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Uhuru: Odek was a gifted legal mind

Groovehut Apartments in Kisumu where Justice Otieno Odek was found dead on December 16, 2019. [ Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Court of Appeal Judge Prof Otieno Odek, whose death shocked many, had a full in-tray with a dozen high-profile cases, some of which were due for judgments this coming week.

Yesterday, Odek was expected in the office by 6am, as usual, but kept his colleagues in the three-judge bench waiting until 9am, when news about his death filtered into the Kisumu Law Courts.

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