After early education in Ugandan schools, he went on to train at the East African Civil Aviation Academy in Soroti, in the Eastern Region of Uganda.
While there, he served as a First Officer on the CRJ200 and he made Captain on the aircraft class before the airline closed shop.
He is one of the flight crew who piloted the two maiden aircraft from Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, to Entebbe, Uganda, in April 2019.
He was part of the cockpit crew who delivered the first pair of CRJs in April 2019.
[3] Captain Okoth has also piloted authorized "scenic viewing" flights from Entebbe Airport over various parts of Uganda in UR-owned CRJ900 equipment.