Monday, July 25, 2011

PEOPLE: Joseph Ochieng’ set to be Africa’s first Olympic Games judge


The Olympic Games in London next year will have a Kenyan race walk judge, the first African to hold such a position. The soft-spoken Joseph Ochieng’, popularly known as “Time keeper”, is also the first Level 3 race walk judge on the continent. The Athletics Kenya Siaya sub-branch chairman, under Nyanza North branch, is also the national chairman of duathlon, Ochieng’ is also the chairman of Walk Kenya Committee and the interim chairman of the Walk Africa Committee. Ochieng’, 55, is an engineer with an international organisation based in Kisumu.

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