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AYAH: Prof Arthur Obel: Towering genius who transformed Kenya’s medical field

Prof Obel was a great teacher. He imparted complicated knowledge in a simplified way

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by RICHARD AYAH

News12 October 2025 - 06:40
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People who do medicine are clever people. So, I found out, when I first entered medical school, at the University of Nairobi. In the late 1980s, the medical school at the University of Nairobi was the only one in Kenya and admitted just 100 students a year.

The faculty that taught were not just clever but knowledgeable.

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