Covid-19 Isolation Centres, schools per county: Nakuru County

May 31, 2025 Hillary Kangwana

The County Government of Nakuru has identified and equipped about 80 institutions to be used as Covid-19 isolation centres in case there are multiple infections in the county. Most of those selected are secondary schools across the 11 Sub-counties in Nakuru. This comes even as the Kenya Union of Post primary Education Teachers, KUPPET, raised concern over the use of schools as Covid-19 isolation centres. Molo Sub County has the largest number of facilities at 13.

The number of Covid-19 patients continues to increase in the country even as the government puts up a spirited fight against the deadly disease.

The list below shows the selected facilities; including the available bed capacities:

NAKURU COUNTY COVID-19 ISOLATION FACILITIES PER SUB COUNTY

GILGIL SUB-COUNTY

S/ NO	COUNTY	SUB-COUNTY	WARD/ DIVISION	NAME OF CENTRE	CAPACITY	NAME OF HEAD OF CENTRE	REMARKS
1.	NAKURU	GILGIL	GILGIL	Gilgil Sub-County Hospital	50	Dr. Kuria	Government Hospital
2.				St. Mary’s Hospital	40	Sr. Malilda	Catholic Hospital
3.				St. Joseph Hospital	40	Dr. Seth Manera	Catholic Hospital
4.				Utumishi Academy	500	Principal Mr. Maina	Public School
5.				Koelel High School	500	Principal Mr. Obenge	Public School
6.				NYS College	12,000	Commandant -Ruth Mbuvi	Government College
7.				Jomo Kenyatta Barracks	5,000	Brigadier Kivunzi	Government Institution
8.			KARUNGA (MORINDAT WARD)	Ngecho Sec. Sch.	200	Principal Mr Mburu	Public School
9.			ELEMENTAITA	Kahuho High Sch.	200	Principal Mr. Munya	Public School
10.			ELEMENTAITA	Mitimingi Sec. Sch.	150	Principal Mr. Manyara	Public School

NAKURU NORTH SUB COUNTY

s/no	Sub-county	Division/Ward	Name of the centre	Capacity	Name –head of the centre	Remarks
1	Nakuru North	Bahati	Jomo Kenyatta Boys	1500	Philiph Waweru	Power& water available
2		Kiamaina	Heroes sec	580	Ikumba	Power& water available
3		Dundori	Dundori sec	300	Lawrence T. Hungi	Power& water available

SUBUKIA SUB COUNTY

S/No.	County	Sub County	Division	Name of Centre	Capacity	Name of Head of Center	Remarks
1.	Nakuru	Subukia	Subukia	Subukia Level 4	7	Dorcas W. Ndegwa
2.	Nakuru	Subukia	Kabazi	Kabazi Level 4	4	Jackson Kiprotich
3.	Nakuru	Subukia	Subukia	Maryland Secondary School	120	David Kiprotich Kemei
4.	Nakuru	Subukia	Subukia	Wei Secondary School	145	Micah Chebet kipkemoi
5.	Nakuru	Subukia	Kabazi	Forest Hill Secondary School	130	George Munyari

RONGAI SUB COUNTY

COUNTY	SUB COUNTY	WARD/ DIVISION	NAME OF CENTRE	CAPACITY	NAME HEAD OF CENTRE	REMARKS
NAKURU	RONGAI	SOIN	MOROP GIRLS SEC. SCHOOL	600	SUSAN WACHIRA	ENOUGH WATER AND COMPOUND
NAKURU	RONGAI	VISOI	MAMA NGINA SEC.	600	TOMOTHY NDIRANGU	BOREHOLE WATER
NAKURU	RONGAI	MOSOP	RVIST	100	DAN MUTAI	BOREHOLE WATER
NAKURU	RONGAI	MOSOP	KIROBON GIRLS	300	HILDA MURIUKI	BOREHOLE PRESENT
NAKURU	RONGAI	MOSOP	KIROBON BOYS	300	JARED NANDI	BOREHOLE WATER
NAKURU	RONGAI	SOLAI	SOLAI BOYS SEC.	300	KIMANI MWAMBI	BOREHOLE WATER
NAKURU	RONGAI	SOLAI	LAKE SOLAI SEC.	100	JACOB ODERA	BOREHOLE WATER

