A look at Murang'a billionaires who rule Nairobi Securities Exchange

New statistics indicate that the five top investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange from Murang’a control at least Sh5 billion of their declared shares value. [Betty Njeru/Standard]

Businessmen from Murang’a top the list of billionaire investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange from Central Kenya, cementing a pre-colonial trend when the area residents took to business with gusto.

New statistics indicate that the five top investors at the stock market from Murang’a control at least Sh50billion of their declared shares value, which is more when the undeclared shares they own are factored in, in a show of business acumen started by their fathers in early 1900.