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Azimio leader Raila Odinga consoles the wife of the late Prof George Magoha, Odudu Barbara Magoha at her residence in Lavington Nairobi January 25, 2023. [Silas Otieno, Standard]

They had ticked all the boxes of a successful family and had dedicated their lives to serve and inspire people in various capacities and offices they held in three corners of the world.

Kenya, US and Sweden all shared in the wonderful gene of the Magohas. One was a decorated former Cabinet Secretary, professor and a top surgeon here in Kenya, another was a flight captain in Stockholm, seven thousand kilometres North of Nairobi.

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