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Maasai Mara University confers honorary degree to Prof Ogot at his rural home

By Dalton Nyabundi and John Oywa | 9yrs ago
Prof Bethwel Allan Ogot (left) receives a honorary degree at his home in Gem, Siaya County. (Photo: Collins Oduor/Standard)

They say if the mountain will not go to Moses, then Moses must go to the mountain.

But in a small village in Yala, Siaya, the opposite still held true last weekend: ‘Moses’ would not go to the mountain, so the entire mountain went to Moses.

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