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Amos Kareithi

The art of money, wealth creation and common financial pitfalls

Many of the industries driving today’s economy did not exist 25 years ago yet they have created the richest people in history.

The art of money, wealth creation and common financial pitfalls

Unprecedented armored show of might as KDF patrols Nairobi

Unprecedented armored show of might as KDF patrols Nairobi

By 2 months ago

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o: Ruto's taxes mirror colonial times

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o: Ruto's taxes mirror colonial times

By 3 months ago

Governors protest exclusion from UHC implementation

Governors protest exclusion from UHC implementation

By 7 months ago

Eliud Mathu property fights: Curse of Kenya's founding fathers

Eliud Mathu's daughter, Victoria Ngina, cannot understand why her father’s vast business empire has vapourised like dewdrops in a desert.

By 9 months ago

Eliud Mathu property fights: Curse of Kenya's founding fathers

State, IFAW partner to establish wildlife-friendly sanctuaries in Laikipia

The government, through the Ministry of Tourism, has partnered with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to create wildlife-friendly sanctuaries in Laikipia

By 9 months ago

State, IFAW partner to establish wildlife-friendly sanctuaries in Laikipia

End of 8-4-4 in primary school as 1.2 million join junior secondary

More than 26 million people have gone through 8-4-4 system of education since its inception in the early 80s. Over one million learners are set to join Junior Secondary in January.

By 9 months ago

End of 8-4-4 in primary school as 1.2 million join junior secondary

State financed Sh17b oil import, claims Omtatah as saga rages on

Senator claims some Sh42b instead of Sh732m was unconstitutionally withdrawn. President says the deal was above board, transparent and innovative, and that it made a great difference.

By 10 months ago

State financed Sh17b oil import, claims Omtatah as saga rages on

Tundu Lissu: Why Tanzania's opposition fell out with Raila

Things started changing in 2015 when Raila endorsed Magufuli’s candidacy as president. Despite ideological differences, Lissu still refers to Raila as a great inspiration.

By 10 months ago

Tundu Lissu: Why Tanzania's opposition fell out with Raila

Eliud Mathu property fights: Curse of Kenya's founding fathers

Eliud Mathu's daughter, Victoria Ngina, cannot understand why her father’s vast business empire has vapourised like dewdrops in a desert.

By 9 months ago

Eliud Mathu property fights: Curse of Kenya's founding fathers

State, IFAW partner to establish wildlife-friendly sanctuaries in Laikipia

The government, through the Ministry of Tourism, has partnered with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to create wildlife-friendly sanctuaries in Laikipia

By 9 months ago

State, IFAW partner to establish wildlife-friendly sanctuaries in Laikipia

End of 8-4-4 in primary school as 1.2 million join junior secondary

More than 26 million people have gone through 8-4-4 system of education since its inception in the early 80s. Over one million learners are set to join Junior Secondary in January.

By 9 months ago

End of 8-4-4 in primary school as 1.2 million join junior secondary

State financed Sh17b oil import, claims Omtatah as saga rages on

Senator claims some Sh42b instead of Sh732m was unconstitutionally withdrawn. President says the deal was above board, transparent and innovative, and that it made a great difference.

By 10 months ago

State financed Sh17b oil import, claims Omtatah as saga rages on

Tundu Lissu: Why Tanzania's opposition fell out with Raila

Things started changing in 2015 when Raila endorsed Magufuli’s candidacy as president. Despite ideological differences, Lissu still refers to Raila as a great inspiration.

By 10 months ago

Tundu Lissu: Why Tanzania's opposition fell out with Raila

Eliud Mathu property fights: Curse of Kenya's founding fathers

Eliud Mathu's daughter, Victoria Ngina, cannot understand why her father’s vast business empire has vapourised like dewdrops in a desert.

By 9 months ago

Eliud Mathu property fights: Curse of Kenya's founding fathers

State, IFAW partner to establish wildlife-friendly sanctuaries in Laikipia

The government, through the Ministry of Tourism, has partnered with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to create wildlife-friendly sanctuaries in Laikipia

By 9 months ago

State, IFAW partner to establish wildlife-friendly sanctuaries in Laikipia

End of 8-4-4 in primary school as 1.2 million join junior secondary

More than 26 million people have gone through 8-4-4 system of education since its inception in the early 80s. Over one million learners are set to join Junior Secondary in January.

By 9 months ago

End of 8-4-4 in primary school as 1.2 million join junior secondary

State financed Sh17b oil import, claims Omtatah as saga rages on

Senator claims some Sh42b instead of Sh732m was unconstitutionally withdrawn. President says the deal was above board, transparent and innovative, and that it made a great difference.

By 10 months ago

State financed Sh17b oil import, claims Omtatah as saga rages on

Tundu Lissu: Why Tanzania's opposition fell out with Raila

Things started changing in 2015 when Raila endorsed Magufuli’s candidacy as president. Despite ideological differences, Lissu still refers to Raila as a great inspiration.

By 10 months ago

Tundu Lissu: Why Tanzania's opposition fell out with Raila

State financed Sh17b oil import, claims Omtatah as saga rages on

Senator claims some Sh42b instead of Sh732m was unconstitutionally withdrawn. President says the deal was above board, transparent and innovative, and that it made a great difference.

By Amos Kareithi 10 months ago

State financed Sh17b oil import, claims Omtatah as saga rages on

Tundu Lissu: Why Tanzania's opposition fell out with Raila

Things started changing in 2015 when Raila endorsed Magufuli's candidacy as president. Despite ideological differences, Lissu still refers to Raila as a great inspiration.

