{"id":236138,"date":"2026-07-06T08:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/?p=236138"},"modified":"2026-07-06T08:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:08:46","slug":"ken-mijungu-reveals-multiple-businesses-behind-his-wealth-i-have-never-depended-on-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/ken-mijungu-reveals-multiple-businesses-behind-his-wealth-i-have-never-depended-on-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Mijungu reveals multiple businesses behind his wealth: &#8216;I have never depended on the media&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"311\">Media personality Ken Mijungu has opened up about his business empire, revealing that he has built several income streams outside journalism and has never relied solely on the media industry for his livelihood.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"491\">Speaking in a recent interview, Mijungu described himself as a lawyer, consultant, entrepreneur and businessman, saying he has deliberately diversified his career over the years.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1l6vm3c\" data-start=\"493\" data-end=\"515\">Back to law school<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"517\" data-end=\"630\">Mijungu disclosed that he recently took a break from some of his media engagements to focus on his legal studies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"771\">According to him, he is currently preparing for his bar examinations at the Kenya School of Law while continuing to run his other ventures.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"773\" data-end=\"1009\">\n<p data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"1009\">&#8220;I do a lot of things. I&#8217;m a consultant, and I&#8217;m a lawyer. The reason why I took this break is to go back to school. I&#8217;m back in school for my bar exams, so even right now when I leave, I&#8217;m headed to the Kenya School of Law,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1011\" data-end=\"1113\">He added that he continues to provide both legal and media consultancy services alongside his studies.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1115\" data-end=\"1320\">\n<p data-start=\"1117\" data-end=\"1320\">&#8220;My legal consultancy still continues. I&#8217;m a legal consultant, and I do media consultancy. I&#8217;m also a businessman. I do a lot of exports and imports, and I also do immigration consultancy,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"48ihgg\" data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1361\">Luxury cars and helicopter business<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1363\" data-end=\"1513\">Beyond consultancy, Mijungu revealed that he has been in the executive vehicle business since 2010, supplying high-end and luxury vehicles to clients.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1515\" data-end=\"1698\">\n<p data-start=\"1517\" data-end=\"1698\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve had an executive car business since 2010. I have 4&#215;4 luxury cars and exotic cars. If you want three Lamborghinis in your fleet, I&#8217;m the one who can get them for you,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1700\" data-end=\"1838\">He also disclosed that he operates in the helicopter charter business through partnerships with helicopter owners based at Wilson Airport.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1840\" data-end=\"2033\">\n<p data-start=\"1842\" data-end=\"2033\">&#8220;I got into the chopper business. I have a chopper stationed here through some of my friends at Wilson, and I also work with other people who have choppers whenever I have business,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"h6kdlo\" data-start=\"2035\" data-end=\"2075\">&#8216;I have never depended on the media&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2077\" data-end=\"2186\">Mijungu said his various businesses have enabled him to remain financially independent throughout his career.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2188\" data-end=\"2263\">\n<p data-start=\"2190\" data-end=\"2263\">&#8220;So I do a lot of things. I have never depended on the media,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"he5djl\" data-start=\"2265\" data-end=\"2298\">Discipline behind his success<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2300\" data-end=\"2506\">The veteran journalist attributed his achievements to discipline and an intense work ethic, revealing that he typically sleeps for only three to four hours each night to keep up with his demanding schedule.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2508\" data-end=\"2736\">\n<p data-start=\"2510\" data-end=\"2736\">&#8220;You have to work extra hours when people sleep. I am awake when people are sleeping, and when people are awake, I&#8217;m also awake. You&#8217;ll never find me sleeping during the day. I sleep a maximum of three to four hours,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2738\" data-end=\"2885\">Despite the demanding routine, Mijungu said he makes time to recharge by taking extended holidays during which he completely disconnects from work.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2887\" data-end=\"2997\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<p data-start=\"2889\" data-end=\"2997\" data-is-last-node=\"\">&#8220;When I want to rest, I go on holiday, switch off my phone for even two weeks, and rest properly,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media personality Ken Mijungu has opened up about his business empire, revealing that he has built several income streams outside journalism and has never relied solely on the media industry for his livelihood. Speaking in a recent interview, Mijungu described himself as a lawyer, consultant, entrepreneur and businessman, saying he has deliberately diversified his career [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6069,"featured_media":236139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[345],"class_list":["post-236138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ken-mijungu-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236140,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236138\/revisions\/236140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}