DETAILS BWANA. we are dignified people and won't just accept blanket figures. for jimnah mbaru and jemo, i agree.

Definitely a quack report. Very lazy reporting - no research just dream up figures.

A very laughable attempt at reporting nothing, Let me assure that there is not a single kenyan worth USD 1 B

And Moi is not even in the top 5 richest Kenyans.

Common sense alone should tell us that Merali, Chandaria, are worth more than $10 million

Yeah, Merali is worth more than $10 million, definitely. That list is just lazy. No facts behind it, just off the top of the head figures.

Otherwise, @mukiha, impressive, what some of these simple looking mzees are able to command. Probably still using a Nokia 3310 eh...

When did they purchase Contrust House....to the best of my knowledge Contrust house is owned by NHIF....not unless NHIF is known by the name Rwathia in other quarters.

Useless report! James Mwangi's equity bank's holding alone is 20 times more than what's being shown....research is the word...

@Mukiha/Zakumi - It's the neighbouring Sonalux House that was bought by the wazees.

Now a billion dollar Nigerian but she heading to jail.

A former Nigerian bank chief has been sentenced to six months in prison for fraud and ordered to hand over $1.2bn (£786m) in cash and assets.

Cecilia Ibru, former CEO of Oceanic Bank, pleaded guilty to three of 25 counts of fraud and mismanagement.

She is one of a large number of executives held in connection with the near-collapse of nine banks in 2009.

The verdict is sending shockwaves through Nigeria's financial world, says the BBC's Caroline Duffield in Abuja.

'Making progress'

Mrs Ibru's sentence was the result of a settlement agreement, Judge Dan Abutu told the court in Lagos on Friday.

Her three sentences are for six months each, but will run concurrently. This means she will spend only six months in jail, our correspondent says.

"This is an indication that we are making progress in the war against graft in the country," Farida Waziri, who heads Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, said in a statement.

The government removed Mrs Ibru along with other executives from a number of financial institutions in 2009.

The central bank then had to step in and bail out nine banks which were on the brink of collapse because of reckless lending and fraud.

Mrs Ibru belongs to an elite family, which controls massive business interests across the country. She was famous on Nigeria's party circuit for her jewellery and her taste for corporate jets, our correspondent says.

Until her arrest, the former banker had been considered beyond the reach of the fraud police, our correspondent adds.

However, critics say too few cases are still being prosecuted.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11506421

I can't believe you don't know about the Rwathia group. These guys got their plots as early as the 1940's they own most of the lodgings in downtown kirinyaga. You can get property for 70m in CBD just looking for the muhindi who used to own them in the 1960's and get the sons or in london and australia to sell it to you. We have a lot of yuppies who think business deals are struck in Java and Dormans...
@groupilove, I used to think River road is only gutter until i met some chinese and some africans who are doing joint ventures to own factories in China.