Kathekani Senior Secondary School students are looking forward to something new, something exciting in January 2027 when the new term begins.

Having been affected by the construction of the Mombasa to Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, it was scheduled to be constructed anew under the Relocation Action Plan (RAP).

Kenya Railways relocated the school to a new site about a kilometre away from the original school. The Corporation went ahead to construct a new and modern school equipped with the appropriate amenities and facilities designed to support academic excellence and student developed.

The development includes eight classrooms, four laboratories, two dormitory blocks an administratition block, a dining hall which can double up as a conference facility, staff houses, paved walkways and adequate water storage facility.

Today, H.E President William Samoei Ruto visited Kathekani to officially open the school. The Kathekani Senior Secondary School family led by the School’s Principal together with the school’s Board of Management expressed their profound gratitude to the National Government and Kenya Railways MD Mr. Philip Mainga.

The construction of Phase One of the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) affected twenty-five (25) public institutions along the railway corridor. These comprised twelve (12) primary schools, eight (8) secondary schools, one (1) special school, one (1) health centre, one (1) forest station, one (1) prison building and one (1) Meat Training Institute building.