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St. Mary’s School Yala is a provincial school for boys situated on the Kisumu-Busia highway in Yala Township in the Nyanza Province of Western Kenya.

The school was founded in 1927 by the Mill Hill missionaries notably Msgr. Brandsma who wanted to start a teachers college for catholic schools. Yala School was opened in 1927 making it one of the oldest schools in Kenya.

Not many students were keen on becoming teachers and so it become a full primary school and junior secondary school that expanded to become the current St. Mary’s Yala. 700-730 students attend the school each year and it has a teaching staff of 40.



Student life
The student body is headed by the School Captain (Head Boy) together with prefects. There is an Old Boys Association "Yala Old Boys Association. (YOBA)", which is a social gathering of old boys.

Co-curricular activities
The school sports include rugby, athletics, soccer, basketball, handball, indoor-games, volleyball, badminton and hockey. The rugby team won the national secondary school rugby championship in 2003.

Administrative structure
The school was headed by Mr. Marcellous K’ojwang as the Principal until 2005 when Mr. John Awiti replaced him. Mrs. Rosemary Abuodha Omogo (Deputy Principal) deputized till 2006 when Mr. Sammy Onyango took over as deputy Principal. Mrs Rosemary was promoted to the position of principal head on a different school.

The school offers computer studies as an examinable subject. The ICT department is headed by Mr. Nashon Adero.

Refurbishment projects include second phase of the dining hall, building of the departmental offices, a water project, a sick bay for the students, a laboratory to be named Yoba House, and staff houses.

Notable alumni
Kenyan politician Tom Mboya