Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha during a press conference on Wednesday, August 17, thanked Kenyans for bringing out his good and bad traits during his tenure in government.
The Education CS admitted that serving in his capacity was not easy because he had to be firm in some situations.
“I want to thank you for having walked with me and having taken the good, the bad and the ugly side of me because that is a human being,” he said.
Furthermore, Magoha added that nobody is perfect, hence it was by the grace of God that he was able to serve as the Education CS.
In addition, the CS acknowledged that he may have come off as conceited, particularly at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, he told Kenyans that he had to step up and take firm leadership roles.
“It has not been easy being a CS for education during COVID and in order for me to move things forward I have been very firm and in between the firmness I have cracked certain jokes,” he said.
Nonetheless, Magoha apologized to Kenyans and maintained that he had fulfilled his mandate.
“I want to say without any fear of contradiction that if any of those jokes have gone to the wrong side, that was not the intention and my apologies to the general public about that.” He added.
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Furthermore, the Education CS informed Kenyans that he plans to finish the last phase of the construction of Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms across the country by the end of his term to ensure a smooth transition for his successor.
“We are now at 75 percent which leaves us with a tough nut to crack of about 1,200 classrooms. I strongly believe that we shall be able to complete the classrooms so that whenever the new CS takes over he finds that he has a smooth place to start from.” Said Magoha.