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Obat Masira: Local hero drives change through art

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Obat Masira, CEO of Grace Onyango Social Hall during an interview with The Standard. [Washington Onyango,Standard]

To young people and theatre enthusiasts in Kisumu, Obat Masira is a legend and a local hero.

He is one of the few people using the arts to pull young people in the lakeside city away from drugs and criminal activities.

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