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George Magoha

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Prof George Magoha lectures Ministry of Education bosses on his first day of work

 

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George Magoha: I have been privileged to serve our teachers as the Minister of Education

 

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Education CS Prof George Magoha says he would support return of corporal punishment

 

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CS George Magoha: Phones are the enemy of exams

 

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#KCSE2021: CS George Magoha announces top 10 Sub County Schools

George Albert Omore Magoha is a Kenyan Surgeon, Academic Administrator and Professor of Surgery and a Consultant Urologist at the University of Nairobi's College of Health Sciences. He is best known for his time as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi from 2005–2015 where he is credited to have transformed the institution from student hooliganism to a leading institution of higher learning in Kenya and beyond. His record as a no nonsense education administrator saw him appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta as the Chairman of the Kenya National Examination Council in 2016.His immediate task was to reform the council to arrest the widespread academic dishonesty and corruption in the administration of national examinations. He is credited to have dismantled cartels that had propagated exam cheating for years and restored credibility of exams in Kenya.