Dr Muriithi Muhoro owns Charlie’s Bistro, it was situated at Southend Mall [Photo: Courtesy]
Hours after his multi-million shilling investment was brought down by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) bulldozers, Dr Muriithi Muhoro has moved on – literally! In two weeks he is opening a new restaurant at City Hall, sde.co.ke can exclusively report. Wednesday morning, Kenyans were woken up to shocking scenes of the Southend Mall being demolished. This is part of a NEMA operation to reclaim riparian lands in the city.
One of the tenants in the Southend Mall was Charlie’s Bistro owned by Dr. Muhoro, a flamboyant 32 year old doctor turned entrepreneur. Hours into the demolition exercise, he had already moved on. “Loading the remnants of a decadent past at Charlie’s! All our staff will not be jobless, Charlie’s City Hall opens in 2 weeks! Onwards and forwards!!” He posted on his Instagram page. Mta do?
In an interview with Career Point Kenya, in February 2018, he revealed that he spent Sh42 million to start the high end restaurant located at the Mbagathi and Lang’ata Road junction. “I must say it was not cheap. I opened it to a tune of 42 million shillings having accumulated around 22 million from my other businesses and then I took a bank loan of 20 million,” said Muhoro.
He added that he had made over Sh100 million since opening its doors in July, 2017. “I realized that people who wanted to go to high end restaurants from the areas of Lang’ata had to go all the way to town and the Westlands and that was how the idea was born.To my surprise, the reception has been great. “When we opened in July, we made a total of 3 million in sales and a total of 0ver 100 million up to today. I have plans of opening two more branches this year and hoping that the reception will be the same.
That 32 year old 100 mil in a year? When our whole clan cannot make a combined annual income of 10 mil? We need to be wiped of the surface of this earth.
But hio mahali ilikua na baridi sana. Madem wa freeze-and-shine were shivering. Halafu beer 300ml ni sh400. Ukipeana thao ni beer mbili tu. Dem days tukiwa colle hio 400bob ni bia kumi pale KBC AFCO. Unakalia kisiki na kunywa bia moto kama chai
“I invested Sh76 million to make this business what it was. I am disappointed because it was disrupted and some of my property destroyed because of this rush,” Charlie’s Bistro owner Paul Muhoro said.
Muhoro’s business occupied the entire fifth floor and had employed more than 200 people.
“On weekdays, between Monday and Thursday, we used to make between Sh300,000 and Sh500,000 a day and on Fridays and weekends, we used to do up to Sh1.2 million,” an agitated Muhoro said.
He hired youths to help him salvage some of his items after he and his workers were overwhelmed. It was hectic for the youths to carry some of the heavy items such as tables as the stairs were dark after electricity was disconnected.
Isn’t doc a bit daft to have opted to be a tenant in an illicitly procured and constructed property? He could be part of the unscrupulous new entrepreneurs that populate Kenya today, getting rich at any price including poisoned drinks, air tenders and stolen GoK equipment and drugs.
I also cant believe what am reading…let’s attribute it to his young age… @Budspencer …sisi hapo kbc tulikua tunanua 1 beer at 35…ikaongezwa hadi 37 bob alafu mnapea AP gate 30bob. Mkiingia wawili mnachukua crate mnakaa kwa mawe pale nje…no wonder I still don’t spend money on expensive alcohol
Makes perfect sense. Another sign is he moved on from there instead of dwelling on the past. I am curious as to why he didn’t choose to have a medic-oriented business. Or restaurant biz is his passion.
Hii Kenya imejaa wankers wengi sana. There is no way in hell the niggar spent 42m in putting up the restaurant. Hio place sio ati ilikuwa tops vile. Ni vile ilikuwa na clientele that is amazed by useless stuff. Ujinga eti beer ni 350 then they had the audacity ya kuongeza bei. Went there twice but couldn’t find my poison. On asking, unambiwa eti ni policy not to stock some beers so you take what they offer and not what you want. Upuss. They also had assholes for bouncers and waiters especially machali. Wakule ujeuri yao.
he refused to pay his designer for Charlie’s Bistro near City Hall.
Also this section from his interview with CareerPoint does answer a few questions:
"In 2013, after devolution, through classmates and friends who had secured jobs in county governments and the money I had gotten after selling the dental clinic, I was able to secure some tenders to supply medical equipment to hospital and counties. "