As heavy snow touches down in Stockholm, millionaire Barbz has sent “Winter greetings” to all members of the Kenya-Stockholm community and friends alike. KSB has had a long interview with Barbz at Grand Hotel, time when she also answered some of the most asked questions about her by KSB readers. We began by asking her why she has been quiet and why Sam Pippo have been saying that she has reduced her contact with Kenyans in Stockholm.
“I am not a noise maker and I have not cut any contacts with Kenyans”, she said. “What happened is that I dropped some of my friends who were simply out to exploit me using different tricks. These are the people going round saying that I have cut contacts with Kenyans”, she said.
Barbz said that she was very disappointed that some people she trusted were the same people who were spreading falsehoods about her. “As I have said before, I cannot run away from my people but there are others who have been moving close to me in order to use such contacts to malign me and this is not good”, she said as she sipped from a glass of Champaign she had ordered at 1.500kr. I arrived at the Hotel with my friend Nick and found Barbz having a chit-chat with a trusted friend at a seperate table. After a brief exchange of banter, the conversation began to take the form of an interview.
The meeting had earlier started with a brief drama because one of the waiters was uncomfortable that a group of Africans who were sitting at a table at the Hotel might not be able to afford what they were ordering so he wanted money upfront while other customers were being served without such demands. Barbz was treating some friends for Dinner at the Hotel following her arrival from Denmark where she had gone on a bizz trip. The situation with the waiter later stabilized and the waiter relaxed after he was requested to stop practicing racism and discrimination at the hotel.
“Why haven’t you paid for the 5k you promised the Kenya-Stockholm Football Team in Summer?”, I posed. “I know that some people have been asking this question a lot. The reason is because the Kenya Football Team is not organized enough so I don’t really know where to deposit the money”, she said. The team is not registered so it does not have a bank account. You don’t donate money to a Football team then you give it to someone to keep in his wallet, do you?”, she asked KSB without getting any concrete answer.
According to Barbz, many people have been saying that they have sponsored the Team without specifying the nature of sponsorship. “I did not want to do that because saying that you are sponsoring a team is a very serious commitment. Since they played at the last tournament, we have not heard anything about the team so I don’t even know whether it still exists”, she said. “My sponsorship still stands but the team needs to open a bank account where funds can be deposited. Those saying that I have not honoured my promise should show me where to deposit the money”, she said.
“There have been accusations from Sam Pippo that you are not a millionaire and that talk about millions in your bank account is just hot air. What is the position and how many millions are you worth?”
“I do not advertise my millionaire status and this information actually came out accidentally after I was conned almost a million Swedish crowns a few years ago. What I am doing is that I am sharing my resources with my people at every opportunity without bragging about it. There are friends who may talk about my financial status positively without my knowledge because may be, I have bought someone a house here, a car there or sorted a crippling debt. However, these are very close friends…”
KSB: “But are you a millionaire and how many millions do you have in your bank account?”
“I haven’t finished. I think the problem is that there are people who heard that I bought for a friend an apartment so they also came with proposals that I help them by apartments. When I told them that I am not just dishing out money, they began to spread negative stories about me but I don’t want to go into that now”, she said.
“I have no problem with people wanting to say anything about me because you cannot be in my position and fail to have people who are jealous of the success so I have learnt to live with it”, she said.
Questions about Drugs and House Maids
Barbz identified two Kenyan ladies (names on file) whom, she said, are responsible for much of the negative stories circulating in Stockholm about her. She said that although she has been helping these ladies a great deal, they turned against her. She said that the two ladies started behaving funnily after she discovered that they were trying to snatch her boyfriend.
“I sympathized with these Kenyan ladies and used my connections to get them jobs because they said that they were so desperate and that they had started going out in the streets. They are very intelligent ladies but I got concerned that one of them had dropped from school because her economy could not add up…”, she said.
“Then what happened?
“As soon as they began to get back on their feet, I advised them to continue with their lives because I am a very busy person. However, they thought that I was dumping them and that I would never spend any money on them again. After they failed to snatch my boyfriend, they began to spread falsehoods about me. These are the kind of people whom I don’t like”, she told KSB as she sipped from her glass. The waiter came and although she insisted that we take “something”, we stuck to our sodas because we are KSB-stians from the Helikopta of Karast Assembly.
