George Magoha

George A. O. Magoha
Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS), Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS)
Born 1952 (age 65–66)
Kenya
Residence Nairobi, Kenya
Nationality Kenyan
Citizenship Kenya
Alma mater University of Lagos
(Bachelor of Medicine)
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
University College Hospital, Ibadan
Royal College of Surgeons
Royal Postgraduate Medical School
Occupation Surgeon, Professor and Academic Administrator
Known for Administrative Skills, Body of Work
Title Chairman
KNEC

George Albert Omore Magoha (born 1952) is a Kenyan Surgeon, Academic Administrator and Professor of Surgery and a Consultant Urologist at the University of Nairobi's College of Health Sciences. [1] He is best known for his time as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi from 2005–2015 where he is credited to have transformed the institution from student hooliganism to a leading institution of higher learning in Kenya and beyond.[2] His record as a no nonsense education administrator saw him appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta as the Chairman of the Kenya National Examination Council in 2016.His immediate task was to reform the council to arrest the widespread academic dishonesty and corruption in the administration of national examinations. [3] He is credited to have dismantled cartels that had propagated exam cheating for years and restored credibility of exams in Kenya. [4]

References

  1. ↑ https://softkenya.com/kenya/george-magoha/
  2. ↑ http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/weekend/Prof-Magoha-The-buffalo-who-tamed-university-students/1220-3943516-qeyfh5z/index.html
  3. ↑ http://www.nation.co.ke/news/education/I-was-horrified-by-extent-of-rot-in-examinations-/2643604-3504046-143yg66z/index.html
  4. ↑ https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001243704/how-prof-magoha-dismantled-exam-cheating-cartels
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