In the sports category, those inducted were Leonard Otieno, popularly known as Otti Father, Robert 'Napunyi' Wangila and Festo Kisia. Another person that Jericho residents credit for the growth of football in the neighbourhood is a teacher by the name Festo Kisia. This saw the birth of a football team in Jericho with formal structures of command and an unwritten constitution. Many Kenyans know Robert 'Napunyi' Wangila for earning Kenya its first and only ever Olympic boxing gold medal. Wangila was one of the youngest members of the Kenya boxing team in the mid-1980s and by 1986, he was already considered the best welterweight boxer in Kenya at age 21.

Source: The Star March 10, 2021 02:02 UTC