Student strikes were notoriously common and had damaged the institution's reputation. A the time he assumed office, apparently staff members never worked, lecturers missed classes and some even lost student examination marks. His most remarkable achievement at the UoN was instituting discipline among the academic staff, non-teaching staff and the students. In 2005 was appointed the vice-chancellor of the UoN, having scored the highest among the applicants.

Career ДЄt the turn of the century (late 1990s to early 2000s), Professor Magoha was appointed chairman, dean and principal in the College of Health of Sciences and later deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Nairobi, in quick succession. He is trained as a specialized urologist and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ireland. His studies took him through the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, the University College Hospital, Ibadan, both in Nigeria and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, in United Kingdom. He was awarded a scholarship to study human medicine at the University of Lagos, in Nigeria. He excelled in his university entry examinations. He then studied at Strathmore School, for his A-Level education, graduating with a High School Diploma. He then attended Starehe Boys' Centre and School, where he completed his O-Level studies. He attended Dr David Livingstone Primary School, in Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya.

He moved in with his older brother, John Obare and his wife Agatha Christine Obare, in Nairobi, on account of his (Magoha's) asthma, at a young age.

4 Succession table as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nairobi.

He concurrently serves as a Consultant Urologist at Kenyatta National Hospital, the teaching hospital of the university. He is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Nairobi's College of Health Sciences. He has previously served as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi from 2005 until 2015. Immediately before his current assignment, he was the chairman of the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), from 2016 until 2019. Professor George Albert Omore Magoha (born circa 1952), is a Kenyan consultant surgeon, academic administrator and technocrat, who serves as the Cabinet Secretary of Education in the Cabinet of Kenya, effective 26 March 2019. Surgeon, Professor, Academic and Administrator.Д¬abinet Secretary of Education in the Cabinet of Kenya

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