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Tribute: Awesome to behold, famously unsentimental, Kirubi took no prisoners

Billionaire businessman Chris Kirubi died on June 14, 2021, at the age of 80. [Courtesy]

Chris Kirubi has been eulogised in laudatory terms these last few days. That is as it should be. He was an exceptionally successful businessman, a larger than life presence on Nairobi’s social scene, a bon vivant possessed of exquisite and enviable taste in all things, an erudite conversationalist on a wide range of subjects, an ever-present mentor, a generous benefactor to and patron of many

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