Odero Jowi; Kenya’s forgotten hero, is no more

The late Joseph Odero Jowi

NAIROBI: The photograph of Joseph Odero Jowi in the newspaper  obituary pages does not  ring a bell to many including his living  parliamentary colleagues  and present day successors  alike. The first Ndhiwa member of parliament is no more  but his legacy as a super diplomat is one thing that enemies  of history cannot erase from the UN archives.

Jowi died a few  days after the  celebrations  of the  Heroes Day presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta but like  any other national  day, there was  no mention of the  towering black diplomat who shocked diplomatic colleagues   in Stockholm Sweden  with a  robust campaign for  the hosting  of the  UN specialized agency  in Africa  and  in the third world.