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Kyeni Girls: Where Kanze Dena, Cecil Mbarire wore red skirts and white blouses

Kyeni Girls High School is a boarding public county school in Runyenjes Constituency, Embu County. The girls-only school was established in 1965 by the Ursuline Sisters after being commissioned by the Meru Catholic Diocese. It was the second public girls secondary school to be introduced in Embu County after Kangaru Girls.

The school's inception in Meru elicited excitement from the neighbouring boys schools, including Kevote and Kangaru, which were now assured of "company" and "potential wives".

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