Mosocho Academy

Mosocho Academy is a private school in the south-western part of Kenya in Bogusero North location, Mosocho division in the Kisii Central District of Nyanza Province. Started in 1986 by the member of parliament for Kitutu Chache, the late Dr. Z. T. Onyonka.

Initially it was a primary boys boarding admitting pupils from standard Three to Eight. In 1989 the school expanded to include the secondary wing which admitted its first batch of students in forms One and Two that year.

In 1992, when the first KCSE exam was sat, the school emerged top twenty best in the country. From then the schools attracted students from all over the country and beyond. Good performance continued for a time until in 1996. Decline in academic standards visited the school immediately after the death of the proprietor Dr Hon Z. T. Onyonka in 1996. However, inept financial and academic leadership drove it to almost financial ruin. It was bought in 2001, after the death of Onyonka, by an educational entrepreneur of Indian origin.

The school has undergone several changes, it stopped admitting boarding students and became a mixed secondary school.

Head teachers Mosocho Academy upon inception was headed by Mr Otwoma from 1986-1988. Mr Otwoma left the school to work with Gestetner company in early 1989. He was succeeded by a Mr Daniel Arasa Mokoro from 1989-1991. Mr Mokoro was demoralised as his dream to be sponsored to study in the USA did not materialize. He resigned to go back to the Teachers Service Commission for redeployment. Mr. Mokoro had been teaching in Kabianga High School before he got official release by the TSC to join Mosocho Academy. Mr. Mokoro started the secondary wing and taught Religious Studies in that section. Mr. Mokoro thereafter went ahead to join the University of Nairobi where he graduated with a B.Ed(Hons) degree before proceeding to Kenyatta University from where he earned his Masters degree in Educational Planning and Economics of Education.

In 1992 the schools were headed by Mr. Francis Gichana who was a retiree from teachers service commission and a close neighbor to Dr Onyonka. 1991 was marked by the repeal of section 2a of the constitution of Kenya and the reintroduction of multiparty politics. The son of Mr Gichana (Dennis Gichana) was involved in these politics and chose to oppose the then incubent Onyonka in Kitutu Chache constituency in the 1992 general elections.

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