Dagoretti High School is a high school

High school

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 in the Dagoretti

Dagoretti

Dagoretti refers to an area in western Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Administratively it is one of eight divisions of Nairobi. The Dagoretti division is divided into six Locations...

 area of Nairobi

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

 county, Kenya

Kenya

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. It is 16 Kilometres from Nairobi City centre along the Nairobi-Kikuyu

Kikuyu, Kenya

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 Road. It is a Provincial School. The School has five streams (as from 2008) E, W, N, S, A..... i.e. Form 1 w,Form 1 E...e.t.c
It is a boarding school with a student population of roughly 900.

History

Dagoretti High School was founded in 1962. The school used to be a colonial detention camp where many MAU MAU detainees were incarcerated. It was popularly known as DITCHEZ. Dagoretti High School was started through the initiative of the first Member of Parliament for Dagoretti Constituency Dr Njoroge Magana Mungai.The first Headmaster of the school was Mr N C Bhatt.

Extracurricular activities

Dagoretti High School dominated the Traditional Dance category of the Kenya National Drama festivals throughout the 1990s holding the High Schools Category for many years and in 2004 and 2005 Drama Festivals the school made history by winning consecutive drama dance titles. Also the school has clubs like science club,chairman being Timon Ochieng(304, 2011), straight talk, Junior achiever, D~smart by CEO(Brian Thungu)

In 2011 the school came tops in the Junior Achievement National in Kenya, and now in October, is Going to represent Kenya in the Pan African Contest in Ghana. They emerged champions with their Portable hot water iron box called D~Box.
The company consist of 11 student:
Brian Thungu, Timon onyango, David Adera, Joe muchuha, Elijah Maina, Collins Otieno, Daniel Aburi, Owen, Ron ,Emmanuel Kyalo ,Charis Kavita

Notable alumni

• [John Kiarie A.K.A: K.J ]] - comedian, artist and political activist
• Dr. Alfred Mutua - Kenya Government Spokesman
• Boomba Clan - Kenyan pop music boy band
• Kevin Wyre
  Kevin Wyre
  Kevin Wyre is a R&B and reggae musician from Kenya known from the groups Necessary Noize and East African Bashment Crew as well as a solo artist....
  
   - Kenyan pop artist
• Peter "Dj Xpect" Kerre - Deejay and activist