PAY ATTENTION: TUKO is in WhatsApp Channels now! Subscribe and read news in your favourite messenger.
Most Kenyan teenagers are focused on revision and KCSE exams during Form Four.
Thomas Khumba Wanyama, known popularly as Heskey, was doing something rather different - buying a five-bedroom house in Nairobi.
The younger brother of former Harambee Stars legends Victor Wanyama and McDonald Mariga made the revelation during a 2022 appearance on the Art of Living show, where he opened up about how the Wanyama family's football success transformed all their lives.
Heskey explained that he acquired the off-plan property in 2015 for KSh 14 million.
Kenyans raise over KSh 500k for Bungoma boy battling rare skin condition hours after appeal
Search option is now available at TUKO! Feel free to search the content on topics/people you enjoy reading about in the top right corner ;)
The apartment sits in the same block where his brother Harry also owns a unit, making it something of a family compound.
The timing proved fortuitous for Heskey too; he noted that comparable units in the same block later went on to sell for between KSh 22 and 23 million. By the time of the interview, he had already spent about seven years living in the home.