By Amos Kareithi 10 months ago

Tundu Lissu: Why Tanzania's opposition fell out with Raila

Rich firm officials and shareholders battle for billions

Some of the 1,400 members of Gatatha Farmers Company Limited, now want Ruto to intervene and save their property worth billions of shillings from being disposed off secretly.

By Amos Kareithi 10 months ago

Rich firm officials and shareholders battle for billions

Karumba's kin plead for Sh14 million to build a mausoleum

Long after he was presumed dead and forgotten, the motherland he suffered for expects close to Sh14 million from the family to build a mausoleum befitting his stature.

By Amos Kareithi 10 months ago

Karumba's kin plead for Sh14 million to build a mausoleum

Ruto reshuffles Cabinet, Kuria and Mutua moved

Cabinet Secretaries who have been prone to gaffes and outrageous public utterances were taken to less visible dockets.

By Amos Kareithi 11 months ago

Ruto reshuffles Cabinet, Kuria and Mutua moved

Why Field Marshal Muthoni Kirima did not attend Mukami's burial

Mukami Kimathi was interred, not very far away from where her iconic husband Dedan KImathi bravely fought the colonial forces.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Why Field Marshal Muthoni Kirima did not attend Mukami's burial

Ruto boots law he swore to defend in corruption fight

The President, who coincidentally, left graft out of his campaign manifesto has come out boldly to declare that he has the will, energy and means to rein in the vice.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Ruto boots law he swore to defend in corruption fight

Day VP's briefcase disappeared from a London hospital

The owner, Michael Wamalwa Kijana had been taken to the hospital after he fell ill after addressing an International Labour Organisation conference in Geneva.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Day VP's briefcase disappeared from a London hospital

Birth of scandal that will remake home of champions

Details and the motives of the two friends are hazy but the echoes of their actions are about to change the face of Eldoret, the home of champions and create the newest club of billionaires.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Birth of scandal that will remake home of champions

Daunting task of housing, taxing impoverished Kenyans

The government has unwittingly borrowed from the hut tax which was introduced by the colonial government to force Africans to seek jobs from the settlers.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Daunting task of housing, taxing impoverished Kenyans

Widow's woes as she battles schemes to disinherit her

Wanjiru's life was turned upside down after her husband, Eliud Ndirangu Macharia, died in 2014 in mysterious circumstances. Macharia was later buried in a controversial manner.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Widow's woes as she battles schemes to disinherit her

Ray of hope for peasants' 50-year battle to claim ranch

Gucokaniriria Kihato Farmers and Traders Company held its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) since 2006 on Thursday last week, after years of protracted legal battles between rival camps.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Ray of hope for peasants' 50-year battle to claim ranch

'Patriot' who formed militia but was accused of treason

Besides recruiting 50 highly trained military officers to neutralise the political threat he perceived to be facing the country, Muthemba also used his own money to buy specialised guns

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

'Patriot' who formed militia but was accused of treason

Hangman who hanged criminals for PS5, gave discounts

Robert Marshal outsmarted other hangmen after he presented a tender of PS5 (Sh911) for every white person he hanged and ShPS1 (Sh140) for an African. He offered to hang Asians for free.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Hangman who hanged criminals for PS5, gave discounts

Big bang that scarred Kenya and changed city's skyline

When explosions went off at around 10.30 am on August 7, 1998, the ensuing chaos united the country in grief and the world in fear.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Big bang that scarred Kenya and changed city's skyline

Choruses and amen chants once reigned at Parliament

Kenya's most heavily secured square, where more than 400 honourable members earn a living by shouting ayes and nays to make laws was once holy grounds.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Choruses and amen chants once reigned at Parliament

How Bob Marley's reggae music sustained 1982 coup

The reggae music from Voice of Kenya, studios was, however, unceremoniously halted when the plotters who lacked firepower and proper planning were overwhelmed.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

How Bob Marley's reggae music sustained 1982 coup

Why State banned chiefs from joining political parties

Such was the predicament the government found itself in when a cabal of influential chiefs with the backing of rich families from Kiambu formed an association.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Why State banned chiefs from joining political parties

How chief licensing officer helped Njonjo smuggle guns

Charles Mugane Njonjo, while serving as the constitutional minister, was exposed to public ridicule after he was accused of using his office to help his friends import guns.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

How chief licensing officer helped Njonjo smuggle guns

How Mwea was immortalised as Kenya's headquarters of torture

Mwea, conjures up images of tortured freedom fighters being stripped naked by overbearing white colonial officers hell-bent to make them disown their freedom struggle.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

How Mwea was immortalised as Kenya's headquarters of torture

Sending errant children to South Africa to be reformed

Juveniles found guilty in Kenya could be transported to South Africa where they could serve their time and later brought back home once they were reformed.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Sending errant children to South Africa to be reformed

When the government organised its demonstration

It was quite a cinema as the president witnessed a flypast by the Kenya Air Force.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

When the government organised its demonstration

How some chiefs morphed into powerful politicians

There was a time chief could dare dream of becoming senior government officers away from the drinking dens where they spent most of their time battling with chan'gaa brewers

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

How some chiefs morphed into powerful politicians

Bulgaria trip: Genesis of Kenya's first scholarship scam

A senior minister, who Matiba does not name, conspired with the Bulgarian government to carry out the scheme, leaving the Kenya government with an egg on its face.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Bulgaria trip: Genesis of Kenya's first scholarship scam

How family acquired land in Thika for pineapple empire

After waiting for 119 years, the locals feel that it is time to reclaim part of the ancestral land they lost to colonial settlers.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

How family acquired land in Thika for pineapple empire

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