There were two Houses to start with... The Greeks and Trojans. One was red and one was white. They sort of stopped for a while and there were no Houses.
When a new Headmaster, Mr Douglas Daylrymple came to The Banda he instituted four Houses: Duma, Simba, Swara, and Twiga. However, two were Girls Houses - Duma and Swara and two were Boys Houses - Simba and Twiga.
Later we mixed the Houses so there could be more matches. Families were placed in the same House. Teachers were assigned to Houses.
The Larby Cup is presented to the Lower School winning House. This was donated by Jenny Larby (Class teacher from 1983 and Head of Junior School circa 1990-95). The Makwa Cup was donated by Ragna Mormor Gumoes, Linda Gumoes' (Class teacher from 1971 to 2011) mother. It had been the original House Cup at Thika European Primary School, presented to one of the two Houses known as Livingston (Blue) and McKinnon (Red). McKinnon was Ms Gumoes House. When the school folded the cup was returned and the Gumoes family felt it would be fitting to donate it to The Banda School.
Top, right: Nikita Bernardi, Mark Topham;
Top, far right: Nicole Washington;
Lower left: Ryan Outram, Graham McKitrrick, Adam Ogden (parent);
Lower middle: Nimi Dodhia, Saloni Shah, Siobhan Walmsley, Zahra Sachedina;
Lower right: Victor Kefa, Laura Cuthbert, Meriel Destro (Laura and Meriel are Alumni and current teachers at The Banda).