Former Nairobi governor Evans Kidero has become a lonely man ever since the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) started investigating him on corruption-related charges.
According to the Nation, even though he has not been convicted of any financial crimes yet, the frequent arrests have seen him lose friends as fast as he earned them.
The crowd that used to mill around him is gone. Today you are more likely to see him sitting alone at a table in a golf course restaurant than out and about.
Kidero has been arrested at least three times, with the latest one being one of the most embarrassing since he had to spend four nights in a police cell.
On Tuesday, a weary Dr Kidero walked out of Kilimani Police Station cells after he was released on Ksh8 million cash bail for his second corruption case.
He was charged alongside eight others for conspiring to defraud the Nairobi City County of Ksh68 million.
Between January 2011 and December 2015, Dr Kidero had made cash deposits that added up to Ksh317 million.
This is the period that coincided with his exit from Mumias Sugar Company, which collapsed soon after he left, and his election as governor of Nairobi County.
The detectives started questioning his new-found wealth, arguing that it was not commensurate with his known sources of income.
In response, Dr Kidero defended his wealth, stating that he had earned every penny from his businesses and the salaries he drew while working for some of the country’s blue-chip companies.
Kidero, who is a former son of a police officer, rose from the grit of the slums of Majengo to become one of the most admired chief executives in the Kenyan corporate scene.