NJORO SUB COUNTY

S/No.	County	Sub-County	Division	Name of center	Capacity	Name of head of center	Remarks
1.	Nakuru	Njoro	Njoro	Egerton University	3000	Vice Chancellor Rose Mwonya	Public boarding school
2.	Nakuru	Njoro	Njoro	Njoro Boys High School	1200	Eustace Muthui	Public boarding school
3.	Nakuru	Njoro	Njoro	Njoro Girls High School	900	Judith Gathua	Public boarding school
4.	Nakuru	Njoro	Kihingo	Larmudiac High School	1000	James Mwangi Wanjohi	Public boarding school
5.	Nakuru	Njoro	Mauche	Taita Mauche Sec School	300	Emmanuel Makoha	Public boarding school
6.	Nakuru	Njoro	Mauche	Teret High School	300	Kamunge	Public boarding school
7.	Nakuru	Njoro	Lare	Lare Group of Schools	200	Partrick Kamau	Private primary boarding school
8.	Nakuru	Njoro	Lare	Mother of Mercy	250	Njora	Private Secondary Boarding School
9.	Nakuru	Njoro	Mau-Narok	Lekos Primary School	300	Peter Kipkemoi	Private Primary boarding school

KURESOI SOUTH SUB COUNTY

COUNTY	SUB-COUNTY	DIVISION /WARD	NAME OF CENTRE	CAPACITY	NAME HEAD OF CENTRE	REMARKS
NAKURU	KURESOI SOUTH	KERINGET	SIWOT GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	250 BEDS	MRS.LUCY RUGENDO	PUBLIC
			ST JOSEPH KIRANDICH SECONDARY SCHOOL	200 BEDS	MR.JOSEPH NYOLEI	PRIVATE
		TINET WARD	KABONGOI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS	300 BEDS	MRS.KOECH	PUBLIC
			ST PAUL BORON SECONDARY SCHOOL	150 BEDS	MR.MUNGA	PRIVATE
		KIPTAGICH WARD	CHEPTUECH HIGH SCHOOL	100 BEDS	MR.HARISSON KARUGU	PUBLIC
		AMALO WARD	OLENGURUONE SECONDARY SCHOOL	350 BEDS	MR.KENNETH KAORA	PUBLIC
			OLENGURUONE DEB BORDING SECONDAY SCHOOL	350 BEDS	MR. DANIEL MUTAI	PUBLIC

NAKURU EAST SUB COUNTY

COUNTY	SUB COUNTY	WARD/DIVISION	NAME OF CENTRE	CAPACITY	NAME-HEAD OF CENTRE	REMARKS
NAKURU	NAKURU EAST	Flamingo Ward	Carol Academy	300 beds	Mrs. Muigai
		Kivumbini Ward	No boarding school	–	–	–
		Biashara Ward	Menegai High School
		Biashara Ward	St. Marys Girls Primary School		Mrs. Macharia

		Menengai Ward	Nakuru High School	1000 beds	Principal	Public School
		Menengai Ward	Shinners Girls High School	1000 beds	Director	Private school. The sub-location does not have a public facility
		Menengai Ward	Kenya Industrial Training Institute (KITI)	400 beds	Director	Public Facility
		Eburu Ward	Shinners Boys High School	300	Director	Private School, the sub- location does not have a public facility.
		Nakuru East	Maria Veronica Secondary School	100	Headmistress	Public School

