@RvP; spot on... And you have mentioned 3 people who I interacted with and immensely respected. 2 of whom are/were personal friends. Jan ram-rod sharp made my breakthrough into Telekom by his handholding and great leadership. I approached him over a proposition to make KPTC a better service provider and he listened keenly and wholesomely embraced my idea and became my champion of the idea within KPTC roping in Davis Chirchir who was then Snr Mngr ICT. Great guy, amiable, honourable and very very smart! Incorruptible....
Cheserem on the other hand approached us to employ his daughter who had just returned from her degree in the UK. We became friends from this encounter. FYI Cheserem not only farms in Eldoret but also has a rose farm in Nairobi, Karen near Cooperative College.
As regards Boinnett, I was his tenant in Lavington/Kileleshwa for a long time. Always shy to interact with people, he let his business run/managed professionally with him only being sighted occasionally. Once we got to introduce each other, we became friends have remained so to date over 25yrs later.
He is a keiyo - Biwott appointed him, but he turned against him. Tonje also a tugen - turned against Moi.
Nandi - only hero was Eng Jan Mutai - brother of the iron lady youngest MP Chelangat Mutai - as KPTC MD he also refused to eat.
Cheserem is too old now - and few people want him in serious position because he is incorruptible.
He has created horticulture industry in Eldoret.
Tonje is happily looking after his goat after serving one term and refusing to extend.
Such people are rare because they have zero ambition for riches.
Another unsung hero is obvioulsy Brig Boinnet - who also fixed NIS and save Kenya from KANU misadventures in 2002.
The rest of kalenjiin were pure takataka with LOW IQS who just stole and stole and stole.
Ukweli kabisa.
Cheserem was one of the few honest CBK governors that Kenya has ever had. Tonje did the military a big service by putting limits to the stay of top military brass.
He did. He was not brilliant. He didn't even have a degree. He was CPA. What he had was unmatched integrity and handwork. He sat from 5 am in the morning to 10am - personally signing all the cheques. He finished corruption in CBK.
Cheserem and Gen Tonje were few Kalenjin proffesionals who refused to sink kenya for their selfish gain.