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June 30, 2022
John Kariuki (right) assessing Fredrick Kimanthi at a job site. PHOTO: Ralph Wechuli for Eastlands College of Technology When Eastlands College of Technology (ECT) first opened its doors in 2015, few would have foretold the unique paths by which students would end up passing through those doors, nor the diverse backgrounds from which they would […]
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April 5, 2022
The late Msgr Burke (left) and Mr Borruso (right). PHOTO: Strathmore School The story of Strathmore, like all rich stories, is many stories rolled up in one. Many of these stories trace the lives of the men who left their distant home countries, under the inspiration of St Josemaría Escrivá, to start and sustain the […]
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April 1, 2021
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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September 3, 2019
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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April 25, 2019
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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