Nostalgia as former students reunite with teacher, 43 years later

William Obara (left), a former teacher at Mawego Technical Training Institute, with William Kerow, one of the old boys who paid him a visit at his home in Siaya. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

It was a visit that had taken months and probably years to plan, but had been on their bucket list as they reminisced about the past that shaped their professional success.

And some 43 years since they left school, more than 40 former students of Mawego Technical Training College converged at Lwenya village, Rarieda sub-county in Siaya county for one reason: to give a heart-warming surprise to the person who made the biggest impact on their lives.