Even the best of friends experience moments in which they can't stand each other and the late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore's tightly knit boys club could not escape that predicament.
During a special edition of JKLive to commemorate the deceased CEO, his friend Jeff Koinange recounted a time when they had a heated exchange forcing him to leave their group.
Without explaining the reason that led him to leave, the eloquent anchor further narrated that barely 10 minutes after his exit, Collymore himself called him up, gave him an earful and made it absolutely clear that when he got ordained into the group, there was no exodus.
"My most stubborn moment with Bob was when I left the WhatsApp group. Do you remember? I deleted myself from the group and left a few expletives.
"But less than 10 minutes later he put me back and said, 'nobody exits this group, it’s a one-way street,'" recalled Jeff.
Attempting to explain why Collymore would not let Koinange go, Peter Kenneth, who was a part of the panel, revealed that the news anchor had been best friends with Bob even before the boys club was formed.
"He talked to us. It would have been hurtful to him because first of all, you and him, as you rightfully said, started off as best of friends.
"Remember, through his first hard times initially, you were there for him," stated Kenneth.
"We used to meet a lot at his house or he would come over to my house before this group was formed. I don't know what it was. I think it was when I first met him and thought he was Michael Joseph's bodyguard," conquered Jeff.
The late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore had a battle with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) before he succumbed on Monday, July 1.
He was cremated on Tuesday at Kariokor crematorium.
Bob's memorial will be conducted on Thursday at the All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi where President Uhuru is expected to attend and shed more light on his relationship with the departed corporate titan.
Below is the video of Jeff Koinange's narration.
