Known to many as tough and no-nonsense man, former Education CS George Magoha was nick named the 'Buffalo' at the University of Nairobi.
Magoha got into the job with a gusto that saw his colleagues mockingly nicknaming him 'buffalo'.
This was a reference that many at the University students used when referring to him.
Most students say Magoha was given that nickname because of his strictness.
He was born in 1952 and became the first public servant to be competitively appointed when he took over the reigns at the UON in 2005.
The former CS served as vice chancellor in UON for ten years.
Magoha was a man of intellectual substance and proven management acumen.
Previously, Magoha headed the Commission for University Education, a reign that ended in 2013 after his appointment in 2005.
Magoha was a business graduate from Stanford University and was awarded the Moran of the Burning Spear and Elder of the Burning Spear by Uhuru.
He was a professional surgeon and headed the Association of Medical Councils of Africa and the Kenya Association of Urological Surgeons.
Magoha died on Tuesday, January 24 at the Nairobi hospital a few days after he lost his brother. The brother was a professor too.
The brother's burial was set for this coming Saturday.
