President once executed an upper cut on a State House waiter who spilled soup on his suit By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large @UndercoverKe The President introduced two male Cabinet colleagues as “my father and mother” to visiting diplomats at State House Nakuru. That was one of many red flags President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was losing his […]
Acid-tempered spares parts dealer Jonathan Mukundi had made up his mind. Both he and estranged wife Philomena Njeri were going to die that Monday night By Shifaa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist Friends and family say spare parts dealer Jonathan Mukundi and wife Philomena Njeri were star-crossed lovers, ill fated for each other despite open displays […]
The mastermind of the 1982 coup attempt hailed from a village of coup plotters in Luo Nyanza By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large @UndercoverKe He was just 26 when Kenyan men are clueless about life. But at that age, Hezekiah Ochuka, a Senior Private in the Kenya Air Force, the second lowest rank, knew he wanted to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mzee Jomo Kenyatt’s son was among traitors who castrated Mau Mau suspects By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large It was not uncommon to have a hot egg thrust up your butt this week in October 20, 1952. Kenyans celebrate it as Mashujaa Day. Heroes Day. But being a hero then could also have meant inserting a snake […]
Founding President has to look good when his family checks on him inside Parliament grounds By Mbatia wa Njambi Visiting Thinker @UndercoverKe Someone changes the suit worn by founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in readiness for his annual memorials marked this week. Iron his shirt, adjust tie, tighten belt, shampoo the fly-whisk, comb his hair, […]
Only three people in Kenya knew of assassin Nahashon Njenga’s execution By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large Tom Mboya, the nationalist politician, was assassinated this week and later buried in an emotional ceremony on July 14, 1969. Nahashon Isaac Njenga Njoroge was found guilty of shooting Mboya’s 39 year old body, after a trial that left more […]
Kenyans think Rastas are about dreadlocks, reggae music and ghetto life; but it’s a natural progression towards self realization By Mbatia wa Njambi Visiting Thinker Rastafarians will now have one of their own at the High Court and ‘Ras Mathenge’ will have his plate spilling with pending issues for ‘I and I’. One is, Rastas […]
While he smuggled VAT 69 into the presidential limo, he preferred lager from the pub inside Parliament By Undercover Reporter @Undercover KE Sir Humphrey Slade was elected independent Kenya’s first Speaker of the National Assembly in February 1967. But the lawyer and ardent mountain climber was more known for his run ins with founding President […]