CS Magoha Apologizes For His Offensive Utterances And Asks Teachers To Retain Students In School Incase Of A Re-election
As his time as Cabinet Secretary for Education draws to a close, Professor George Magoha seems to be trying to mend relations with the people.
Teachers and the general public have both described the CS as harsh and arrogant on numerous occasions. But the surgeon-turned-administrator of an academic institution has changed his ways.
No one is flawless, and I think God’s grace allowed me to serve here. “There is no one who is perfect,” he remarked.
After visiting and inaugurating phase two of the CBC classroom at Ofaga Jericho Secondary School in Makadara, Nairobi County, CS Magoha spoke to the media.
“It has not been easy to be the CS for education and in order to move things forward, I have been very firm and sometimes extremely firm in between the firmness one can say I started jokes,” explained the CS.
Magoha has recently come under fire after a video of him making offensive remarks about a Muslim woman journalist appeared online. The CS is heard on the video enquiring about an unidentified journalist’s possible affiliation with the notorious terrorist organization Al Shabaab.
The CS apologised for such utterances, saying, “I want to say that if any of those jokes went the wrong direction, that was not the intention of my apologies to the public.”
The ministry would prefer to keep students in school than send them home because voting is a day’s activity, according to Magoha, who noted that despite schools serving as polling places.
“It has not been easy to be the CS for education and in order to move things forward, I have been very firm and sometimes extremely firm in between the firmness one can say I started jokes,” explained the CS.
Magoha has recently come under fire after a video of him making offensive remarks about a Muslim woman journalist appeared online. The CS is heard on the video enquiring about an unidentified journalist’s possible affiliation with the notorious terrorist organization Al Shabaab.
The CS apologised for such utterances, saying, “I want to say that if any of those jokes went the wrong direction, that was not the intention of my apologies to the public.”
The ministry would prefer to keep students in school than send them home because voting is a day’s activity, according to Magoha, who noted that despite schools serving as polling places.
Magoha withdrew his apology on the same day that he expressed confidence that the school calendar won’t experience any more disruptions.
Even though schools are being used as polling locations, Magoha said that because voting is a one-day affair, the ministry would rather keep students in school than send them home.
“They (students) can be asked to play games and stay in their hostels,” he said, reaffirming that schools would open on Thursday, August 18 after closing on August 2.
“They (students) can be asked to play games and stay in their hostels,” he said, reaffirming that schools would open on Thursday, August 18 after closing on August 2.
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