NAKURU WEST SUB COUNTY

COUNTY

SUB

COUNTY

WARD/DIVISION

NAME OF THE

CENTRE

CAPACITY

NAME – HEAD

OF THE CENTRE

REMARKS

Nakuru

West

London

a) KMTC

NAKURU

b) Crater View

Secondary school

c) Hill Special School

d) Moi Secondary School

500

400

250

500

Tom Ooga

Joseph Waweru

Lucy Kihato

Rosemary Wanjiru

Kapkures

a) Kige PCEA Jitegemee School

400

Sammy Kige

Private school

NAIVASHA SUB COUNTY

SUB COUNTY	WARD/ DIVISION	NAME OF CENTER	CAPACITY	NAME-HEAD OF CENTER	REMARKS
NAIVASHA	MAAI MAHIU	KIAMBOGO HIGH SCHOOL	400 BEDS	MR.DANIEL ROTICH	· -Kitchen has 3 staffs · -Has running water which comes from Sisioni well but is not reliable · -School has five water storage tanks .2 tanks of 10,000L capacity, 2 tanks of 8,000L capacity and 1 tank for 20,000L. They are all used for harvesting rain water. · -School has 3 dormitories. · -Has 15 toilets · -Has 25 bathrooms · -School is approximately 20km from Maimahiu town
		MAAI MAHIU BOYS HIGH SCHOOL	500 BEDS	MR GEORGE GITAU MBUGUA	· -Kitchen has 8 staffs · -Has running water. · -Source of water is borehole. Its fresh water · -School has two tanks of 20,000 liters each, for harvesting rain water. · -School has 5 dormitories. · -Has 15 toilets · -Has 14 bathrooms · -School is approximately 4km from Maimahiu town
		MAAI MAHIU GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL	300BEDS	MADAM GRACE WA TUKU	· -Kitchen has 4 staffs · -Has running water. · -Source of water is borehole. Water is salty · -School has three 10,000 liter tanks for harvesting rain water. Currently they are empty · -School has 3 dormitories. · -Has 30 toilets · -Has 36 bathrooms · -School is approximately 4 km from Maimahiu town
	NAIVASHA CENTRAL	NAIVASHA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL	400 BEDS	MADAM CATHERINE WANDETTO	· Kitchen has 8 staff · There is running water from a school owned borehole. There are also storage tanks. · School has both pit latrines and WCs · There is adequate bathrooms
		NAIVASHA BOYS BOARDING PRIMARY SCHOOL	300-350 BEDS	MR. KARIUKI (HEAD TEACHER) MR. GILBERT (DEPUTY HEAD TEACHER)	· Kitchen has 10 staff · The school has running water from a borehole. · There are storage tanks holding upto 10,000 litres of water · The school has about 84 water points · There are 54 toilets, 16 latrines and 17 urinals. · There are 17 bathrooms.
		HIGH PEAK JUNIOR ACADEMY	350-400 BEDS	MR. MWANGI	· The school has a borehole with storage tanks with a capacity of holding upto 30,000 litres of water. · The water is treated. · There are 20 pit latrines and about 20 toilets · There are around 20 bathrooms. · There are around 15 staff, both cleaning and kitchen staff.
	KONGONI	REV. KITHIRWA AIC SECONDARY SCHOOL	22 BEDS	ANNE WANGOMBE	· Has running water · Has sufficient toilets and bathrooms · Well equipped kitchen.

MOLO SUB COUNTY

COUNTY	SUB COUNTY	WARD/DIVISION	NAME OF CENTRE	CAPACITY	NAME-HEAD OF CENTRE	REMARKS
Nakuru	Molo	Molo Central	– Mary Mount Secondary School	246	Perpetual Chelimo
			– Mount St. Mary’s girls Primary	300	Pauline Mbaye
			– Molo Academy Boys Secondary school	200	Paul Gachoka
		Turi	– Michinda Primary School	90	Hudson Waithaka
			– Michinda Secondary School	150	Solomon Mengere
			– St. Peters Girls Primary	120	Sister Gathoni
			– P.C.E.A Kambala Girls Secondary School	200	Jane Nyathira
		Elburgon	– Elburgon Secondary School	95	Karori Joseph Mwendia
			– Elburgon Baptist Secondary School	30	Joseph Maina
			– St. Clare Secondary School	120	Sister Mukami
			– St. Clare Primary School	70	Sister Catherine
		Sachangwan	– Rift Valley Adventist Secondary School	70	Elizabeth Thoya
		Sachangwan	– Molo Academy PrimarySchool	300	Mary Otwoli

KURESOI NORTH

S/NO	SUB-COUNTY	DIVISION/WARD	NAME OF THE CENTRE	CAPACITY	NAME –HEAD OF THE CENTRE	REMARKS
	KURESOI NORTH		MAU SUMMIT SECONDARY	75
			KONGOI SECONDARY	40
			SOTOITO SECONDARY	30

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