A Court of Appeal judge has collapsed and died.

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Reports from the family indicate that Professor Otieno Odek died at his house in Kisumu.

He was sworn in as Court of Appeal Judge in 2012, one year after he unsuccessfully applied for the position of Supreme Court Judge.

He was born in 1963 in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.

The late Odek previously served as a lecturer at the University of Nairobi school of law.

Several personalities have mourned the late Odek terming him a great legal mind.

Here are some of the condolence messages from Twitter:

"I have learnt of the sudden death of Appellate Judge Prof Otieno Odek. A fine legal scholar with admirable clarity of mind the judiciary and the legal fraternity has lost immensely. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Amen," Wetangula Tweeted.

"Learnt with much consternation and trepidation the passing on of my colleague, friend and constituent Hon Justice Prof Otieno Odek! May His soul Rest In Peace," Otiende AMollo said.