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When a no-nonsense Prof Magoha almost resigned from education ministry

A straight-shooting Prof George Magoha almost resigned his Cabinet position when a government official tried to yank away the human resource control from him. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Prof. George Magoha almost resigned from the Cabinet following a policy change pushed by a colleague.

Interviews with friends, ministry officials and educationists reveal that, that the former Education Cabinet Secretary was clear that taking away the human resource control from his docket would reduce him to a puppet.

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