“There has been talk that you have started using drugs. Is this true?” I was not sure how she would react but the question did not seem to surprise her.
“I would answer that question by asking you a question. Do I look like someone on drugs?”, she posed although there was no answer.
“I got married recently to my sweetheart and when I was in Spain during my honeymoon, the same people were saying that there is no way I could have travelled to Spain because I have no status in Sweden”, she said.
“Now, they have changed the story and I am not surprised because these are Kenyans who will try to do anything to destroy a fellow Kenyan”, she said calmly. “Some of these people used to be my friends and you can just imagine what they can do if they are spreading such false stories about me”, she added. “I am happily married, I am not into drugs, I have never taken drugs and I will never take drugs”, she said emphatically. “I have a lot of responsibilities and I cannot risk going to jail because of criminal activity”, she told KSB.
“Is it true that you employ a lot of Kenyans at your residence as house maids?”
“I do hire people on a temporary basis but when it comes to employing Kenyans to help me with whatever work, it is because it is easier for me to understand and cope with Kenyans around the house than other strangers. I feel at home and happy that they help me while I also help them”, she said. “This is my personal life and I wouldn’t want to go so much into detail about it”, she said.
It was soon time to go and Barbz promised another interview should this be necessary. We packed our equipment and left Grand Hotel for KSB Headquarters.
Okoth Osewe
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Lol, lol and lol! Talk of a deer caught in the headlights. Reminds me of a Hollywood celebrity dogding questions.
[Me]
I wanna be a billionaire so fricking bad
Buy all of the things I never had
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
Smiling next to BARBZ and the Queen
[Chorus]
Oh every time I close my eyes
I see my name in shining lights
A different city every night oh
I swear the world better prepare
For when I’m a billionaire
[Me]
Yeah I would have a life like BARBZ
I would be the host of, everyday Christmas
Give Me a wish list
I’d probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt
And adopt a bunch of babies that ain’t never had sh-t
Give away a few Kronas like here lady have this
And last but not least grant somebody their last wish
Its been a couple months since I’ve single so
You can call me So So minus the Ho Ho
Get it, hehe, I’d probably visit where BARBZ been
And damn sure do a lot more than she did
Yeah can’t forget about me stupid
Everywhere I go Imma have my own theme music
Dear Barbz,
I am a desperate, paperless Kenyan man willing to help you with household chores in exchange for a fee. I’ll be humble and loyal to you if granted this service. I shall not gossip but resort to zipping my mouth shut and minding my own business as I blow the dust off your expensive plasma TV. I shall lie low like an envelope and serve you with diligence: a servant is to be seen and not be heard.
I shall cherish being your Butler, serving you the best of your most expensive champagne (Dom Perignon White Gold Jeroboam at $40,000 per bottle and Pernod-Ricard Perrier-Jouet at $50,000). However, nothing beats your century old collection of the Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck Champagne at $275,000 per bottle.
Mighty Barbz, even though I cannot afford your 1500 Kronor per glass champagne drinks, I am ready to vacuum clean your great apartment that I understand has got gold-plated water taps and state of the art electronics. I would make sure you sleep soundly in your most recent acquisition of the world’s most expensive bed – the Magnetic Floating Bed at $1.6 million (which replaced your former one year old bed – the Jado Steel Style Gold Bed valued at $676,550, equipped with a DVD player and Bose sound system, Blu-ray player, Playstation 3, a foldaway plasma television coated in gold and can even be connected to the Internet). Thanks to your kind heart, you donated this used bed to another paperless Kenya-Stockholmer. You really have a golden heart.
I will stop showering you with praises and remain on my knees praying that you will consider my humble request to serve thee, the Goddess Millionaire of Kenya-Stockholm. Oh Mighty Millionaire Barbz, “May thine eyes be open unto the supplication of thy servant”. Please reply through KSB.
Your Faithful Servant
KSB: If we go by yr account, you seem to be having an “insider” knowledge of Barbz’s dwelling place. May be, you need to join our agency so that we can work togatha. Keep us posted.
