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The Popats interest in the business empire stretches the back to early 1930s when patriarch, Charthubhai Popat - who came to Kenya with one suitcase -opened hardware around the Nairobi Railway Station. He had ten children, the most famous being the eldest, Abdul Karim Popat.
Abdul Karim Popat: He was kidnapped by Alois Kimani, James Wamae, and Ken Kinyanjui who demanded Sh200 million ransom from the business mogul in 1998. Cops tracked phone calls to their Karen hideout, rescuing Popat after a 60-hour saga in which Alois was killed.
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