Prof. George Magoha, the Education Cabinet Secretary, made his retirement announcement yesterday. President Uhuru Kenyatta’s term will come to a close next month.
In response to recent rumors that he had requested to be kept on by the new administration in order to oversee the complete implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), Magoha was adamant that he was not searching for employment with the new administration.
“First of all, let me disabuse the minds of citizens, I am not looking for another job, what I have is enough, I have a target to make. So I will work even on Monday and that is on the eve of elections and by that time, our target will have got higher,” said the CS.
“After election results are announced, I am serving someone called President Uhuru Kenyatta and I will leave with him. When he is still there as the President, you will see me out working and when he stops, I stop,” Magoha explained.
The CS made the remarks after inspecting CBC classrooms at Nairobi School.
He said that if he will have completed the target to build classrooms by the time of exiting the office, it will be a welcome move.
“If I will have completed the target before then, well and good… and the way we are going, don’t you see I will complete it very early? For example, if someone goes to court before they finish I will have completed and I will also rest like everybody else.
However, before then if it is within the law, it is proper and just, a good sacrifice for someone who has been blessed by God with everything to give back to the children, don’t you think so?” Magoha posed.
