St. Paul’s Amukura High School Details and History
St.Pauls is a Provincial Secondary School founded in 1962 is in Busia County at Teso South District, Amukura Town, is a Boys Boarding School with an ample Studying environment for all students despite of your backgrounds. St. Paul’s is a Roman Catholic Church sponsored school, admits students of differing religious beliefs.
St. Paul’s Amukura High school was established in 1962 in Busia County. The catholic school sponsored bnoys’ school formed the basis of butula Boys’ School whose foundation was laid two years later , but for a whole year its pioneer 45 students were schooled at St. Paul’s amukura School.
Late assistant minister of Labour and Amagoro Mp Pancreas Otwani was the longest serving principal of St. Paul’s Amukura High School from 1973 to 1987.
In SPAHS , as the school is abbreviated, bullying was part of life. Learners were toughened with kicks, blows and whipping with belts by senior students.Learning in SPAHS aka Amu was not taken for granted and besides the latin motto Cursum Consumavi, a writing on the wall that read; ‘If you are lazy try another school’ kept students working hard.
During hot days, the pastime was chewing surgacanes and bathing in the open at the water pump. In the 1990s, SPAHS’S ‘Kesisiata’, the school bus, was the hottest in Western Province.
The school is reputed for producing some notable personalities. It was here that Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong sat for his O-levels and a-levels from 1979 to 1985. Former energy minister and former Nambale Mp Chris Okemo was among the pioneer students. Standard Group’s Head of Outdoor Advertising Kizito was molded there as the push for multi-partyism climaxed. Former North Eastern PC and former Kandunyi MP Maurice Makhanu, former chief executive of the Alexander Fobes Group Kenya, and now president of the Actuarial Society of Kenya James Olubayi, as well as Kenyatta University’s Departmental of Chemistry lecturer Dr. Mwangi Waweru, were also schooled there.
St. Paul’s Amukura High School Contacts
School name: St. Paul’s Amukura High School
Physical Location:Amukura
School Code: C8020130
Address: P.O BOX 119-50403 Amukura
Level: Secondary School
Day/Boarding: Boarding
Gender: Boys
Ownership: Public
Sponsor: Religious Organisation
Student Needs: Ordinary
County: Busia
Constituency: Amukura Website: www.st.pauls.amukura.high.school.co.ke
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