Mary Leakey Girls High School is a Extra-County Secondary Public Secondary School, located near Kikuyu Town, Kikuyu Constituency in Kiambu County.
The table below gives the fine details of this school.
Location, Contacts, Postal Address, Physical Address, County, Telephone Number, Email, Website, KCPE Results or KCSE Results |
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| School Education Level | Public Secondary School |
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| Public Secondary School Classification | Extra-County Secondary School |
| Physical Location | located in Kabete location, in or near Kikuyu Town, Kikuyu Constituency, Kiambu County, Kenya |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 23080 , Nairobi – 00600 Kikuyu, Kenya
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| Telephone/Mobile Number | 0721-375711,020-2044633 |
| Email Address | |
| Website | Get a Website for Your School (Ksh. 5000) |
| Results Slip Download | |
| School Motto | In God We Trust |
| School Vision and Mission | Pending Update |
School Details, History, Short Description, Achievements etc
Mary Leakey Girls High School is a Girls boarding school. In 1900, Rev. A.W. McGregor was sent by the Chuch Missionary Society (CMS)as a pioneer missionary to Kikuyu-Land, Rev Mc.Gregor was already involved in missionary work among the Taita in Taveta in early 1892.Thus Rev. Mc Gregor arrived in Fort Smith in Kikuyu on October 13 1990.
He started looking for suitable land for missionary work. He had been offered land at site of Fort Smith bu declined due to its reputation for atrocities against against the kikuyu. He therefore went further afield in search of a suitable site. He finally purchased a parcel of land at Kabete locally known as Mayombo (the rocky place) from Cege Kanyi of Muthemba family. He took possesion of the site in 1901 and named it Kihuruko (a place of quiteness and rest). He started teaching the Word of God and literacy. By November 1901, he had five students. The local people nicknamed him “Kabora”. It was on this land that Mary Leakey Girls High School really started
Author: kelvin nganga
