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Where the late Cabinet minister JJ Kamotho and ‘Kamau wa Jiggers’ were fuelled by ‘ugali cabbage’

JJ Kamotho and other alumni

Njumbi High School in Mathioya, Murang’a County, was founded by the Anglican Church of Kenya, Diocese of Mt Kenya as a mixed boarding school.

The school which was later changed into a boys’ only boarding school sitting on 29 acres, was upgraded from an intermediate to a high school in 1965.

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