Shinamwenyuli Senior School in Butere Constituency has emerged as one of the top-performing secondary schools in Kakamega County following the release of the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results last Friday.
The school posted an impressive mean score of 6.2, marking a significant improvement from previous years and affirming its steady rise in academic performance.
Speaking after the release of the results, the school principal, Mrs Hellen Atenya, congratulated the 2025 candidate class for their tireless effort, dedication, and teamwork, which she said had placed the school on the national academic map.
“This performance is a result of discipline, commitment, and collective responsibility from students, teachers, parents, and the wider school community,” said Mrs Atenya.
The school’s top candidate, Clement Opiyo Owino, emerged as one of the best performers in both the county and the country after scoring an A plain with 84 points. His outstanding result crowned an otherwise strong overall performance by the school.
In the subject distribution, Shinamwenyuli Senior School recorded one A, three A minus, six B plus, ten B plains, thirteen B minus, and twenty-nine C plus grades. A number of candidates also scored between C plain and C minus.
Mrs Atenya noted that although Shinamwenyuli is a pure day school, it has a rich history of consistent improvement in national examinations. She added that upon joining the school last year, she introduced new academic and administrative measures aimed at improving outcomes, which are now bearing fruit.
“The Shinamwenyuli community has strongly embraced education, and their support has been tremendous,” she said. “We also have students who clearly understand their purpose, making it easier for teachers to nurture and guide them.”
She further acknowledged the support of the Butere Member of Parliament, describing him as a key partner in the school’s success through continued infrastructural and academic support.
Speaking to the press at the school, top candidate Clement Opiyo thanked his teachers for their unwavering guidance, his sponsor for paying his school fees, and his mother, whom he described as his greatest inspiration.
“For me, this has been God’s doing,” said Clement. “After performing well in primary school, I lost hope of joining high school due to a lack of fees. A man of God came through and enrolled me at Shinamwenyuli. My mother, a single parent, survives by hawking bananas on the streets, and life has not been easy. I am glad that today I have made her proud.”
Clement now aspires to pursue Aeronautical engineering at the University of Nairobi.
Buoyed by the strong performance, the 2026 candidate class has already drawn motivation from the results. The school administration says it is determined to build on the existing measures to ensure even better performance in future national examinations.
