Testimonials

I was in school from 1950-53. Back then the school was Government Indian School then later Duke of Gloucester and later Jamhuri High School...
2024-09-13

Whenever I hear Jamhuri what comes to mind first is very fond memories. Seems like yesterday. A very tough school to get into and we had the pride to say we are Jamhu boys. If we are 11000 alumni out there in the world today, we've done various things in the world. It's not difficult to restore what Jamhu was. We can all play our bits to achieve. It doesn't mean only money, it means time, sharing our experiences and also mentorship.
2024-09-12

The reality is Jamhu was a tough school. Having come from a very strict catholic school then you land in Jamhuri is like you are thrown into the deep end. But it taught me something - resilience. Jamhuri taught me to be myself. Path my strengths and leverage towards them. It gave me the love for economics. It gave me courage and resilience to be okay in being around groups of men and compete in their spaces. I am who I am because I went to Jamhuri.
2024-09-12

My memory of Jamhuri is that it was a model school in so far as facilities and resources are concerned. There was everything for everyone. Things that many technical institutions were struggling to maintain were there at Jamhuri. As alumni it is our responsibility to help the administration to deal with challenges as they come. I think we need to look back and say what does the school need and what does the government provide and where the shortfall is. I think it is our responsibility to see how we can help the school to deal with that.
2024-09-12

I joined the school in February 2023. When I took over I didn't know Jamhuri was a big household in the academic world but as I took over and met the alumni they gave me the brief and the kind of people who have passed through Jamhuri and realised how big a household Jamhuri is in the academic world. That surprised me so much owning to the fact that I taking Jamhuri when the academics weren't so good. There was a lot of indiscipline in the school and the number of students proceeding to the next level was very low. From my talk with the alumni I realized I wanted to take Jamhuri back to the academic world and I promised them that I'll do my best. I embarked on discipline of the students through a lot of mentorship and I realised that students didn't have much hope, so we coiled the slogan MAJAGA (MAking JAmhuri Great Again). I found Jamhuri High School at a mean of 4.2 with only 10% of boys making it to the university and in 2023 we got a 6.2 and improvement of 2.08, we took 93 out of 230 boys to university. This year we're targeting over 200. In 2022 we were position 51 but last year we were position 19 in Nairobi making us the most improved. 2024 we're expecting to be top 10 in Nairobi. We've also benchmarked with the other top national schools and students have realized that they are able. Jamhuri is also known for sports and we are trying to make a sports comeback. We've not made a comeback in the nationals but we're doing finals in the regionals. What we're proud about is that Jamhuri has gained a lot in terms of discipline and our discipline is not questionable in Nairobi. I embarked on the plan to motivate the teachers and t
2024-09-12

We have managed to create the Duke Jamhu Alumni Association (DJAA). It has been given a thumbs up by the administration and the Ministry of Education; not only has it been given a thumbs up but it has taken and collapsed all the alumni groups into one. The second thing that has happened is coming up with a strategic document that chatters the way forward for this school. All you have to do as an alumni is (register) (jamhuri.co.ke)
2024-09-12