George Magoha
George Albert Omore Magoha (2 July 1952 – 24 January 2023) was a Kenyan consultant surgeon, academic administrator and technocrat, who served as a Professor of Surgery at Maseno University's School of Medicine, in Kisumu County as from 17 January 2023 till his death.
George Magoha MBS, EBS, CBS | |
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| Born | George Albert Omore Magoha 2 July 1952 |
| Died | 24 January 2023 (aged 70) Nairobi, Kenya |
| Alma mater | University of Lagos Lagos University Teaching Hospital University College Hospital, Ibadan Royal College of Surgeons Royal Postgraduate Medical School |
| Occupation(s) | Urologist, Surgeon, Physician, Academician, Administrator, and a Technocrat. |
| Years active | 1990–2022 |
| Title | Cabinet Secretary of Education in the Cabinet of Kenya |
Immediately before his last assignment, he was the Cabinet Secretary of Education in the Cabinet of Kenya, under President Uhuru Kenyatta's second term effective 26 March 2019.
Magoha was the chairman of the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), from 2016 until 2019.
Magoha previously served as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi from 2005 until 2015. He was a Professor of Surgery at the University of Nairobi's College of Health Sciences. He concurrently served as a Consultant Urologist at Kenyatta National Hospital, the teaching hospital of the university.