The funeral procession for the immediate former Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha is underway in Nairobi ahead of his burial on Saturday.
Prof Magoha's Nigerian-born wife Dr Barbra and his son Dr Michael led the procession to St George's Primary School. His funeral cortege is also expected to make stops at the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC). The cortege escorting Magoha's remains departed the Lee Funeral Home shortly before 9am on Wednesday from where the procession proceeded to the Kenyatta National Hospital.
Raphael Tuju arrives at Former Education CS George Magoha's residence in Lavington, Nairobi on January 25, 2023/ANDREW KASUKU.
Tuju said that Magoha did not show any sign of having health challenges that they even sat and talked. Highlighted in the funeral programme, Tuju will MC in both funeral services; at Consolata Shrine Westlands on Wednesday and on Friday in Yala. •Tuju said that Magoha did not show any sign of having health challenges that they even sat and talked.
The funeral procession for the immediate former Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha is underway in Nairobi ahead of his burial on Saturday.
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George Magoha's Widow Barbara Magoha broke into traditional Nigerian dance as she welcomed the hearse carrying his body to their home in Lavington, Nairobi.
he was a faithful man, who put his family first. I asked him 'how can you do that?' and he told me, 'I know you would not accept because I'm not Nigerian. "Exactly one month after we met he started telling everyone we were going to get married and that was the first time we had a quarrel. [Barbara cracked up mourners](https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/relationships/492740-george-magohas-widow-narrates-mad-announced-lovers-1-month/) who had visited her Lavington home, to console her and the entire Magoha [family](https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/family/). [Education](https://www.tuko.co.ke/facts-lifehacks/study/) Cabinet secretary George Magoha's body left the Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi. - Barbara whined her waist as she danced to traditional Nigerian beats that ushered the hearse into the compound
A memorial service is held for Prof George Magoha at the Kenya National Examination Council headquarters, Nairobi. [David Gichuru, Standard].
Magoha was a hands-on CS who frequently visited schools to check on the progress of government projects in the sector. 150 million for the construction of the Joseph Maina Mungai Memorial Complex in honour of the late Professor Joseph Maina Mungai’s distinguished service to the Faculty of Medicine and the university. Magoha was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Nairobi’s College of Health Sciences in 2000. Duplication of duties and 23 Celebrating the life of Prof. The following year, he was appointed as a senior lecturer in surgery at the University’s Department of Surgery. He returned home and began working as a lecturer in surgery at the University of Nairobi (UoN) in 1988. He has a substantial body of work and research in the field of urology. The Cancer of the Penis: Magoha conducted research on penile cancer in Africans. His Research Interests Included: Cancer of the prostate: Magaha investigated the Epidemiology and Clinical Behaviour of Prostate Cancer in Black Africans in a study. He later joined the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London, UK, where he specialized in urology. Thereafter, he received a scholarship to study human medicine at the University of Zambia but as fate would have it, he ended up at University of Lagos in 21 Celebrating the life of Prof. He went on to receive his First Holy Communion in November on the 25th of November 1961 and was subsequently confirmed.
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Some families hire performers for entertainment, and this can be a symbol of status. For those dressed in costumes appearing to be spirits, Chief Pauline said this was a masquerade signifying that they are spirits who have come to mourn their fellow spirit. She told Nairobi News that they remember Prof Magoha for the good works he did in his lifetime. If we were back home, we would have walked all the way from the morgue to here. The late Magoha is set to be buried at his home in Umiru Nyamninia, Yala on February 11, 2023. The late Prof George Magoha was one of Kenya’s top academic giants.
Former cabinet secretary Raphael Tuju has asked mourners to avoid politics during George Magoha's requiem mass. Tuju said the family had been through a lot.
On the day that he passed on that evening, he was supposed to go and receive the body of his brother and only for his brother's body to arrive when he was in the same mortuary. In 2021 we buried again one of the brothers of Professor Magoha and it was a twin funeral in 2021 January. [Raphael Tuju](https://www.tuko.co.ke/tag/raphael-tuju-latest-news/) has pleaded with mourners to steer off politics during his requiem mass. It was Arnold Agunga, his daughter, Dr Magoha and they were buried on the same day," Tuju disclosed. So bear with us, please, no politics," Tuju stated. So we have gone through a difficult time. [the country was thrown into mourning](https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/491809-george-magoha-education-dies-nairobi-family-confirms/) after the news of the scholar's death was confirmed. [Magoha was supposed to receive his brother's body](https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/counties/492334-alex-nyabera-sombre-mood-body-late-george-magohas-brother-leaves-kisumu-morgue-burial/) at the airport only for them to stay in the same funeral home. [planning Magoha's young brother, Nyabera's funeral](https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/counties/491811-george-magoha-dies-days-brother-months-another/) the day before his sudden death. [family](https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/family/) had had [a torrid time since 2021](https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/counties/491811-george-magoha-dies-days-brother-months-another/), recalling how they buried one of their brothers and her daughter on the same day. [During the mass](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU9CcycNIhM&ab_channel=DailyNews) at Consolata Shrine, Tuju stated that the family had agreed that there would be no [politics](https://www.tuko.co.ke/politics/) during his requiem mass. [Jubilee party](https://www.tuko.co.ke/tag/jubilee/) secretary-general asked the mourners to keep the service dignified and honour their wishes as a family.