View Full Version : Which primo and High School did you attend?


ernestombayo7
July 26th, 2009, 06:49 AM
As for me,i attended 3 primary schools.We used to stay in Langata so my first primo was Langata barracks,then moved to Langata Junior then to Malezi Preparatory.I had most fun in Malezi.And i got my first Suspension from School in Malezi in class 7 for sneaking out to play bano(marbles), after lunch break.
Damn did i get a thorough beating from my dad!

I went to Highway Secondary for like 2 weeks.And i was having a blast,timing all the best number 23 mathrees in the morning,checking out fly college chics in town.Then my clever Grandad gave my dad a "splendid" idea.I should be whisked away to boarding school.I ended up in St.mary's School Yala in Siaya.

i hated the school during my first year in form 1.The food was bad,and i really hated the fact that 80% of the kids apart from the ones from Nairobi had strong Luo accents!But by the time i cleared i had the best time in my life in that school.I made life long friends till now,and it taught me to appreciate people.And ofcourse i met and interacted with one of the best rugby players in Kenya.Leslie Mangu,Derrick Wamalwa,Lavin Asego,Teddy Omondi who was my cube mate and many others who made it to the Kenyan teams.

So that's my story,whats yours?

desert burner
July 26th, 2009, 09:34 AM
i attended komor primary in mandera town which is 7 minutes walk to the boarder to the somali side. and i completed 8 years there and joined mandera secondary in form one but only stayed there for the first semester life as horrible because they was massive bullying in those years.

i ran away and joined ruiru high school oh my god life was hell again because i was day school all my life, and damn the weather was harsh, i come from extremely hot place and those days rain all the time in ruiru and freezing at night and no going out for 2 months until mid term and closing:lol: it was really bothering me but i used to jumped from the fence and we caught we used complain vehemently that our home is mandera it takes 10 days going and 10 days coming when they want to suspend us, but when it comes for midterm we the first to go out while we stay nairobi and extend the mid term with i week more and say to go upto mandera:lol: it was really nice experience.

i think i have 1000 experience but is not enough to discuss here. but i can say they some schools that were not suppose to operate like equator its next to tannery in thika. damn the bad smell and also kahawa high i so the boarding girls and boys mixing at the wee hours in men's dormitory it was also unhygiene. but i can not forget ST valentine the ladies were too generous. guyz stand up for st valentine:cheers::applause:

ernestombayo7
July 26th, 2009, 10:51 AM
i attended komor primary in mandera town which is 7 minutes walk to the boarder to the somali side. and i completed 8 years there and joined mandera secondary in form one but only stayed there for the first semester life as horrible because they was massive bullying in those years.

i ran away and joined ruiru high school oh my god life was hell again because i was day school all my life, and damn the weather was harsh, i come from extremely hot place and those days rain all the time in ruiru and freezing at night and no going out for 2 months until mid term and closing:lol: it was really bothering me but i used to jumped from the fence and we caught we used complain vehemently that our home is mandera it takes 10 days going and 10 days coming when they want to suspend us, but when it comes for midterm we the first to go out while we stay nairobi and extend the mid term with i week more and say to go upto mandera:lol:

This cracked me up! ati 10days to go home! Did you ever cross the border into Somalia while in mandera?

nairoberry
July 27th, 2009, 03:20 AM
mine is simple, we live in mbitini, kitui. i went to makolongo primo till class 3 and then as ernest said, my parents came up with a "splendid" that i should join my sister in boarding school. so from class 4 to 8 i attended chogoria jr boarding school(close to chogoria boys high school. chogoria is close to meru) i went to TALA HIGH SCHOOL(TABZ in the house baby!!!) we had over 1500 students hence we called the ukambani university!!!

ewangai
August 3rd, 2009, 02:36 PM
Lol 10 days.

I started in St Teresa's Nursury, in Parklands, then went to City Primary in ngara till iw as in class 4 when i went to Musa Gitau Primary (boarding) in Kikuyu. Best years of my life were spent here. For highschool i went to Kiambu high.

