Students at Strathmore University. PHOTO: Strathmore University Strathmore College first opened its doors in March 1961. Exactly 60 years have now passed since the first group of A-level students walked through them. Then a colony, Kenya has been independent for much of that time. Its population, economy, and democracy have expanded tremendously, though not with […]
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Mr Muthiora (left) with some of the fathers of the boys. PHOTO: Strathmore School Located in Lavington, Nairobi, Strathmore School was established in 1961. Its mission is to “offer, in collaboration with parents, an all-round education based on academic excellence through strong character building and spiritual growth.” The boys-only school has 669 students. Of […]
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Once a month, on a Friday evening, a group of young men descends upon Mbagathi Study Centre, a bright-walled building that sits squat next to Strathmore University in Nairobi’s Madaraka Estate. Most of them are recent university graduates, navigating the bottom rungs of a nascent career. A few are married. Most are not, though many […]
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To most people, Strathmore University is a place of staid composure, of stiff lips and an almost British gentility. There is something right about this. After all, the university has taken a long time to cultivate a reputation for seriousness, and is keen on maintaining so that every person who goes through it can only […]
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Many take it for granted that when children everywhere want to play, they at the very least usually have the space to do so. Balls and shoes and other accessories to play might be harder to come by because they have to be bought, but once they are available, there must be somewhere for the […]
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