Friends School Kamusinga well known as “Kamu” is a public national school located in the Western part of Kenya, Kimilili, Bungoma County. The school is ranked as one of the best-performing secondary schools in Kenya.
Other than being academic giants, Friends of Kamusinga is also a giant in extra-curricular competitions dominating in competitions such as drama, field hockey, basketball, science congress, and music festival.
In our feature, we will highlight more on their academic dominance in the KCSE examination starting from the recently released results.
Friends School Kamusinga KCSE Results.
KCSE Results 2023/24
While over 48,174 students scored an E, the last grade in the 8-4-4 system Kamusinga School was on the top-tier level earning a mean grade of 9.4. Of the 1216 candidates who scored A country-wide, Kamusinga was among the schools that contributed to this list with 30 of its students scoring an A plain.
On top of that, Kamusinga managed to convert over 90% of their KCSE entries to University entries, of 463 entries 450 of them managed to secure university grades with 0 withheld results. Below is the breakdown of the 2023 Friends of Kamusinga KCSE Results.
Grade No. of Candidates
A 30
A- 89
B+ 120
B 80
B- 87
C+ 47
C 11
C- 2
D+ 0
D 0
D- 0
E 0
X 0
Y 0
W 0
Total Candidates= 463
Total Entries= 450
KCSE Results 2022/23
2022 was an average year for the Kamu’s gents where they earned a mean grade of 9.2. However, compared to 2023 the number of As was just 11, and 20 of its students missed a chance to join University. Below is the full breakdown of the 2022 KCSE Results for Friends of Kamusinga.
Grade No. of Candidates
A 11
A- 91
B+ 120
B 126
B- 69
C+ 40
C 13
C- 6
D+ 1
D 0
D- 0
E 0
X 0
Y 0
W 0
Total Candidates= 477
Total Entries= 457
KCSE Results 2021/22
2021 was another wonderful year for the Kimilili-based- school posting a stellar mean score of 9.6. Despite earning 31 As and a good mean score, their pass rate for that year was 93.3% with 26 students missing the University chance. Below is the breakdown of the 2021 KCSE results.
Grade No. of Candidates
A 31
A- 105
B+ 97
B 67
B- 48
C+ 16
C 17
C- 6
D+ 1
D 0
D- 0
E 0
X 2
Y 0
W 0
Total Candidates= 390
Total Entries= 364
Friends School Kamusinga History and Notable Alumni
Friends School Kamusinga was founded in 1956 by a British native, the late Allan Bradley. The school was founded as a transfer unit for the Friends School Kaimosi from Kaimosi in Vihiga County and belongs to the Quaker group.
The school is classified as a cluster 1 national school joining the list of other schools that earned the national status promotion in 2011 from provincial schools which are now referred to as Extra-County schools.
Despite the founder dying in 2000, the school has a special way of remembering him every year where they hold a sports tournament known as “Allan Bradley’s Day Tournament” held on the 18th of February every year.
Being one of the best, it has produced some of the greatest men in Kenyan society including Ferdinard Omanyala, Africa’s fastest man.
Other notable alumni include Cleophas Malala, Moses Wetangula, the late Chris Kirubi, Kenneth Lusaka, and others.