Christopher Khaemba

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Christopher Situma Khaemba is a Kenyan educator, and the former Dean of the African Leadership Academy (ALA) in South Africa. Khaemba became the first Dean of the ALA in September 2008, moving from his role as principal of Alliance High School in Kenya to take up the position. Before that he had served as Principal of Kamusinga for three years and Alliance for 10 years.

Early life[]

Khaemba attended Kenyatta University, Nairobi, graduating with an MBA. He was an officer and pilot with the Kenya Air Force before quitting in 1984, and moving into teaching.

Alliance High School[]

He joined the teaching staff at Alliance High School as a Mathematics and Physics teacher, remaining there for the next 14 years. During that time, he rose up through the ranks to become principal. He was appointed by the government as principal of Friends School Kamusinga in 1995 to address the declining standards in the school, which he achieved within three years,^{[citation needed]} and was recalled to be the principal of Alliance again in 1998.

Under Khaemba's term as Principal, Alliance was consistently ranked within the top ten best performing schools in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education.^{[citation needed]}

African Leadership Academy[]

Khaemba was head-hunted to be the inaugural Dean of the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2008. The founders of the school, who include Fred Swaniker (CEO), and , chose Khaemba through a seven-month process, and stated that Khaemba stood out due to his record at Alliance High School and Kamusinga.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2016, Khaemba sits on the Global Advisory Board of the ALA,^[1] and still supports the school with fundraising and alumni support.

Later career[]

Khaemba was appointed Education Advisor in the Office of the Prime Minister of Kenya in January 2012. He served in that position till April 2013, when a new Government was formed, and the office of the Prime Minister abolished. He moved to the Teachers Service Commission where he served as Deputy Director of Teacher Management for four months, until September 2013, when he was appointed to serve on the Nairobi City County cabinet as the Executive in charge of Education, Youth Affairs and Social Services. In February 2016, Khaemba was moved to the Urban Planning and Lands sector as the Executive in charge.

Nova Pioneer[]

In 2015, in collaboration with Oliver Sabot, Oliver Rothschild and Chinezi Chijioke, Khaemba established a new educational program in Kenya, , based on the African Leadership Academy model of an academic curriculum with additional leadership programs.^[2] The first Nova Pioneer School opened in January 2016 with 128 male students. A girls' school, Nova Pioneer Girls High School, opened in January 2017, while Nova Pioneer Primary - Tatu City opened in 2018. The network is set to open its second primary school in Athi River in January 2019.

References[]

• "Inaugural Dean of African Leadership Academy",African Leadership Academy, 2 June 2010
• "SABC Interview with Dean Christopher Khaemba (Part 1)", www.headlinesafrica.com, 25 March 2009
• Alliance High School, 26 September 2008
• Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, 27 September 2007
• "World-Class Secondary School Seeks Africa's Most Outstanding Young Leaders", GhanaWeb, 12 September 2007
• "Christopher Khaemba Named Inaugural Dean", African Leadership Academy, May 2007
• Dennis Onyango, "Kenya: Alliance Principal in the U.S. On a Rare Mission", AllAfrica.com, 21 April 2007
• "African Examples: Christopher Khaemba", The Sunday Standard, 25 December 2005
• World Economic Formum, [Undated]

External links[]

• Commission for Higher Education in Kenya