Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the government to honour the late Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha by implementing what he had started in the Education sector.

Speaking at the burial of Prof. Magoha in Gem, Siaya County on Saturday, Kenyatta remembered the late professor as a friend, a partner, a colleague, adding that the country had lost a great giant.

“If truly what everybody has said here is what they mean about what a great giant lies before us today, then implement what he started and let this country benefit from what he worked so hard to achieve,” Kenyatta said as he enumerated Magoha’s track record.

Uhuru appointed Prof.  Magoha in the position of Education Cabinet Secretary, having served the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC).

“Less politics and more work…that is who Magoha was and that is what we shall remember about him. We have lost a friend, a partner, a colleague…we have lost a great giant of this country.”

The late Prof. Magoha has been credited for spearheading the implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) which has been criticised and praised in almost equal measure.

While the current administration is on record stating that it will not scrap the new curriculum, President Ruto maintains that the new system of learning requires some review.

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