It is one of those random stories you hear and listen to – if you have time – when fate leads you into the interiors of Uasin Gishu County. It so happens that a neighbour was moving out and had hired some local folks to load his truck. Unless you’re a nincompoop and you’re one who was brought up poorly, courtesy will demand that you join and help the guys; and since I’m not a nincompoop and I am one who was brought up properly, I joined the fray. Experience, if not history, will remind you that Nandis and politics are inseparable. These guys love politics more than the way a Maasai warrior loves his cows and even more than the way an uncircumcised, Pokot bandit loves his gun. Before long, they were on Jackson Kibor’s case, (the elderly man who recently divorced his wife). It is important herein to note that this controversial oligarch is feared in these parts of the world – even the Deputy President is no match for him. (And this is true, according to my talkative friend...
GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH