Joseph Oduho was born into the Otuho tribe community of Lobira situated in what is now Torit County, Eastern Equatoria, in the Republic of South Sudan on 15 December 1927.
He studied in Nyapeya in Uganda, then in Bakht Al Ruda Teacher's Institute, earning a Diploma in teaching in 1950.
[2] In 1953 Joseph Oduho led a protest against the lack of representation of southern Sudanese non-Arab people in the negotiations over Sudan's independence.
[1] He was arrested in Maridi after the 1955 mutiny in Torit, (his hometown, now capital of Eastern Equatoria), accused of conspiracy and sentenced to death.
[1] On 3 May 1972 the Addis Ababa agreement was ratified as "The Southern Provinces Regional Self-Government Act 1972" (SPRGA-1972), bringing a temporary halt to the civil war.
[1] It was Oduho who, on behalf of the SPRGA-1972, negotiated and signed an agreement with the Yugoslavian Government to construct Ministries and Ministers' quarters in Juba in 1973.
He was released in 1977 after an amnesty declared by President Gaafar Nimeiry when the Sudanese Socialist Union (SSU) and northern political parties had come to an agreement.
He was picked up by his son, Ohiyok David Oduho, who worked as an Information Consultant With UNICEF's Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) from Madiopei in northern Uganda.
Richard K. Mulla and Peter Abd Al-Rahman Sule, for further consultations with a view to broadening the base of SPLM leadership.
An attack was launched at their meeting place in Panyagor on 27 March 1993 by SPLM/A Mainstream's Bright Star Campaign Commanded by Cdr.