Kamandura Girls, Kenya's national film and music queens

Students from Kamandura Secondary School perform a poem on Terrorism before President Uhuru Kenyatta during the winners’ concert at Kisumu State Lodge recently. [PHOTO: GEORGE ORIDO/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: On top of the undulating Limuru escarpments on the edges of the Great Rift Valley lies a national gem that has been taking the performance stage by storm.

It is hard to believe that, the little known Kamandura Girls High School has bagged some of the most treasured national trophies in music as well as film this year.