User:Samwel Jokeya

Samwel Jokeya was born on 8th November 1965 in Kowak village Tarime district of Mara region in the United Republic of Tanzania. He is the fifth of ten children in a semi working family living in a two-bedroom house at Saye area of Kowak village. His mother, Felister Awuor Nyokello was a devout Roman Catholic member. She was a reknownned hard worker especially when it comes to crop husbandry and livestock keeping. It is through hardworking that enabled the family to accumulate adequate wealth to build a three room house by the time when majority were still living in mud and grass thatched huts. Jokeya's father, Sebastian Ojode Saramba 'Africa', a was a chief cook at Kowak Middle School. Ojode Africa also participated in agriculture and livestock keeping to supplement the family's household income. Jokeya grew up with two sisters Monica Akumu (1962-2010) and Helena Jokeyo (1968) and five brothers Mourice Ogongo (30th September 1956), Julius Ogalo (1959),  Peter Saramba 1972-2002) Dedan Okello 1974 and Raphael Oyath 1978.Jermaine, Marlon, and Randy).[25]  third brother, Joseph 1964-1965 died before his first birthday.

During his Childhood, Jokeya played with his peer like George Nyahongo, Sylvery Ng'omo, Odoyo Deya the late Mourice Oduo Akenge, Onyango Wasena, Simion Ogenda Akwa, the late Adongo Lukas Ogunde, Fredy Odiero Ogunde and others?

Jokeya had some troubled relationship with his uncle Laurent Oyo (1947-1996) who is the third to his father, Ojode Africa. The trouble usually arrived from rearing of livestocks. While Jokeya liked school very much, Laurent would force him to go for grazing cattle. There are sometimes when Jokeya would take the cattle to the field and leave them to somebody else so that he could go to school and go back to collect them in the evening when he get out of class. This behavior would not impress his uncle who had no mercy but to whip Jokeya accordingly. The uncle had a good reason to do that because of security of the livestock leaf under care of somebody who might not be trusted by the family.