{"id":2892,"date":"2021-12-13T11:14:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crossfirenews.co.ke\/?p=2892"},"modified":"2021-12-13T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:02:09","slug":"william-lawsons-kenyas-next-highlander-raises-the-highlander-axe-in-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/william-lawsons-kenyas-next-highlander-raises-the-highlander-axe-in-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"William Lawson’s Kenya’s next highlander raises the highlander axe in victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Wahu Getrude exited pose for a photo between highlanders Collins Mbati and Kenedy Odipo<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nairobi, 11th<\/sup> December 2021: <\/strong>William Lawson\u2019s capped John Waliaula as Kenya\u2019s Next Highlander, who through sweat and trials, beat 49 other highlanders to secure the title. For the last two months, William Lawson\u2019s has been on the hunt to find the boldest, most rugged, unconventional man or woman, who defies the norm and lives life on his or her terms. With the Kenya\u2019s Next Highlander title, John Waliaula has won Ksh. 500,000\/- cash and an epic trip to Scotland worth Ksh. 500,000\/-.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking after his win, John Waliaula said, \u201cI feel great! I was so determined to take this title home and I came here today focused on lifting this axe as Kenya\u2019s Next Highlander. The competition was tough, but I pushed myself to win it. It has been an amazing experience and I can\u2019t wait for the trip to Scotland.\u201d The title was aggressively contested by Alfred Onyango, who came in second, and Stephen crowns Wamalwa, who came in third. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In true William Lawson\u2019s style, the finalists had to compete through group and individual highlander challenges such as barreling, caber toss, barrel race, tug of war and a complex obstacle course to prove they are true highlanders. The event also featured unconventional activities where spectators showcased their highlander attitude to win instant prizes. Amber Ray and Eric Omondi, true embodiments of the Kenyan Highlander, brought their bold attitude to reveal the winners and crowns Kenya\u2019s Next Highlander. Khaligraph Jones brought down the house kicking off the after-party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the finale, John Mwangi, Bacardi Customer Marketing Manager East Africa, said, \u201cIt has been a gruelling two months of recruiting highlanders through pre-qualifier events held in various outlets. Our search for Kenya\u2019s Next Highlander has shown us that Kenya is full of highlanders, people who are bold, daring and live life on their terms. Today we have seen 50 highlander men and women show their grit for a shot at the title. William Lawson\u2019s is proud to name John Waliaula as Kenya\u2019s Next Highlander.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 3,000 Kenyans registered, ready to take on the challenge for a chance to be named Kenya\u2019s Next Highlander competing through a series of challenges to qualify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Lawson\u2019s is one of the fastest-growing Scotch brands in the world. It\u2019s a classic blended scotch whisky with a sweet and medium-bodied style. At its core is the single malt of Macduff distillery, married with various bold malts and grain whiskies with a fruit-forward character no pleated whisky is added.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nairobi, 11th December 2021: William Lawson\u2019s capped John Waliaula as Kenya\u2019s Next Highlander, who through sweat and trials, beat 49 other highlanders to secure the title. For the last two months, William Lawson\u2019s has been on the hunt to find the boldest, most rugged, unconventional man or woman, who defies the norm and lives life on his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-popular-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2892"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2897,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892\/revisions\/2897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}