JARIBU
August 9th, 2009, 05:19 AM
Here's the primo I attended for four years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND7IFbXK9KU

http://s701.photobucket.com/albums/ww19/JARIBU/?action=view&current=MichindaBoardingPrimarySchool1.flv

mwanamwiwa
August 9th, 2009, 05:33 AM
mine is simple, we live in mbitini, kitui. i went to makolongo primo till class 3 and then as ernest said, my parents came up with a "splendid" that i should join my sister in boarding school. so from class 4 to 8 i attended chogoria jr boarding school(close to chogoria boys high school. chogoria is close to meru) i went to TALA HIGH SCHOOL(TABZ in the house baby!!!) we had over 1500 students hence we called the ukambani university!!!

Holy shit!!!Dude,my moms taught Bio in Tala Boys!!We lived in the teachers quarters until I was in class three in Tala primary then she got transferred to St.Georges Nairobi and I finished my primo in the primary section.:cheers:small world....

Papaf Mwenyewe
August 9th, 2009, 07:25 AM
PRIMO: Namgoi Primary School (Kapsabet) and St Joseph's Parochial, Nakuru

I will post pictures of Namgoi Primary School sometimes next month

Papaf Mwenyewe
August 9th, 2009, 07:25 AM
Welcome Jaribu, I luv this site..... no maneno mingi, just people sharing experiences and photography

Here's the primo I attended for four years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND7IFbXK9KU

http://s701.photobucket.com/albums/ww19/JARIBU/?action=view&current=MichindaBoardingPrimarySchool1.flv

JARIBU
August 9th, 2009, 11:14 PM
Thanks, it looks an okay place to visit; I may become a regular.


Welcome Jaribu, I luv this site..... no maneno mingi, just people sharing experiences and photography

desert burner
August 10th, 2009, 05:17 PM
vipi papaf, namna gani huko elburgon unaweza kimbiako kama tergat:lol: una ngojeako nini siuchukiyako hiyo pesa:lol: haah if you have gone to western province huko kakamega utafamu hiyo:lol: the last time i so i watched bulls eye william ruto touring the sugar belt where he met one lady and ask her umewahi kusikia waziri wa kilimo bwana ruto and then she replied and said sijuako:bash: anyway jaribu karibu kwa forum:)

KQV208
August 11th, 2009, 10:03 AM
Elite Juniour then Braeburn High.

kenyan24
August 11th, 2009, 12:04 PM
Kwanza i went to to All saint cathedral for kindagarten then olympic primary school for class 1. Then moved to Toi primary school in class 2-8, then went to nairobi for school for a couple of week, iyo maisha ikanishinda, i wonder why kenyans dont build such magnificent schools. Then went to highway secondary school, i liked it there.

ewangai
August 11th, 2009, 12:58 PM
haha too soft for boarding school ehh. loved every minute of it man

Mwafrika
August 11th, 2009, 02:05 PM
went to Nairobi Primary (patch primo).... then St Mary's Nairobi.... good ol days

desert burner
August 11th, 2009, 07:00 PM
^^wow, kuna mababi wengi, i think few of us learnt the hard way like me, ernostos and nairoberry:cheers:

Mwafrika
August 11th, 2009, 09:59 PM
^^wow, kuna mababi wengi, i think few of us learnt the hard way like me, ernostos and nairoberry:cheers:

hahaha.. I grew up in uhunye does that count?:lol:

Papaf Mwenyewe
August 12th, 2009, 08:49 AM
^^wow, kuna mababi wengi, i think few of us learnt the hard way like me, ernostos and nairoberry:cheers:


Kwani wewe ni Oboho? (You sound like "Option 1") :lol:

desert burner
August 12th, 2009, 10:32 AM
This cracked me up! ati 10days to go home! Did you ever cross the border into Somalia while in mandera?

