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English: Lenana School house colours arranged left to right by blocks. The colours were mainly used during sporting events.

Block 1:

  • Kibaki House (formerly Thompson House) – named after the 3rd President of Kenya Honorable Mr. Mwai Kibaki. The house color is brown.
  • Kinyanjui House (formerly Delamere House) – named after Chief Kinyanjui who was a Kikuyu leader during the colonial era leading to the independence. The house color is red.

Block 2:

  • Mitchell House – named after the colonial Governor of Kenya at the time when the school was founded, Sir Philip Euen Mitchell. The house color is yellow.
  • Moi House (formerly Kirk House) – named after the second President of Kenya (retired), Hon. Daniel arap Moi. The house color is navy blue.

Block 3:

  • Kenyatta House (formerly Lugard House) – named after the first President of the Republic of Kenya, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. The house color is green.
  • Ronald Ngala House (formerly Speke House) – named after pre-independence freedom hero and post-colonial politician who campaigned for the rights of the minority tribes, Ronald Ngala. The house color is purple.

Block 4:

  • Carey Francis House (formerly Lower Junior House)- named after a colonial era Kenyan nationalist and education pioneer. Carey Francis is credited with establishing the Kenyan education system modelling it after the British public system and was the Principal at Maseno and Alliance High School (Kenya). The house color is orange.
  • Tom Mboya House (formerly Upper Junior House) – named after a pre-independence political leader Tom Mboya. The house colours are white with two red stripes across and around the upper torso (These colours were sometimes won by England national teams in the same format and they are derived from the Flag of England).

Block 5:

  • James House – named after the first Principal of the school, Mr. R. H. James. The house color is black (formerly their jersey had stripes of navy blue and white).
  • Mumia House (formerly Grogan House) – named after Nabongo Mumia, who was a leader/king of the Luhya people during the colonial era. The house color is light blue.
  • Mandela House-named after South Africa's president Nelson Mandela
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