In Collymore, there are valuable leadership lessons

Former Safaricom CEO, the late Bob Collymore.

Every once in a while, a man or woman rises up that helps shape a people’s destiny. Such a person may be a child in the family or a parent in the home. It could be a chief in the village, or a governor in the county. They could be a police officer on the road or an MP in Parliament. Likewise, they could be a lay preacher in the village or a supper apostle in the city.

The hallmark is that they live their lives and execute their duties in such ways that impact the lives of many, often well beyond their years and spheres. Such a one in our time seems to have been Bob Collymore, the departed Safaricom CEO. This man has left behind a legacy that speaks for itself and that has been widely celebrated by the small and great alike.