Mang'u High School
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Mang'u High School is a national high school established in 1925, located near Thika
Thika
Thika is an industrial town in Central Province, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 40 km north east of Nairobi, near the confluence of Thika River & Chania River. Thika has a population of 200,000and is growing rapidly, as is the entire greater Nairobi area...

, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

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History

The school was started in 1925 by a Dutch priest, Father Witte, C.S.Sp. at Kabaa. In 1939, the school was moved to a new site at Mang'u Village on 22 acres of land and because of accessibility it became known as Mang'u High School. In the early 1960s the Holy Ghost Fathers transferred the management of the school to Marianist Brothers.
The Marianist Brothers introduced an Aviation
Aviation
Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...

 programme in Mang'u High School and there was an urgent need for expansion. To create room for the aviation
Aviation
Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...

 programme, the Board of Governors purchased a new site for the school, acquiring land 214 acre (0.86602804 km²) six kilometres from Thika
Thika
Thika is an industrial town in Central Province, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 40 km north east of Nairobi, near the confluence of Thika River & Chania River. Thika has a population of 200,000and is growing rapidly, as is the entire greater Nairobi area...

 Town along the Thika-Nairobi Highway. In 1972 the Marianist Brothers moved Mang'u High School to its current site. At the time of moving the headmaster was Prof. Raphael J. Njoroge, the first African headmaster of the school. The school was to be put up in three phases.

Academics

It was the first school to introduce aviation as an examinable subject. The motto is “Jishinde Ushinde” - "Conquer Yourself to Conquer".

Mang'u High School has consistently maintained itself as A passing school. It does well in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
KCSE stands for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, which is taken at the completion of Secondary Education.The first KCSE exam was held in 1989 at the same time as the last Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education , which it replaced as the entrance requirement for Kenyan Universities.The...

 and is always among the top ten schools nationwide. The school is very competitive to join, and only the students who perform best in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education are offered admission, though there has been controversy in the past where powerful politicians secure a place for their children though they did not perform well. In 2006 it was seventh nationwide. In 2007, Mang'u regained its original position by once again leading the whole country in High school performance.
Mang'u dethroned longtime rival school Alliance, which dropped to the 9th position.

School anthem (In Swahili)- melody borrowed from South Africa National Anthem


Mungu ibariki Mang'u High,
Ibariki viongozi wake,
Katika michezo masomo,
Mang'u High tuwe washindi,
Mang'u High na watu wake,


Ibariki, Mang'u High! (X2)
Ibariki, Mang'u High na watu wake,
Mang'u High tuwe washindi!

Alumni

Among the high profile politicians who studied at Mang'u High School are President Mwai Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki is the current and third President of the republic of Kenya.Kibaki was previously Vice President of Kenya for ten years from 1978–1988 and also held cabinet ministerial positions, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for...

 who attained the maximum possible score, former Vice-President Moody Awori
Moody Awori
Arthur Moody Awori , known as "Uncle Moody", was the 9th Vice President of Kenya from 25 September 2003 to 9 January 2008.-Politics:Awori was born in Butere. He went to Mangu High School in 1935, and later Kakamega High School...

, Cabinet ministers George Saitoti
George Saitoti
Prof. George Kinuthia Saitoti is a Kenyan politician and mathematician who was Vice President of Kenya from 1989 to 1997 and again from 1999 to 2002. He has been Minister for Internal Security since 2008 and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010.-Biography and education:George Saitoti is...

 who was also a former vice president, John Michuki
John Michuki
John Njoroge Michuki was born 1932 at Muguru village, Iyego Location, Kangema Division in Murang’a County. Educated in Kenya and abroad, Michuki has emerged as one of the prominent and long-serving civil servants and politicians as well as a businessman in Kenya...

 who also met President Mwai Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki is the current and third President of the republic of Kenya.Kibaki was previously Vice President of Kenya for ten years from 1978–1988 and also held cabinet ministerial positions, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for...

 at Mang'u and is a former school captain. Other cabinet ministers are Dr Mukhisa Kituyi
Mukhisa Kituyi
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi is a Kenyan politician and the immediate former Member of Parliament for Kimilili constituency in Bungoma North District of Western Province. He also served as Minister for Trade and Industry.-Education and early career:Dr...

, Kipruto Arap Kirwa, Cyrus Jirongo
Cyrus Jirongo
Shakhalaga Khwa Jirongo, popularly Cyrus Jirongo, is a politician and is a current Member of Parliament in Kenya.Between 1978 and 1981 he went to Mang'u High School. He became the chairman of AFC Leopards football club in 1991...

 and the late Tom Mboya
Tom Mboya
Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya was a prominent Kenyan politician during Jomo Kenyatta's government. He was founder of the Nairobi People's Congress Party, a key figure in the formation of the Kenya African National Union , and the Minister of Economic Planning and Development at the time of his death...

 who was one of Kenya's principal leaders that agitated for independence plus other members of parliament. Other notable alumni include Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga
Maurice Michael Otunga
Maurice Michael Otunga , Cardinal and Archbishop emeritus of Nairobi and Military Ordinary emeritus for Kenya, was born in Chebukwa, diocese of Kakamega, Kenya.-Early life and ordination:...

