The late former Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha is set to be laid to rest at his ancestral home in Umiru, Siaya County on Saturday February 11, his family has announced.
Speaking at Magoha’s Lavington home on Friday former PS Julius Jwan, the speaker of funeral arrangement committee, said the burial will be preceded by a string of three-day-long events that will pay homage to the life of Magoha.
“The caravan will also pass by St. George’s Primary School, the Kenya National Examination Council headquarters, State House Girl High School, the University of Nairobi Graduation Square and Starehe Boys Centre where he spent his secondary school life.”
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A requiem mass will be held on February 9 at the Consolata Shrine in Westlands.
“On February 10, the body will arrive at Township Primary School in Yala at 1 pm before a procession leading up to St. Mary’s High School Yala and subsequently a holy mass to follow at his home in Umiru,” said Jwan.
“It should be remembered that in his last tour of duty as CS Education, Magoha was always in the midst of children and students. This explains why we are focusing on the schools where he had a major impact on learners.”
The funeral mass service will be held on Saturday February 11 at Odera Kango University in Yala from 10 am.
“The family notes with gratitude the immense love for and high regard with which the late Magoha was held by Kenyans from all works of life,” Jwan said.
“We want to particularly thank the media for the extensive empathetic and reflective coverage that you have accorded this major loss to the Kenyan society.”