Joseph Oduho [SEP] date of death
Joseph Oduho
Joseph Oduho Haworu (15 December 1927 – 27 March 1993) was a leading politician from South Sudan who was active in the struggle for independence and a founding member of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). He was part of South Sudan liberation
Early years 1927-1963.
Joseph Oduho was born into the Otuho tribe community of Lobira situated in what is now Ikotos County, Eastern Equatoria State, EES, (now Imotong State) in the Republic of South Sudan on 15 December 1927
arrested in Maridi after the 1955 mutiny in Torit, (his home town, now capital of Imotong State), accused of conspiracy and sentenced to death. He was released in the general amnesty after independence on 1 January 1956.
Oduho was elected to the first post-independence parliament in 1957. He spoke in favor of a federal organization for the underdeveloped regions of the south. The army seized power in 1958 and Joseph Oduho fled the country in 1960.
In 1963 and as Joseph Oduho and his colleagues officially