Judge: Moi’s advice helped me to excel

Judge Luka Kimaru.

Sometime in 1985, a young man walked into the towering gates of Moi High School-Kabarak, hoping to draw from its wells of knowledge. Luka Kimaru came from the plateaus of Uasin Gishu County brimming with hope and has never regretted his two-year stint at Kabarak. Kimaru, who is now a High Court judge, fondly recalls his life as Kabarak.

Life has its ­ firsts, the judge says. It is here that he learnt table manners holding a folk, a knife and not slurping while taking soups. It is at Kabarak too that he learnt the power of ‘hot power’ (hot water), especially during the hours when tea was unavailable.