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Education CS George Magoha (left) flanked by other government officers in Nyalenda slum in Kisumu when he visited. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha caused a stir in Kisumu when he walked into local slums unannounced to monitor the selection of beneficiaries of a multi-billion-shilling bursary fund.
Prof Magoha jumped across open sewer drains and navigated dark, smelly alleyways as he popped into one house after another to confirm whether the scholarship programme applicants were deserving cases.
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