Kianda College,
now Strathmore University’s
School of Administration and Management
 

             An important part of Strathmore University’s history is its close association with Kianda College of Secretarial Management. Founded in 1961 as Kenya’s first racially integrated school for women, Kianda College provided training for local women administrative secretaries at a time when the field was completely occupied by foreign expatriates. Kianda thus trained secretaries who integrated the profession and filled the extensive vacancies left by departing expatriates at the critical time of Kenya’s independence. 
 
              Many administrative posts in the public and private sector of the newly independent state were filled by Kianda graduates. Now Kianda graduates can be found in administrative posts all over Africa, from Permanent Secretaries in Botswana and Tanzania to Ministers in Uganda. Kianda graduates also founded Lagoon College in 1970, a similar college in Lagos, Nigeria.
 
              As the administrative secretarial profession evolved in Kenya, Kianda elevated its course of study to managerial administration and information technology. In 1991 Kianda joined forces with Strathmore University when it moved to its current Madaraka campus. Kianda’s legacy continues as Strathmore University’s School of Administration and Management, which provides corporate training and is headed by Kianda staff members and graduates. Strathmore University proud includes all Kianda’s graduates as members of its alumni family.