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Peter Cheruiyot during an interview in Nakuru on February 13, 2018. He is remembered for delivering a valentine flower to his girlfriend using a chopper in 2008. [Photo: Kipsang Joseph/Standard]
Nine years have passed since Peter Cheruiyot aka Mr Valentine’s wowed Kenyans when he forked out Sh140,000 to hire a helicopter to deliver flowers to his girlfriend, then a student at Nazarene University.
Although Cheruiyot, 36, eventually broke up with his first love even after that high-flying display of love, he still can’t forget February 14, 2008, the day that brought him fame and criticism in equal measure.
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