The University of Nairobi, like other public universities, has found itself in a debt trap blamed on drops in government funding and students enrolling for the self-sponsored or parallel degree.
The medicine bug in the Magohas’ blood
Dr Barbara O Essien Magoha marries Prof George Magoha in 1982. Photo: Courtesy.
The Kenyan father, Nigerian mother and their son are all doctors, with their lives somewhat intertwined to the University of Nairobi (UoN). Growing in Jerusalem (Salem) in Nairobi’s Eastlands, George Magoha chose his career path in urology after witnessing how men had problems passing urine as a child. Prof Magoha went on to research on male erectile dysfunction, prostrate, testicular and penile cancers. He was awarded International Order of Merit and Gold Medal for Research in Cancer of Penis in Africans in 2001. Indeed, his research on erectile dysfunction was influential in the invention of Viagra!