How educated is Johnson Sakaja? See his education profile

Johnson Sakaja was born in Nairobi in 1985, in the then government quarters in Parklands as a last born in a family of three siblings. His leadership qualities were apparent very early on.

Sakaja Johnson attended Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School up to 1998. In the year 1999, he joined Lenana School for his secondary education.

At Lenana, Sakaja was the prefects’ coordinator as well as the law society vice-chairman. During his days at Lenana, he was at one time the best in public speaking in Kenya during the National Music Festivals through a topic titled “My Country Kenya”.

Thereafter, he joined University of Nairobi, after failing to raise the fees to join Harvard University despite passing the entry exams, where he graduated with a degree in Actuarial Science. Sakaja landed his first job at the age of 19 years at Pricewatercoopers (PwC).

After losing the job, a year later, he worked at a cyber cafe with his aunt and in the process started producing music.

He developed an interest in rapping and wrote up several songs but never followed through to record and release the songs. He however worked with a gospel musical group called Mission Driven.

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During his life in campus, Sakaja set up various businesses and ended up setting up a financial consultancy firm, Arthur Johnson Consultants, during his fourth year in campus. The firm is still actively running.