, Archbishop Ndingi Mwana Nzeki, Archbishop John Njenga
John Njenga
Archbishop John Njenga was Roman Catholic archbishop of Mombasa from 1990 to 2005.Njenga was born to Peter Kimani and Maria Wanjir in Tigoni, Kiambu, and attended Mang’u High School. He was ordained priest at Kibosho Major Seminary in Tanzania in 1957, and was posted to the Nairobi Diocese...

 who also met Mwai Kibaki and Moody Awori at Mang'u and says he taught Hon. Awori catechism. Others are Bishop Antony Muheria, Josphat Konzolo former director NSSF (National Social Security Fund) and Dr. Joshua Noreh who performed Kenya's first Invitro-fertilization. Prof. Raphael J. Njoroge, Ph.D. is an educationist who is not only a former student of the school but was also its first African headmaster.

Facilities

The first phase of construction was completed in 1972 and the 253 students moved in. After that, very little has been done to complete the second phase and nothing for the third phase, yet the student population is already in the third phase.

The school vehicles were very old until the management bought two new mini-buses. There is only one laboratory block, while some schools in the caliber of Mang'u High School have as many as eight laboratories. The science teachers have to perform some of the experiments at night, lunch-break, games time or during the weekend so as to cover the syllabus. Although the school offers Agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

, there is no workshop.

The Aviation
Aviation
Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...

 students undertake most of their studies at Wilson Airport because there is no proper aviation workshop or a fuselage. The situation, however has changed over time with the acquisition of a Beechcraft
Beechcraft
Beechcraft is an American manufacturer of general aviation and military aircraft, ranging from light single engine aircraft to business jets and light military transports. Previously a division of Raytheon, it has been a brand of Hawker Beechcraft since 2006....

 two engine aircraft. The visits to Wilson continue, to keep the student abreast of new technology.

School name

The school is also known as "'Dayton'" because of the school's association with University of Dayton
University of Dayton
The University of Dayton is a private Roman Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio...

, a Catholic university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 founded by the Society of Mary (the Marianists) in 1850 in Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Notable alumni

  • The President of the republic of Kenya His Excellency Mwai Kibaki
    Mwai Kibaki
    Mwai Kibaki is the current and third President of the republic of Kenya.Kibaki was previously Vice President of Kenya for ten years from 1978–1988 and also held cabinet ministerial positions, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for...

  • Longest serving ex-vice president Professor George Saitoti
    George Saitoti
    Prof. George Kinuthia Saitoti is a Kenyan politician and mathematician who was Vice President of Kenya from 1989 to 1997 and again from 1999 to 2002. He has been Minister for Internal Security since 2008 and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010.-Biography and education:George Saitoti is...

  • Former vice president Moody Awori
    Moody Awori
    Arthur Moody Awori , known as "Uncle Moody", was the 9th Vice President of Kenya from 25 September 2003 to 9 January 2008.-Politics:Awori was born in Butere. He went to Mangu High School in 1935, and later Kakamega High School...

  • Cabinet minister John Michuki
    John Michuki
    John Njoroge Michuki was born 1932 at Muguru village, Iyego Location, Kangema Division in Murang’a County. Educated in Kenya and abroad, Michuki has emerged as one of the prominent and long-serving civil servants and politicians as well as a businessman in Kenya...

  • Former Cabinet minister Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi
    Mukhisa Kituyi
    Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi is a Kenyan politician and the immediate former Member of Parliament for Kimilili constituency in Bungoma North District of Western Province. He also served as Minister for Trade and Industry.-Education and early career:Dr...

  • Former Cabinet minister Kiputo arap Kirwa
  • Dr Joshua Noreh (First doctor in Kenya to carry out invitro-fertilization)
  • Member of Parliament Cyrus Jirongo
  • Archbishop George Njenga
  • Former Archbishop Ndingi Mwana Nzeki
  • The late Cardinal Maurice Otunga
  • The late Tom Mboya
    Tom Mboya
    Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya was a prominent Kenyan politician during Jomo Kenyatta's government. He was founder of the Nairobi People's Congress Party, a key figure in the formation of the Kenya African National Union , and the Minister of Economic Planning and Development at the time of his death...

  • CEO Mumias sugar company Evans Kidero
  • Former NSSF director Josphat Konzolo
  • Maxx Ng'ang'a, CEO Crysoft Labs
  • Kapchanga David John, Egerton University
  • Michael JK Sang, Chairman, Mumias Sugar Co (1991–2003), 1st Commissioner of Sports(1988–1990), Educationist(1956–1988).

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