Former Education PS George Godia dies

Former Education Permanent Secretary (PS) George Godia has died at his Nairobi home after a short illness, his family says.

"He has been ill. He just collapsed in his house," his brother Mr Fanuel Godia told the Nation on the phone on Saturday.

Professor Godia had also just completed his term as Kenya’s ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).

Prof Godia joined the Ministry of Education in 2004 to take up a newly-created position of Education secretary. He later rose to become the PS, replacing Prof James ole Kiyiapi, who resigned to contest for the presidency in 2013.

Previously, Godia served taught at Moi University.