City High School, Nairobi

City High School, Nairobi

City High School was established in Nairobi, Kenya in 1952 by the Sharma family. They managed several high schools in Ngara area.[citation needed] Ram Lal Sharma, who was the school's proprietor in the 1970s, was a follower of Hare Krishna.[1] City High was one of the Sharma family's last schools to be left standing.

On October 31 1964, around 1,000 boys at the school went on strike in complaint about inadequate facilities at the school.[2]

Lilian Mumias, wife of Nabongo (King) Peter Mumia II of the Wanga Kingdom, was among the school's teachers in the 1970s.[3]

Notable pupils

See also: Category:Alumni of City High School, Nairobi
  • George Luchiri Wajackoyah, a candidate for the Kenyan presidential election, 2012.[4]
  • Thomas Odoyo, Kenyan cricketer
  • Heronimo Sehmi, actor.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Prof. Wajackoyah's Biography, glw4president.com website, accessed 8 March 2011
  2. ^ Students Strike Nairobi School, Toledo Blade, 1964, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JNpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TgEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6642,1293398&, retrieved 8 March 2011 
  3. ^ Professor receives blessings from the King of the Wanga Kingdom, glw4president.com website, accessed 8 March 2011
  4. ^ "News". glw4president.com. 2011. http://www.glw4president.com/index1/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=73&limitstart=25. Retrieved 8 March 2011. "George Luchiri Wajackoyah" 
  5. ^ "Heronimo Sehmi portfolio in the magazine jurgita.com". jurgita.com. 2011. http://www.jurgita.com/actors-id329834.html. Retrieved 8 March 2011. "Heronimo Sehmi" 


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