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Archbishop Njenga Girls High School: Regional giant where girls soccer is tradition

Archbishop Njenga Girls High School was established by parents from Chekalini. Then known as Chekalini Mixed Secondary School, it started as a harambee school back in 1971.


It had an initial enrollment of 17 students - nine boys and eight girls. The school utilised an old house left vacant by an ex-European settler as its first classrooms with an adjacent building being used as teachers quarters, a  store and administration block.

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