History Of Odera Akango

06/09/2020 ÿú Odera Akango: a file picture of the colonial chief, Odera Akang?o who whipped his subjects for failure to take their children to school DSC 4091(2) the debris of the colonial cell built by the no nonsense chief at Yala town, 08/02/2019 ÿú The history of Odera Street begins with a Luo chief named Odera . This chief came to the area that would become Kisumu in the nineteenth century, just before the arrival of British colonialism. In the late 1920s, the British created Odera Street. Odera Street was named after a man by the same name, Odera Akang?o.

This journey started way back in 2017 with Moi University through a Memorandum of Understanding signed with the County Government of Siaya to establish Odera Akang¢ as its constituent college. 4. The County Government of Siaya held several meetings in Nairobi, Maseno and Eldoret with both Maseno and Moi Universities which gladly led to the signing of another Memorandum of Understanding.

05/07/2017 ÿú A century after his tumultuous career as an administrator came to an ignoble end, Odera Akang?o is best remembered for his passionate embrace of Western-style formal education. Stories are told about the no-nonsense Ruoth caning and even jailing subjects into taking their children to school.

20/06/2018 ÿú This proceeded during the colonial era, with one of such leaders being Odera Akang'o, who would later be inducted into the British system and made a Senior Chief. Though, only in charge of a portion of the bigger Luo Nyanza region as he ruled the people of Gem which currently lands under Siaya county, he was known throughout the area for his love and emphasis for the British formal education.

died when Odera Akang?o was very young. He was succeeded by Odera Ulalo. Odera Ulalo died in 1901 when Odera Akang?o was still young and so his close relative Odera Sande assumed leadership. As Odera Akang?o became an adult he was made sub chief but was more able than Odera Sande. Chief Odera Sande died in 1915 and Odera Akang?o became.

It is located in Eldoret town and was established after the University of Nairobi. This university was established in early 1984 by the act of parliament. Currently the university has expanded and has started campuses in various regions of Kenya. One of these campuses is Odera Okango Campus in Yala. Odera Okango Campus of Moi University was founded.

06/02/2020 ÿú Plans to re-open the Yala town-based Odera Akang?o university campus are at advanced stage, cabinet secretary for education, professor George Magoha has said. Prof. Magoha said that as part of the process, talks have been going on between the managements of Moi and Maseno universities to have the campus that previously operated as a branch of the former, change hands to the later.

17/12/2019 ÿú Indeed, some of the most educated Kenyans are from Akango?s Gem area in Siaya: eminent historians Prof Bethwel Ogot (who donated the land on which Odera Akang?o Campus stands) and Prof William Ochieng, former University of Nairobi VC Prof George Magoha now CS for Education, Kenya?s first African lawyer CMG Argwings-Kodhek and arguably the brightest Kenyan who ever lived-.

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