- Asumbi Girls National School has appointed Madam Teresa Atieno Otieno as the new Chief Principal, effective October 2, 2026, following the retirement of long-serving Madam Linet Pino Sati.
- Otieno takes over 1,800-student Cluster One national school praised for a 9.78 mean in the 2025 KCSE and pledges to build on Sati and acting Principal Sr. Caroline Onyango’s foundation.
The fraternity of Asumbi Girls National School in Rangwe Sub-County, Homa Bay County, has received a new Chief Principal following the retirement of long-serving Chief Principal Madam Linet Pino Sati.
Sati, the first lay Principal in the over 60-year history of the Catholic-sponsored national school, officially retired on September 30, 2026, after more than a decade at the helm. She took over the school in 2014 from Sr. Josephine Opiyo and is credited with massive infrastructure expansion and academic excellence, including a 2025 KCSE mean score of 9.78 with 914 candidates and 100% university transition.
After her exit, the school was under the leadership of the Deputy Principal, Rev. Sr. Caroline Onyango, who served as Acting Principal. Sr. Caroline, who had served as Deputy for several years under Sati, was praised by teachers and students for her dedication, wisdom, discipline and strong Catholic values. She held the school stable during the transition period and ensured smooth running of academic and co-curricular activities.
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According to a clarification by the Teachers Service Commission, Sr. Onyango was serving in an acting capacity pending substantive appointment.
The TSC has now made the substantive appointment. The new Chief Principal, who has officially taken over the school effective October 2, 2026, is Madam Teresa Atieno Otieno.
Madam Otieno takes over a school with a population of over 1,800 students, 8 streams per class, and over 85 TSC teachers. Asumbi Girls, founded on March 19, 1936 by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of St. Joseph under the Mill Hill Missionaries and sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Homa Bay, remains one of Kenya’s top Cluster One national girls boarding schools.
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In her brief maiden speech after the handing-over exercise, the incoming Principal, Mrs Otieno, thanked the school fraternity for the warm reception and prayed to God to guide the entire school to greater success.
She assured parents, teachers, students and the Catholic sponsor that she will build on the strong foundation laid by Madam Sati and Sr. Caroline Onyango, and called for teamwork, discipline and prayer to keep Asumbi Girls at the top.
By Enock Okong’o
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