For three days she prayed. Looking for an answer and asking God whether Magoha was the right man for her daughter.
"My mum fasted and prayed for three days...she was never going to leave the church until she had an answer.
"On the third night my mum had a vision in 1980 that George Albert Omore Magoha was destined to be a great man and that he needed me and she had to allow me to get married to him," she said.
But it came at a cost. Magoha was given two conditions before marrying Barbara. He had to let her finish her undergraduate studies and he had to take care of her mum (his mother-in-law).
He diligently did this and Barbara stated that Magoha always catered to her mum's needs until her demise in 2008.
Last moments with Magoha
Recalling the last moments before Magoha breathed his last, Barbara said he was alright and even went to buy a few things in preparation for his brother's funeral but at some point he said he was thirsty.
"In two hours I had turned from Mrs to widow. He (Magoha) was okay...he was not sick. On January 24, 2023, he went out to buy things for his late brother's funeral. At 2pm he told me he was thirsty and I told him to rest due to the stress. At 2.30pm he asked me for a cough mixture and I just pointed to him and I walked away because I was ironing to go to work. While ironing I heard him calling me in a stressful voice. When I went I found that he had collapsed and his head was almost knocking on the wall [sic]l. I put my hand on the wall and then his tongue was coming out and I pressed it down for some fresh air. I called the workers who were there. He was revived [sic] and we put him on the floor. When he woke up he said, "I want to see my son." That is when I knew something wasn't right. If he had said, "Call me Mike" that's different. Then he said, "Call me my son." Two weeks earlier he had said if anything ever happened to him I should call Prof Mwanda...