Wealth transfer in Kenya is more than meets the eye

Members of the Civil Society and Mombasa's Local Community in a peaceful protest march along Mombasa streets in Mombasa County on Thursday,017th November,2016.This was during the Red Thursdays Peoples Movement against corruption protest march to signify their anger against corruption and force Institution that are not fighting corruption to resign.PHOTO BY MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD

The Standard, on April 16, 2017, published an article by Dr XN Iraki on the subject of wealth transfer — at the individual, family and national level.

It was an interesting article for several reasons. One, it went to some depth in trying to understand the popular issue of wealth accumulation in Kenya and, more particularly, the question of the legitimacy of methods used in that process.