The Boers Who Built Eldoret by Uasin Gishu News April 1, 2024 Business 446 views 3 mins read In 1908, a band of 58 rogue Afrikaans-speaking Boer families boarded the German ship Windhoek and sailed northward. Led by Meneer Van Rensberg, they arrived in Mombasa. Their goal: to find fertile land where they could thrive. More