Am surprised Barbz still has space at KSB to discuss her fantasies. Could someone please explain how the Kenyan football team stores all the sponsorship cash received to promote the club?
KSB: On the contrary, it is KSB readers who have been pestering the Editorial Board to get Barbz to answer the questions posed. KSB is open to both constructive and fun storos so just get yr fill and hope that the Kingdom comes soon.
“By the time she was arrested and taken into police custody, Barbz had conned a Swedish man a total of 101.000 Kr which she has been instructed to pay by a Swedish court sitting in Stockholm city. The money was transferred to Barbz through several transactions which were also well documented by the Swede. Investigations by KSB reveal that although Barbz admitted in court of having taken money from the Swede, she denied wrong doing. The money was received as “loans” by Barbz who promised to repay using her vast resources in Mombasa, Kenya. Between June and July this year, Barbz signed a total of ten documents entering into financial transactions with the Swede who says that he believed that Barbz had money and that she could repay the loans.”
http://kenyastockholm.com/2009/09/21/how-millionare-barbz-conned-swedish-jungu/
KSB: True to form, we always get to the bottom of the matter, both in good and bad times.
In all cities and towns, there will be found a super clown:-
Iraq had Bagdad Bob and in Kenya-Stockholm we have Barbz. Funny how their names begin with a B! Having said that, Barbz stories should be retired as they do not add any value any more. funny no, pathetic absolutely.
Tricksters have the appearance of goodness that enables them to take advantage of others, taking all they can get, legally or illegally. These folks live through their possessions and material wealth means a great deal to them, although they may affect a humble, self-effacing attitude.
It is not the mugger in the alley or other obvious shady characters we need to fear, for we have learned their ways. Disguised with charming manners and a smiling countenance, real danger lurks in an overly solitious new acquaintance who offers friendship easily . . . and just as easily withdraws it.
Tricksters have two faces – one that smiles when we are helping to further their agenda, and another that turns cold when we can no longer support their projects or need financial help ourselves.
The following identifying markers will help alert people to the presence of “Tricksters”:
Being insecure, yet proud, they will talk badly about other people, trying to get you to agree. They recount stories of personal success, but are stingy with praise for others.
Most of their waking hours are consumed with schemes for making money with the least amount of effort.
They have few, if any, real friends. These people are afraid to get close to anyone they can’t completely control, for fear their deceptive nature will be uncovered. It may seem they are offering friendship and help, but it is only a mirage, acted out to gain one’s confidence. Does confidence/con-man ring a bell?
They are excellent self-promoters, and have an exaggerated sense of their place in the eternal plan . . . delusions of Grandeur . . . and believe their calling is above that of others.
Except for sarcastic wit and put-down jokes, they lack a sense of humor, and almost never laugh at themselves.
They concentrate great energy on presenting an image of competence. Everything is done for show and the admiration of others. Their homes feel cold and empty, even when decorated with expensive art and creative furnishings.
Their most miserable moments are when they are low on cash and their happiest are those spent with newly acquired possessions or money itself.
They love to talk, but only listen to find personal weaknesses or flaws in those with whom they converse, which can be used to their advantage at some future time, i.e., blackmail.
They lie, or tell half-truths, and evade direct questions.
They “lure” people into money making schemes and partnerships to separate them from their money, and are adept at discarding folks who are no longer useful to them or have been sucked dry.
They use relatives and friends to do work they would otherwise have to pay professionals for.
They are cold, calculating, litigious, and rarely accept responsibility for failure. They act from their mindless ambition, seldom from their heart.
You can never trust them completely. They wear you out, mentally and emotionally with plans, schemes, gossip, and inside information.
You can’t relax around them as they are never truly happy or relaxed themselves, and always have a new “trick” or moneymaking project up their sleeves.
@poodle..wow..this analysis is very impressive and has so much truth….reading it its like showing a mirror to this woman.
Is Barbz really married?
Proverbs 13:7: “One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.”
Don’t be a great pretender, pretending that you’re doing well when you only look the part.
Barbz has still not yet paid her penalty to the Kronofogden. She is not following the Swedish Court.
KSB: Christer, we thought this case was over. Do you have any proof of the accusations you level against Barbs?
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