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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
His annual pay, perks and bonuses makes him the highest paid head honcho of all listed companies at the Nairobi Securities Exchange 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, […]
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 Not one Kenyan made it to this year’s list of Africa’s dollar billionaires, basically those whose worth kisses the Sh100 billion ceiling. The Kenyattas and the Ndegwas play in […]
The late former Attorney General has business interests in Nairobi’s Sankara Hotel and the 60,000 acre Solio Ranch in Laikipia By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large @Undercover KE Charles Njonjo, Kenya’s former Attorney General died at 5am on Sunday morning and was cremated six hours later at the Hindu Crematorium in Kariokor, Nairobi. Njonjo was a certified […]
I was so scared I would be shot in the streets after buying International House I brought a partner By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist @Undercover KE Having gained what he considered enough experience working for Shell selling gas, Sterling Winthrop selling drugs, Chris Kirubi got tired of the little room for upward mobility and quit […]
The Kenyattas are laughing their heads off at what Kenyans are calling it ‘Railway to Nowhere’ By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large @Undercover KE It was laughable, really, President Uhuru Kenyatta having beef with public servants engaged in private business. Conflict of interest, he called it, and asked the Attorney General- who is curiously his cousin- to […]
Women spend more time loitering in supermarkets comparing prices, checking expiry dates, smelling perfumes and lotions By Shifa Mwihaki Feature Writer/Essayist @Undercover KE You must have entered a supermarket… not once, not twice… with the intention of buying the Sh80 yoghurt only to end up with a trolley that dents Sh5000 into your wallet. Despite […]
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 […]
