Renowned political analyst Prof. Mutahi Ngunyi is counting losses after a fire gutted down his mansion in Nairobi’s upscale Runda estate.
Blogger and former State House digital communications director Dennis Itumbi was the first to break the news about the Wednesday morning fire incident on social media.
The inferno erupted at around 1:45 am and consumed the house that Ngunyi says he has owned for the past 27 years.
Responding to a tweet by Itumbi, Ngunyi, who runs the Fifth Estate YouTube channel, suggested that there was a political hand in the incident. He linked the fire incident to his earlier remarks on the January 1st, 2008 Kiambaa massacre where at least 40 people were burnt alive inside KAG Church in Kiambaa, Uasin Gishu County at the height of the 2007/08 post-election violence.
“My FREN @OleItumbi MY house in Runda for 27 years WENT on FIRE at 1.45 am. You TOLD the Hustlers at 2.01 am. About 16 minutes LATER. That is after I talked about KIAMBAA violence of 2008 on 5th Estate. Here is a BETTER picture than the one you POSTED. Enjoy,” Ngunyi tweeted.
Police and the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) are yet to comment about the incident.
When you are facing…
When you are facing foreclosures or behind with your mortgage payments, the best bet is to set your house on fire for insurance claims to pay it off and if lucky get some part of equity gain refund. An old insurance fraud scheme that the lousiest Kenyan so called fraud investors will never be able to ‘legally’ deduce!! You have quickly become irrelevant. Shame on you Ngunyi!!
@Kimchi, that has been…
@Kimchi, that has been Mutahis house for 27 years. If he needed money he would just sell for big bucks because insurance would not fully compensate him.
This is however a preview of the Hustler Government; a government which would be full of destruction, looting and killing with people like Itumbu in charge. Worse than the Moi regime. And we are yet to know what happened to Kenei.
Hey smelly kimchi! You fake…
Hey smelly kimchi! You fake propaganda and theories will take you no where! Stop selecting that Ruto hired hustler goons to choma mutahi’s home! And how about Ruto hiring things to storm his Sugoi house in 2017? Did you think about your fake prognosis at that time? Wewe mafi ya Shetani!
What mutahi’s says is as real or more real that what Ruto did in 2008 in Kiambaa. Of course kalenjin want to kill mutahi’s to shut him up! You just don’t get it you fool! Do you?
Wacha matusi wewe…
Wacha matusi wewe kanjajetomi, how did your mama raise you? I have and will never supported Ruto by the way. Just laid out my opinion which is not a fact. You seem to have a good sense of smell sniffing chicken shit! Good for you low life. Next you eat your own poop? Slow to understand slob??
@stinky kimchi – mama raised…
@stinky kimchi – mama raised me Way better than your mama deserted you inside a pit latrine toilet m; way deep inside the hole!
Wa kimchi – did you say you…
Wa kimchi – did you say you each poop slob in your family? Yakeeeee fool! Is Ruto not your brother from your other half mother? Don’t deny the truth!
It better not be arson @…
It better not be arson @ Kimchi.Unless Property insurances operate differently in Kenya, damages and property loss due to arson are not usually covered by property insurance,for the simple reason you mentioned,and that is the policy holders themselves might exploit it.Either way, its atough situation.hope they get to the bottom of it.
How did Itumbi know that…
How did Itumbi know that mutahi’s house was on fire 16 minutes after the fire started? Is do Ruto trying to kill mutability ngunyi now?
What role did Itumbi play in organizing the burning of mutahi’s how by Ruto’s wheelbarrow crew? Is this the kind of Kenya people want where you burn down mutahi’s home for telling the truth about Ruto?
We need clear answers to the burning of Mutai ngunyi’s house at 1:45 AM.
He might be the one who lit…
He might be the one who lit the fire. Everybody is asleep at 1.45 am.
You got a big point! What…
You got a big point! What was Itumbi doing around mutahi’s house at 1:45 AM? He must have been right there a few minutes before the fire was lit.
Houses do not just burn in…
Houses do not just burn in Runda! Is there an arson in Itumbi?
What happened to mutahi’s house Itumbi!? Evidently you were right there on the scene to have captured the burning operation of mutahi’s house. How did you stage manage the burning of a whole house Itumbi!?
Tell the world the truth Itumbi! Surely the truth shall or will set you free Itumbi!
Why was Itumbi boiling some…
Why was Itumbi boiling some eggs on the back part of mutahi’s house at 1:45 AM after mutahi’s had discussed the 2008 Kiambaa violence earlier in the day?
Shouldnt DP Ruto have some answers to these urgent questions?
What happened to mutahi’s is just the beginning of things to come as Ruto force himself into presidency!
Has Itumbi been arrested to…
Has Itumbi been arrested to answer the charges of what he knows about the burning of ngunyi’s house? I would start right there!
Shows how the hustler team…
Shows how the hustler team would govern the country. You either support their stealing or the roof over your head disappears and perhaps you could also disappear.
Itumbu should explain how he knew this.
This is the genesis of…
This is the genesis of things to come should Ruto take over presidency! Ruto will maim, steal, burn, torture and kill!
We should not take this matter lightly! We must get concise answers as to how mutahi’s home of 27 years burned down!
I want Ruto to explain how his communications chief Itumbi knew of the fateful events way before the house went down in smoke! I ma calling this a silver spoon because it is exactly what it is! Kenyans should not let this matter go while Ruto’s house in Sugoi is up and standing! That all I got to say!
NYS money which might been…
NYS money which might been hidden in this house turned into ashes.
Mutahi Ngunyi is behind on…
Mutahi Ngunyi is behind on mortgage
Watching that fire will keep…
Watching that fire will keep his mouth shut for sometimes for people to breathe and eat.
Watching that fire will keep…
Watching that fire will keep his mouth shut for sometimes for people to breathe and eat.
Fake news
Fake news
Some comments surely ati…
Some comments surely ati boiling eggs on the back of the house at 1:45 am in the morning.I need to rise early apparently that is when things happen.But this is arson as someone stated houses in Runda do not just go up in flames like those in Mathare or Kibera.Instead of face the shame of foreclosure he decided to burn it down but the bank does not forget debts do not disappear even when the collateral goes missing.
I totally believe that Prof…
I totally believe that Prof. Mutahi Ngunyi’s house is paid off,because mortgages in Kenya mostly run for 15 yrs not unless things changed or maybe he used this house as collateral for a bigger loan.
I agree with Comrade Maxiley on ARSON,
INSURANCE COMPANIES won’t pay, but as we all know corruption is at it’s best.