Bethwel Ogot, a prominent Kenyan scholar and researcher of Kenyan and African history, passed away at the age of 95 years at Kisumu Hospital after a brief illness.
His demise was confirmed by Siaya Governor James Orengo who mourned the chronologist as one of the greatest scholars the continent has ever had.
Governor Orengo, in a statement on Thursday afternoon, eulogised Ogot as a true thinker and intellectual who has left a legacy of seminal works and historical dissertations. "Professor Bethwel Ogot is one of the greatest scholars of our time.
He has left a legacy of seminal works and historical treatises.
