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How chance meeting Mambo Mbotela shaped my journey into journalism

Leonard Mambo Mbotela's potrait during his Memorial service at All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi. February 14th,2025 [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

I first met the legendary Voice Of Kenya (VOK) radio broadcaster, Leonard Mambo Mbotela, my childhood idol, in 1983.

This was shortly after the aborted August 1 1982 coup, which was staged by rebel Airforce soldiers, in an attempt to overthrow the then nascent government of Daniel Arap Moi.

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