When he lowered the thick-rimmed glasses below a pair of piercing eyes, he wondered whether I had ever published anything whereupon I produced a Kenya Times press cutting of a letter to the editor. Philip Ochieng wasn’t your modern editor who didn’t shout at a goofing reporter. Invariably, the response would be: “Leave thinking to thinkers!”But Ochieng wasn’t a malicious boss bent on killing young talent. But, if there is something Ochieng found difficult to explain was his apparent tolerance of muck-raking as the Kenya Times’ Editor-in-Chief. Surprisingly, Ochieng didn’t hold a university degree although the title “Doctor” wouldn’t have sounded strange on the man who quit Roosevelt University before graduation.

Source: Standard Digital April 28, 2021 15:51 UTC