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The unassuming potato farmer: BLAZE BYOB season two winner Brian Rono

BLAZE BYOB TV Show season 2 winner Brian Rono (centre) with 1st runners up Monica Nyawera (right) and 2nd runners up Daisy Wanzala (left) during the BLAZE B.Y.O.B. TV Show finals' screening

He came into the show as the unassuming potato farmer and standing among the thousands, few thought him a favourite to win the second season of the Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) TV show; now Brian Rono is smiling all the way to the bank after he emerged on top with Sh5 million and other goodies to show for it:

“Politics is not a career; it’s a game, like gambling. But farming is.” Those were the words of the man from Lembus, Baringo County, Brian Rono, after winning the Blaze BYOB TV Show season.

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