Redscar scandal: Plagiarism mirrors the corruption in Kenya

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Recently, Kenyan poetry celebrated the successes of the young doctor-poet, Redscar McOdindo K’Oyuga, who had swiftly moved from relative obscurity and into the limelight.

He was published in reputable magazines, and was shortlisted for, or won, numerous competitions from the Nyanza Literary Festival Prize to the Okot p’Bitek Translation Prize to the Uganda-based BNP Poetry Prize.