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A Mang'u education reaches well past the lecture hall. On the pitch, the court and the stage, our students compete — and win — at the highest school levels in the country.

Feature · Rugby

Mang'u rugby feeds the national pipeline

The Mang'u High School rugby squad
The Mang'u High School rugby squad.

Few schools shape Kenyan schoolboy rugby the way Mang'u does. As Central region champions, the school contributes one of the largest single blocks of players to the Kenya U18 Central region squad — a selection drawn from the national 15s schools competition and tied to the Kenya Rugby Union's High-Performance Programme.

Alongside Alliance High, Mang'u accounts for a striking share of that regional squad — roughly a dozen of our players earning call-ups in a single intake. It is a pathway that runs from the school pitch, through regional and national age-group rugby, toward the senior game.

Central region champions ~12 players in the Kenya U18 regional squad

Called up to the Kenya U18 Central region squad

Among the Mang'u players selected: Greg Karonji (hooker and squad captain), Peter Mbugua (loosehead prop), Pascal Khamis and Derrick Osano (locks), Dery Mbalo (blindside flanker), Ephram Nganga (openside flanker), Felix Keruri (No. 8), Ethan Clarke (scrumhalf), Ryan Esbon (fly-half), Asaph Kiptoo (wing) and James Mwangi (centre and full-back).

Player list from the April 2024 Kenya U18 Central region selection (Scrummage). Please confirm the current squad, results and any recent honours with the school before each season.
The MANG'U-branded court at the Gulf Energy Arena, the Panthers' home
Feature · Basketball

The Mang'u Panthers & The Den

The Mang'u Panthers are one of the country's form basketball programmes — Kiambu County and Central region champions, and ranked among the top sides nationally in the 3x3 game. Their home, the covered Gulf Energy Arena — “The Den” — is one of the finest school courts in Kenya.

Visit the Panthers' page
More sport & co-curricular

A full life outside class

Mang'u fields teams and runs clubs across a wide range of sport, science and the arts.

Football & hockeyOn the school's pitches and track.
Athletics & swimmingTrack, field and the school pool.
Aviation & Science clubsThe symposium, Science Congress and Air programme.
Music & DramaMusic, drama and the arts festivals.
Debate, Law & JournalismIncluding the school's Savannah Magazine.
Scouts & Red CrossService, leadership and community.
More sports and activity stories to come — share features and photos (visiting-day, matches, festivals, with media consent) and we will add them here.