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Slovak girl meets Kenyan grandpa for first time

Kristyna Mrazcova and her grandfather Paul Richard Oudia Okello at their home in Nyangera.

KISUMU: Kristyna Mrazcova had not been born when her grandfather left Prague University of Agriculture in the Slovak Republic (formerly Czechlovakia). And until her visit last week, she had not met most of her Kenya-based family members.

So it was tears of joy and celebrations as the family of 73-year-old Paul Richard Oudia Okello in Nyangera village, Usenge sub-location in Siaya County met one of their progeny born 30 years ago in Prague.

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