Charles Bukeko had many things going on for him: A carpet size malleable face, bulb like expressive eyes, toothy grin and a hot air balloon of a body By Undercover Reporter @UndercoverKe Charles Bukeko, was the actor who once trekked from his house in Uhuru Estate in Nairobi’s Eastlands to the Kenya National Theatre. He […]
Wardrobes and kitchens are made by the company which makes the interiors for Mercedes By Camy Akinyi-Gecaga Contributing Editor Kenyans, mostly those living East of Uhuru highway, couldn’t help talking about the Runda home of city tycoons Peter and Isabella Kubai after daughter, Joan Kubai, excited her online fans with a video tour of their […]
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 […]
I have been promoted every six months in every role I have been. It’s been fantastic, but I have also been extremely lucky By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist This dude, Polycarp Igathe, is bloody lucky. He drops jobs, paying salaries the length of a telephone number, then gets hired again, for more dough. How come […]
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 […]
The bank which was selling his villas is majority owned by his aunt… former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta! By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist Things are getting financially twisted when scions of old money starts staring at the auctioneer’s hammer in the face. Jeff Koinange, popular television anchor, was losing his two villas in upmarket […]
At every turn, William Ruto has had his wings clipped, political teeth removed with pliers, the presidential wind taken off his sails By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large Presidents in realpolitik, are hardly selected by the voting masses. They are handpicked by Deep State-what is called “the system” and their election campaigns bankrolled by a few old […]
Even President Uhuru Kenyatta has his own- St Mary’s alumni, childhood buddies and business Kahunas By Shifa Mwihaki Contributing writer/Essayist So now comedian Jalang’o has confessed his Boys’ Club was not a House of Lungula as Kenyans now believe. The Boys had rented an apartment where they let their hair and beards down after assisting […]
He was not in the super-rich league because he lacked the ‘killer instinct’ or an appetite for gross corruption By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large Money, it has been said, does not change you, it reveals you. What wealth reveals about the late former President Mwai Kibaki, is that he is a modest, front-pew Catholic. Today, few […]
The moneyed elite are about three things: wealth, power and prestige. Omar Lali had none By Undercover Reporter To marry her playboy guka from Lamu, Tecra Muigai, heiress to the Keroche billions, took Omar Lali to Naivasha, and asked for her parent’s blessings. After all, she had even become a Muslim, and again they had […]
