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Koelel Boys: The barracks for adventurous ‘soldiers’

CID Director Ndegwa Muhoro, Bishop Mark and Lawyer Cliff Ombeta. Photo: Courtesy

This secondary school in Nakuru County was thrust into the limelight mid last year when students bribed a guard and spent a night at the nearby Gilgil Girls from where they were flushed out and suspended.

Koelelians or ‘soldiers’ (the school is inside the Gilgil military base) had illustrious heads...like Gichuki Kenda, the headmaster for almost two decades. Nicknamed ‘T9 Lethal’ for his legendary boxing skills, he either caned or boxed ‘soldiers’ into submission. He was loved nevertheless. His deputy was ‘Export,’ so-named after Tusker Export lager, denoting his short stature.

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