Here are academic credentials of new Education CS Prof GEORGE MAGOHA- The guy is a genius and an academician

DAILY POST: Here are academic credentials of new Education CS Prof GEORGE MAGOHA- The guy is a genius and an academician Politics 07:11 Friday March 1, 2019 - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday appointed Prof George Magoha as the Education Cabinet Secretary replacing Amina Mohamed.
Mohamed was named Sports Cabinet Secretary while Richard Echesa was kicked out of the Cabinet. Following the appointment of Magoha as Education CS, Kenyans have celebrated saying this old man deserves the post. Born in 1952, Prof. Magoha undertook his primary education in Yala and Nairobi before joining Starehe Boys Centre and Strathmore College for his High School education in Kenya. He then proceeded to the University of Lagos in Nigeria where he studied Medicine. He furthered his studies in Surgery and Urology at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland and Royal Postgraduate Medical School Hammersmith Hospital, London, Department of Urology, where he earned various academic awards. He trained in executive management at the Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, and has many international professional honours and awards. Locally, the awards include Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS) and Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS). Prof. Magoha established his career in Surgery at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital as an intern and rose to the position of Senior Resident and Clinical Lecturer in Surgery. He also served as a Lecturer in the same hospital and a Consultant Surgeon in various leading hospitals in Lagos, Nigeria. Prof. Magoha joined the University of Nairobi as a Lecturer in Urological Surgery in 1988 and rose through the ranks to become a full Professor of Surgery in 2000. He has served in various administrative positions at the University rising from Chairman of the Academic Department of Surgery in 1999, Dean of the School of Medicine, Principal of the College of Health Sciences, Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Administration and Finance to Vice-Chancellor in January 2005. Before his appointment as CS Education, Magoya was Chairman of Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC). Prof. Magoha is married to Dr. Barbara O. Magoha and together they are blessed with a son, Dr. Michael Magoha.

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