Highs and lows of dreaded British aristocrat farmer Tom Cholmondeley

Tom Cholmondeley escorted by police to Nakuru law courts in 2005 over the murder of KWS Ranger Samson Ole SIsina PHOTO: STANDARD

For many Kenyans, August has been considered a jinxed month since independence due to the trail of deaths among prominent Kenyans, including founding father of the nation, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.

This year was no different. On August 17, controversial British aristocrat Tom Gilbert Cholmondeley died during a hip operation at Nairobi's MP Shah Hospital. His death was as sudden as it was unexpected, but perhaps did not elicit much mourning among Kenyans for the cloud of violence that seemed to surround him.