Jimmy Wanjigi bought a $2500 pen for Raila! See the world's most expensive pens

Piece by: Grace Kerongo
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Miguna Miguna has let the cat out of the bag.

In an interview with Jeff Koinange for the Citizen TV show JKL, the lawyer Miguna Miguna, revealed that a Ksh 250,000 pen was to be used in Raila Odinga's controversial swearing in.

It was purchased by billionaire Jimmy Wanjigi.

"Jimmy Wanjigi had bought a pen he told me was worth 2,500 dollars, he said that was the pen that was supposed to swear in Raila but it wasn't there," he noted.

You know the way they say, that a pen is mightier than a sword? Well, they also cost way, way, more than a sword.

Here are some of the most expensive pens in the world as documented by the good guys at .

The Caran d’Ache “1010″ Fountain Pen 

The 18-carat white gold barrel and cap feature more than 1,430 diamonds. And that’s not all: the Montblanc star logo consists of another 18 diamonds and 18-carat white gold rings. A paramount cut diamond highlights the clip. The $1,500,000 asking price places the Boehme Royal Pen among the most elite writing instruments.

  1. The Four Seasons Pen — $36,000
  2. Fulgor Nocturnus by Tibaldi — $8 million
  3. Heaven Gold Pen by Anita Tan — $995,510
  4. Caran d’Ache Gothica Pen — $406,450
  5. Prince Rainier III Limited Edition 81 Pen — $256,000
  6. Limited Edition Boehme Papillion Pen by Montblanc — $230,410
  7. Alchemy HRH Fountain Pen by Visconti — $57,000
  8. Perrier-Jouët Anniversary Edition pen by Omas — $134,700