was previously headed by Simon Nabukwesi who headed the school from 1998 to January 2009, when he was appointed as Kenyan ambassador to Canada in a series of diplomatic appointments by Kenya's 3rd president Mwai Kibaki. Before Nabukwesi's helm at the school, Christopher Khaemba was the principal from 1995 to 1998 before transferring to Alliance High School as principal, and thereafter to African Leadership Academy as the school's founding dean in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is currently the director and co-founder of the Nova Pioneer Academies, which operates in Kenya and South Africa. Departments The school comprises ten departments that oversee the school programs and curricular activities. These are the Examination Department, Technical Department, Sciences Department, Math Department, Swahili & Other Languages Departments, English & Libraries Department, Games Department, Boarding Department, School Worship Program Department, and Guidance & Counselling Department. The heads of each department are appointed by the Teachers Service Commission. Board of Governors The school has a board of governors (B.O.G.) and Parents Teachers Association (P.T.A.) organs that assist the school administration in leadership and management. Student admission Every year, 300 students are selected based on academic merit and quota as per the Kenyan standard education policy. Academic merit is based on performance on the K.C.P.E. (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education) exams. Its quota system ensures that the school admits boys from every county in the country, though with bias to students from public schools as the current education policy requires. Students are admitted on a need-blind basis. At any given time, there are needy students whose tuition and boarding fees are paid by parties other than their parents or guardians. Matriculation and university enrollment On average the school's final year candidates get up to 98% admission into top universities in the country by merit through standard Kenyan public university placement procedures for students who have excelled on the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education. By virtue of the school's ranking over the years, with most students scoring A, A- and B+, most students get into university through merit. Emblem School seal The emblem is a cheetah poised on its back limbs which appears to be clawing the air. A banner is floated below the emblem, reading "Use Common Sense". Student life Culture Upon arrival, every form 1 student is assigned to a 'guardian' who is a form 2 student who will help the new student find his way