and trying unsuccessfully to shake off a hangover, Gideon Muriuki will have made over Sh 40, 000. That comes to more than […]