Kitui School

Kitui High School is a boys' boarding secondary school in Kitui County and the only national boys' secondary school in the county. It has a population of 1,500 students. It is located about 2 kilometers from Kitui town along the Kitui-Mbusyani road.

History

Kitui School began as an intermediate school in 1908 before changing to a boarding school in 1948.[1] The school was by that time known as Campbell Academy. It started offering A-level classes in 1971.

Notable alumni and academicians

  • Willy Mutunga, Retired Chief Justice of Kenya
  • Kalonzo Musyoka, 10th Vice-President of Kenya
  • Makau Mutua, Former Dean of the University of Buffalo Law School
  • John Ndirangu, Former Embakasi Central MP
  • Ngumbau Mulwa, Mumias Sugar Company Limited director
  • George Kenyatta Muumbo, Presidential candidate in Kenyan general election, 2013
  • Ngala Mwendwa, A member of the Kenyan delegation to the 1960 Lancaster House Conference
  • Muthomi Njuki, Governor Tharaka Nithi County and former Chuka-Igambang'ombe MP (taught Biology and coached rugby)
  • Benjamin Nzimbi, Retired Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya

References

  1. ^ "Where Dr. Willy Mutunga scored straight 'As'". www.standardmedia.co.ke.

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