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Kirubi had razor-sharp intellect and nurtured promising young talent

Centum CEO James Mworia during Chris Kirubu's memorial service at the Faith Evangelist church, Karen Nairobi.[Elvis Ogina,Standard]

 

Like many people, I had known Chris Kirubi before I met him. The industrialist, stocks investor and real estate mogul. The billionaire. And when he bought Capital FM from founder Lynda Holt in 2004, I was among the staff that he inherited.

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