In his own words, when Prof Magoha told parliament who he was

Prof. George Magoha when he appeared for vetting before the National Assembly Committee on Appointments in Nairobi in May 2019. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Sometime in March 2019, Prof George Magoha, who died yesterday at Nairobi Hospital, appeared before a parliamentary committee for vetting as Cabinet Secretary for Education.

He had been nominated by former president Uhuru Kenyatta to head the expansive education docket that at the time the government was grappling with the roll out of the new curriculum.