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I'm sorry I didn't wail, cry as you had wished, Magoha's widow tells Siaya mourners

Prof. George Magoha's widow, Dr. Barbara Magoha. [File, Standard]

Dr. Barbara Magoha, the widow of former Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Prof. George Magoha, said on Saturday that she did not wail as the body of her husband was being wheeled into his Siaya homestead on Friday because of her Nigerian culture.

Speaking at the Odera Akang'o College Campus in Yala, Siaya County during the funeral service of the Late Magoha, Dr. Barbara, who is a Nigerian national, said during grief, they usually celebrate the life of the deceased, and not cry over his or her death.

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