Passionate teacher gains ground on writing dream

Stephen Ouma Otieno, a high school teacher who has authored several books and a play titled 'Rotten Apples'. [Isaiah Gwengi, Standard]

When American author Stephen King averred "if you want to be a writer, you must read and write a lot", he perhaps had Ouma Otieno in mind.

Mr Otieno has been a high school Geography and Religious Studies teacher for the last 14 years, a job that also involves mentoring students to be positive thinkers.