- Maseno School has begun construction of a Sh4 billion complex, with 40 classrooms and eight laboratories expected to be completed within 12 months.
- The alumni have mobilised Sh80 million and secured additional corporate support, including from the M-Pesa Foundation, alongside President Ruto’s pledge to help fund 40 classrooms.
- Principal Peter Owino has said TSC has taken details of 25 BOM staff for permanent engagement, and has requested the President to consider all 40 BOM staff for employment.
Construction of a Sh4 billion modernisation project at Maseno School is underway, and is expected to be ready in the next four years. Forty classrooms and eight laboratories are expected to be completed within twelve months, as the institution moves to honour a pledge made by President William Ruto during its centenary celebrations.
Joe Ager, a member of the alumni coordinating the building programme, said construction of forty classrooms and eight modern laboratories is expected to be completed within the next twelve months. Ager said the next phase will involve the construction of 270 staff houses, a dining hall and a 3,000-capacity multipurpose hall, alongside departments for STEM, aviation, humanities and other related disciplines. Ager said the new complex is expected to host some 5,000 learners.
“The school alumni had mobilised some Sh80 million, which encouraged the head of state to move in handily,” Ager said, adding that the alumni have also secured support from corporate entities such as the M-Pesa Foundation. He said the initial phase of work is expected to cost Sh50 million, with contractor Devkon already on site.
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President William Ruto had earlier promised, during the learning institution’s centenary celebrations, that he and friends would construct 40 classrooms as part of the modernisation of Maseno School. The groundbreaking ceremony was witnessed by Board of Management chairman Ambrose Weda, who described Maseno School as an institution of communities, given the calibre of those who have passed through it. Weda said the school is expected to accommodate some 10,000 learners within the next four years.
School Chief Principal Peter Owino lauded the head of state for the gesture, noting that the school had managed to excel academically despite limited physical infrastructure over the years, recording the highest concentration of A’s, at 84 points, in the entire nation in the last Form Four examinations. Owino said the Teachers Service Commission had taken details of some 25 staff currently on the Board of Management payroll for engagement on permanent terms, following an order by the head of state during the centenary celebrations, and said he had requested the President to consider all 40 BOM staff for employment.
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The oldest surviving alumnus, Dr Joseph Aluoch, thanked the alumni association for coming to the aid of the school, urging the institution to stick to quality rather than quantity.
By Fredrick Odiero
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