For some the late Cabinet minister William ole Ntimama was a thorn in the flesh. For others, especially his Maasai tribesmen he was their undisputed King.
Ntimama, whose word was law in Maasailand - bestrode the Kenyan political landscape like the proverbial colossus during the regimes of former Presidents Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel Moi, Mwai Kibaki and the current Jubilee government, championing the rights of his people.