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Property tycoon Harban Singh, whose company was linked to an attempt at grabbing Langata Road Primary School 's playground, is dead.
The man popularly referred to as Amrit in the Asian community in Kenya, is said to have fallen and injured his head on Monday.
Family sources said Amrit was rushed to Aga Khan hospital on Monday and was in put on life support.
His lawyer Ochieng Oduol said Amrit died on Friday after suffering brain haemorrhage as a result of a massive stroke.
Harban is a longtime friend and business acquaintance of Ketan Somaia who is serving a jail term in London.
The secretive Amrit, believed to be between 75 and 80 years, has a wife and three sons.
He is believed to be behind the grabbing of large tracts of prime land in Nairobi alongside one-time commissioner of lands, Wilson Gachanja .
Singh could rank among one of the wealthiest Kenyans but his riches are linked to deals stretching back to the days of founding president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and his successor Daniel arap Moi.
Also read: Harban Singh And The Properties He Owns .
He is credited with putting up most of the education institutions associated with Moi, including the Kabarak school and university in Nakuru, Sunshine and Moi Educational Centre in Nairobi and most of the schools scattered all over the country named after Moi.
Those who worked closely with the businessman confess he exaggerated the costs for each of the projects he did for Moi and ensured he made massive profits or negotiated bigger stakes for himself.
Amrit owns Ol Tukai Lodge in the heart of Amboseli National Park which he is said to have acquired illegally after a protracted row. The hotel was opened in 1996 and was then managed by Block Hotels.
A shrewd businessman who many described a sweet-talker, Amrit is said to carry himself as an architect while being a draughtsman who surrounded himself with the best architects in the market, whom he used to build his massive empire.
From a reporter of the star
His lawyer Ochieng Oduol said Amrit died on Friday after suffering brain haemorrhage as a result of a massive stroke.
Harban is a longtime friend and business acquaintance of Ketan Somaia who is serving a jail term in London.
The secretive Amrit, believed to be between 75 and 80 years, has a wife and three sons.
He is believed to be behind the grabbing of large tracts of prime land in Nairobi alongside one-time commissioner of lands, Wilson Gachanja .
Singh could rank among one of the wealthiest Kenyans but his riches are linked to deals stretching back to the days of founding president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and his successor Daniel arap Moi.
Also read: Harban Singh And The Properties He Owns .
He is credited with putting up most of the education institutions associated with Moi, including the Kabarak school and university in Nakuru, Sunshine and Moi Educational Centre in Nairobi and most of the schools scattered all over the country named after Moi.
Those who worked closely with the businessman confess he exaggerated the costs for each of the projects he did for Moi and ensured he made massive profits or negotiated bigger stakes for himself.
Amrit owns Ol Tukai Lodge in the heart of Amboseli National Park which he is said to have acquired illegally after a protracted row. The hotel was opened in 1996 and was then managed by Block Hotels.
A shrewd businessman who many described a sweet-talker, Amrit is said to carry himself as an architect while being a draughtsman who surrounded himself with the best architects in the market, whom he used to build his massive empire.
From a reporter of the star
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