Friends School Kamusinga

National, Public School in Kimilili, Bungoma, Kenya

Friends School Kamusinga (FSK), popularly known as Kamu/Frishka, is a Kenyan Quaker national school established in 1956 and located in Kimilili, Bungoma County, Kenya. The school is located 409.9 kilometres from Kenya's capital city, Nairobi. It is annually ranked among the top schools nationwide in KCSE and has many notable alumni across business, creative arts, sports, engineering and politics. Kamusinga is regarded as an academic and extra curricular giant for its superior performance in national examinations of KCSE and in nationwide and East African regional extra curricular competitions of field hockey, basketball, science congress, drama and music festival competitions over the years. The school continues to maintain relations with members of the Allan Bradley family such as Ruth Bradley and Peter Bradley who find possible ways to support the school whenever possible. Due to scrapping of school rankings nationwide by the Ministry of Education, the ranking of the school is not available since 2018. Based on performance comparison the school boasts production of the highest number of A, A and B+ grades compared to most schools in the country, making it still one of the top schools in the country. In 2011, before ranking was abolished, the school ranked 12th nationwide. In 2016 it ranked 4th. In 2017 it emerged position 15. In 2021 it ranked 7th nationally.

The school is headed by Paul Weloba Wanyonyi, who took over the helm in January 2023. The school was previously headed by Alex Kariuki from 2018 to January 2023. He retired in January 2023.

Nicolas Guy Barnett was a British teaching member of staff between 1960 and 1961. He later became member of parliament of South Dorset between 1962 and 1964, and later Greenwich between 1971 and 1986 in the 42nd and 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The school was previously headed by Simon Nabukwesi who headed the school from 1998 to January 2009, when he was appointed as Kenyan ambassador to Canada in a series of diplomatic appointments by Kenya's 3rd president Mwai Kibaki. Before Nabukwesi's helm at the school, Christopher Khaemba was the principal from 1995 to 1998 before transferring to Alliance High School as principal, and thereafter to African Leadership Academy as the school's founding dean in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is currently the director and co founder of the Nova Pioneer Academies, which operates in Kenya and South Africa. The heads of each department are appointed by the school principal.

The school has a basketball team referred to as the Tigers. The school has represented the Western Province at the nationals since 2004. In 2009 it was the first runner up while in 2011 it was the 2nd runner up at the K. S. S. S. A. (Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association) national term 1A ball games. Over the years the school has continued to be one of the best basketball teams in the country and east Africa games because of its sterling performance.

The school's dramatics club has over the years represented Western Province in the National Drama festivals in the Narrative category, winning in the whole country and entertaining the head of state from 1999 until 2006. The drama club at the time was headed by Mark Mutali Chetambe and Isaac Shitubi. They produced various narrators and actors including Isaac Mwaura, Augustine Oluoch, John Paul Wafula and Jimmy Wanjala. in 2019 other actors like Brandon Karoli and Bakuli Hemed emerged

The school has a Science Congress team which is currently ranked 'The Best Boys School in Kenya', 'Best School in Science' nationally in the field and overall ranked fifth nationally.

There are over 20 clubs and societies including the Amateur Radio Club, the Dramatic Society, Law and Debate Club, Scouting, the White Fingers Peace Initiative, the Computer Club, Science Congress, the International Information Exchange Program Club, the School Choir, the Science and Robotics Club, the Integrity Club, the Writers' Club, the Poetry Society, Kiswahili Club, the Model United Nations, the Christian Union, and Muslim Association.