ADOPTED FROM NAIROBIAN Maranda High School was established in November 1919 by the late Shadrack Osewe Agot. Osewe, then a divinity teacher at Kapiyo village in Bondo District, approached Amolo Raila, Raila Odingas grandfather, for land to set up the school. He first built his house, then followed it with a church. Osewes first pupils comprised the elderly, who were taught how to read, write, as well as Christianity. In 1926, formal elementary education was started with the assistance of the Church Missionary Society (CMS). Those who taught under the guidance of Osewe included Ibrahim Odinga, whose salary was Sh6. Between 1927 and 1928, the school was turned into a boarding school. The school which is about five kilometres from Bondo town, came to prominence for its good performance in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KSCE). It was ranked fourth overall in the 2010 KCSE exams, first in 2011 and seventh in 2012. On September 20, 2012, the school closed temporarily after a fire burnt down one of the dormitories. There was another major fire in January 2013, which destroyed two dorms. According to a list provided by Maranda High School Alumni Association, nearly half of the teachers at the school are also old boys. At Maranda, individual classes are managed as mini-schools with their own head teachers. The former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga learnt at the school in 1962, alongside his brother Dr Oburu Oginga.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:26:00 +0000
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