Jamhuri High Students checking exam results in 1977. There was a time too, when Cambridge was in charge of the examinations and top candidates’ results would be published in the local dailies. Jamhuri High was not an ordinary school for it carries the history of racial relations and the British aristocrats. It was also elevated from an elementary school into Government Indian High School, exclusively catering to boys. Take a surveyPredictably, when Kenya attained independence in 1963, this school which has shaped the lives of thousands of city boys was “baptised” Jamhuri High School, a name it retains to date.

Source: Standard Digital May 11, 2021 17:41 UTC