Nairobi, Feb. 1 -- Former Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha contemplated resigning on at least two occasions during his three and a half years at Jogoo House, underlining his reputation as perhaps the most principled of the ministers that served in the Uhuru Kenyatta administration.

One of the incidents, which made Prof Magoha, who died last week, hand his resignation was over the decision by the University of Nairobi to appoint Stephen Kiama as vice-chancellor after the then Education Cabinet had revoked it through a gazette notice.

"He [Prof Magoha] once wanted to resign. A decision was made but was later reversed and he felt like he had been thrown under the bus. I had to call Prof Kiama to the office and we had a small chat,...