Kenya mourns the death grandfather of zoology and a scholar Prof. Mohamed Hyder, 88

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One of the finest sons of the coastal soil. The grandfather of zoology as widely known. He immensely contributed to the political arena through his civic education foundation. He was a good man according to his longtime friend Prof. Shaukat.

Prof Mohamed Hyder was born in Mombasa in 1932.

At the Mombasa old town, the scholar Prof. Mohamed Hyder is known for fighting for education changes in the country.

He got married to Samira Mohamed Hyder. He went to Serani Boys School (Mombasa) then later joined Makerere University College, Kampala. Other schools he attended include Chelsea College of Science and Technology, London, St Andrews University, St Andrews. Fife, Scotland and Leeds University, Leeds, England.

He was a teacher at Khamis Secondary School before joining the University of Nairobi as a zoology lecturer and became the grandfather and a Professor of zoology at the University.

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His friend Prof. Abdulrazak Shaukat broke the news of the demise of the scholar at the onset of Ramadhan. He said that he knows Prof. Mohammed Hyder as a cool and very resourceful person.