•As announced by former Basic Education PS Julius Jwan, a farewell caravan will be held in Nairobi today to honour the late education guru.
•The body will leave Lee Funeral and the caravan will go through places that defined the adult life of Magoha.
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The final journey of former Cabinet Secretary for Education George Magoha will begin on Wednesday.
As announced by former Basic Education PS Julius Jwan, a farewell caravan will be held in Nairobi today to honour the late education guru.
The body will leave Lee Funeral and the caravan will go through places that defined the adult life of Magoha.
The caravan will go through KNH, Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC), KNEC, St Georges Primary, State House Girls, University of Nairobi and finally at Starehe Centre.
Notably, these are the institutions that Magoha worked with and for, studied and for obvious reasons, left an impact.
Magoha's body will be taken to the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists Dentists Council building as he was a member of the council.
At the University of Nairobi, Magoha joined the institution as a Lecturer in Urological Surgery in 1988 and later became a full Professor of Surgery in 2000.
Throughout his career as a Surgeon, Magoha served at the Kenya National Hospital as a consultant.
While at the University of Nairobi, he served as Chairman of the Academic Department of Surgery in 1999, Dean of the School of Medicine, Principal of the College of Health Sciences, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Administration and Finance.
In 2005, Magoha was appointed the varsity's Vice-Chancellor in January.
At the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), Magoha was appointed the chairman of the council in 2016 before leaving to serve in Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta's administration as Cabinet Secretary.
The family said his caravan will also pass through St Georges Primary and State House Girls to symbolise the impact he had made in the education sector during his tenure.
Magoha's body will be taken to Starehe Boys Centre as that's where he undertook his secondary school Education. He joined the school in 1967.
Magoha died on January 24, 2023, at the age of 71 after suffering a cardiac arrest.
He had a long and illustrious career in medicine, academia and public service.
His colleague and friend Walter Mwanda told the media that the late CS had a premonition he was going to die.
Magoha asked the wife to call the son and also the daughter-in-law.
It was revealed that Magoha collapsed at least four times before he was pronounced dead at the Nairobi Hospital where he was rushed.
Two times he collapsed in the house but was resuscitated by his son who is also a doctor.
Magoha was in a sitting position when his friend arrived.
He recognized him and they talked before he collapsed again and was brought to Nairobi Hospital.
The final collapse was massive just as they entered the hospital and all efforts to resuscitate were unsuccessful.
Magoha will be laid to rest at his home in Umiru, Nyamnina on Saturday, February 11, 2023.