^^yep, both the Somali and Ethiopian border:lol: i remember my first school uniform in primo i bought the border town of Somalia known as bulla hawa:cheers: what a hard khaki it pushed me 2 years:lol:

Ruby1980
August 12th, 2009, 11:02 AM
first went to Doni Primo (Donholm) then to boarding school in Juja ... Kalimoni Primary ... then to Mang'u High (St. Francis Girls High School) best years of my life, shule back then was sooo much fun ... torture at times but it has definately helped mold me ...hahahaha !

nairoberry
August 12th, 2009, 03:41 PM
^^wow, kuna mababi wengi, i think few of us learnt the hard way like me, ernostos and nairoberry:cheers:

hahahaahahaa mababi!!!!!

kenyan24
August 12th, 2009, 04:42 PM
Hell no, i was raised in kibich. Damn i miss that place.

ernestombayo7
August 12th, 2009, 08:01 PM
After surviving in High School boarding,every other place is paradise for me.Sijui no water, Little food,Bullies and some teachers who were downright sadistic.

Papaf Mwenyewe
August 12th, 2009, 08:57 PM
Ruiru High School is now Kenyatta University, Ruiru Campus


http://www.ku.ac.ke/index.php/administration/ku-campuses/ruiru-campus

i attended komor primary in mandera town which is 7 minutes walk to the boarder to the somali side. and i completed 8 years there and joined mandera secondary in form one but only stayed there for the first semester life as horrible because they was massive bullying in those years.

i ran away and joined ruiru high school oh my god life was hell again because i was day school all my life, and damn the weather was harsh, i come from extremely hot place and those days rain all the time in ruiru and freezing at night and no going out for 2 months until mid term and closing:lol: it was really bothering me but i used to jumped from the fence and we caught we used complain vehemently that our home is mandera it takes 10 days going and 10 days coming when they want to suspend us, but when it comes for midterm we the first to go out while we stay nairobi and extend the mid term with i week more and say to go upto mandera:lol: it was really nice experience.

i think i have 1000 experience but is not enough to discuss here. but i can say they some schools that were not suppose to operate like equator its next to tannery in thika. damn the bad smell and also kahawa high i so the boarding girls and boys mixing at the wee hours in men's dormitory it was also unhygiene. but i can not forget ST valentine the ladies were too generous. guyz stand up for st valentine:cheers::applause:

oscarkim
August 24th, 2009, 08:51 AM
Lol 10 days.

I started in St Teresa's Nursury, in Parklands, then went to City Primary in ngara till iw as in class 4 when i went to Musa Gitau Primary (boarding) in Kikuyu. Best years of my life were spent here. For highschool i went to Kiambu high.

i also went to musa for 2.5 years. i miss it...

ewangai
August 24th, 2009, 10:41 AM
dude i think i remember you

Triza
December 4th, 2009, 11:48 AM
first went to Doni Primo (Donholm) then to boarding school in Juja ... Kalimoni Primary ... then to Mang'u High (St. Francis Girls High School) best years of my life, shule back then was sooo much fun ... torture at times but it has definately helped mold me ...hahahaha !

Hi...went to Kalimoni as well...it was one hell of a school, I honestly don't know how I survived 5 years there. But my high skul years @ P.B were awesome, well, almost .

nairoberry
December 7th, 2009, 02:06 AM
dude i think i remember you

wow!!! small world, aint it?

maasai1
December 25th, 2009, 06:26 PM
for me, kairuni pr school (chogoria, meru), kangaru high school (embu) -most memorable days, then kenyatta university. best days were high school days, except for 'monolisation' (i was made to make a 'phone call' using a very smelly shoe!!)

mikeotechi
January 9th, 2010, 10:28 PM
Am of the Older School: Literally
I trekked for 7 Solid Years to School Barefeet in the muddy and sticky soils of Kakamega
Matioli Primary School
Was boarding School a relief! But not before my feet got drawn on a carton so that the right pair of shoes could be bought for me at the only Bata in Kakamega.
Onto Nakuru High School in the Rift Valley. Even though boys from the same province would naturally flock together;especially to prevent the menacing Monolisation, the best lessons learnt in such environments was appreciating people from environments different from ours. Nakuru High School in the early eighties was a Melting pot of Boys and Girls from all over Kenya, and I do suppose one of the few mixed Boarding Schools.
Then Moi Forces Academy which had an obvious tinge of Eliticism & Class: Not of the Boys in the School,but their backgrounds.

