I happen to personally know the richest receptionist in Kenya today: Fredrick Sagwe Onyancha. We went to the same primary boarding school (Bobembe) and back then, the guy was one of the most humble humans I have ever met in my entire life. I was shocked to read in the papers that he now uses choppers from the city center to his house, in order to avoid the heavy Nairobi traffic jam, after … [Read More...]
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