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Ojode was high school defender of underdogs

By Omulo Okoth | Jun. 18, 2012

By Omulo Okoth

Joshua Orwa Ojode was my senior at Maranda High School. When I joined the Siaya County Alma mater in 1976, he was in his fourth and final year. He took me, a ‘mono’, and his younger brother, Odhiambo Agira, under his wing, guarding us against bullies.

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