Kenguy
January 10th, 2010, 06:02 AM
Am of the Older School: Literally
I trekked for 7 Solid Years to School Barefeet in the muddy and sticky soils of Kakamega
Matioli Primary School
Was boarding School a relief! But not before my feet got drawn on a carton so that the right pair of shoes could be bought for me at the only Bata in Kakamega.

^^
I think Kenyans have come from far. Shoes are things people take for granted.

Kenguy
January 10th, 2010, 07:56 AM
Schools I attended:

Mt Kenya Academy-where I learnt about life the "soft" way. (primo)

Nyeri High School- where I learnt life's lessons the "hard" way. (Form 1-4)

Makini school- where I did my IB (Form 5 & 6)

That wraps up my primo and high school.

mikeotechi
January 10th, 2010, 05:46 PM
^^
I think Kenyans have come from far. Shoes are things people take for granted.

Yap.Kenguy,that's my real indellible world for you.
That from that I have traversed the world from Nairobi to London,from New York,Washington D.C onto Orlando. From Entebbe to Jo'burg,Arusha to Mundri(South Sudan).
For me, its an indication of great human possibilities.When I sit at my laptop in Nairobi and have a Live Chat with Kisumu Ndogo tacked all the way in Kansas City,U.S.A,I just feel great and look forward to achieve great things.
Have you seen a barefeet Primary School child? That was me hardly 3 decades ago.

mikeotechi
January 10th, 2010, 06:03 PM
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs168.snc3/19578_243244786247_799966247_3096413_5417108_s.jpgYap.Kenguy,that's my real indellible world for you.
That from that I have traversed the world from Nairobi to London,from New York,Washington D.C onto Orlando. From Entebbe to Jo'burg,Arusha to Mundri(South Sudan).
For me, its an indication of great human possibilities.When I sit at my laptop in Nairobi and have a Live Chat with Kisumu Ndogo tacked all the way in Kansas City,U.S.A,I just feel great and look forward to achieve great things.
Have you seen a barefeet Primary School child? That was me hardly 3 decades ago.

Kisumu Ndogo
January 12th, 2010, 06:28 AM
Yap.Kenguy,that's my real indellible world for you.
That from that I have traversed the world from Nairobi to London,from New York,Washington D.C onto Orlando. From Entebbe to Jo'burg,Arusha to Mundri(South Sudan).
For me, its an indication of great human possibilities.When I sit at my laptop in Nairobi and have a Live Chat with Kisumu Ndogo tacked all the way in Kansas City,U.S.A,I just feel great and look forward to achieve great things.
Have you seen a barefeet Primary School child? That was me hardly 3 decades ago.

That's a great Resume Mike, It was great communicating with you. About the technology I hope with landing of the Internet Cables at the Coast more and more Kenyans will be able to access the technology in large numbers and reduced cost.^^

Kenguy
January 13th, 2010, 06:03 PM
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs168.snc3/19578_243244786247_799966247_3096413_5417108_s.jpg

^^
You were a cute kid back in the day Lol. Indeed, anything is possible in this life.

Kenguy
January 13th, 2010, 06:07 PM
That's a great Resume Mike, It was great communicating with you. About the technology I hope with landing of the Internet Cables at the Coast more and more Kenyans will be able to access the technology in large numbers and reduced cost.^^

I believe Kenya's internet revolution will come from mobile phones with internet connectivity and not PC's and laptops.

mikeotechi
January 14th, 2010, 10:23 AM
^^
You were a cute kid back in the day Lol. Indeed, anything is possible in this life.

Kenguy,for the record,that kid aint me.

desert burner
January 14th, 2010, 02:53 PM
Kenguy,for the record,that kid aint me.

:lol::lol::lol:

Kenguy
January 14th, 2010, 04:22 PM
Kenguy,for the record,that kid aint me.

Cute kid all the same.:)

mwanamwiwa
January 17th, 2010, 05:57 AM
:lol: This took me back to primo..

stbaYb1RyzI

Kenguy
January 17th, 2010, 02:30 PM
Ah! The memories...

desert burner
January 17th, 2010, 06:53 PM
^^the first time i saw it i was laughing for 10 minutes:lol::lol: