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THE STANDARD OPINION Philip Ochieng' [Photo: Courtesy] The story of Kenyan journalism will remain incomplete without a narrative on Philip Ochieng who died on April 27, aged 83. Ochieng, who will be buried today, ranked among the elite journalists who left an indelible mark on the country’s media landscape. Should one day the idea of a journalism hall of fame come to fruition, PO, as he was fondly known, would certainly feature alongside renowned Kenyan editors such as Boaz Omori, George Githii, Hilary Ng’weno, Joe Rodrigues, Henry Gathigira and George Mbugguss. But Ochieng will be remem...

Philip Ochieng – who has died at the age of 83 – was a celebrated Kenyan editor, author and hard-hitting columnist who made his mark across East Africa. He was an East African par excellence who counted former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa and revered Ugandan academic Mahmood Mamdani among his circle of friends. Ochieng began his journalism career in 1966 when he joined the Nairobi-based Nation newspaper group, which was then only a few years old, at the invitation of then editor-in-chief George Githii. Within a year he was entrusted with a regular column debating the social, politic...