Maina; Chumo; Sawe; Kipkoimet; Kaplelach; Kipnyigei; Nyongi, in an ever rotating fashion.

Nyongi were porters and soldiers in WW1, and Chumo were conscripted for WW2. Maina, who come between Nyongi and Chumo, didn& #39;t participate in any of these wars. https://twitter.com/munyuandegwa/status/1254349310793220097">https://twitter.com/munyuande...

If I estimate, these are men born between, say, 1905 and 1920. There were a few around, even up to the late 90s. But obviously, by now, all of them are gone.

A number, including my grand-uncle Samatei, were drivers and horse-trainers for colonial settlers.

Actually one Maina man was a pastry chef, and I have a first hand account of his story for he would tell it to me as I picked loquat fruits from his compound. I will tell his story shortly.