CS Soipan Tuya dons school uniform in nostalgic return to her alma mater on October 10, 2025 [TUYA/X]Defence Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya on Friday rekindled old memories after donning a school uniform during her return to her alma mater, Ole Ntutu Arid Zone Comprehensive School, to mark this year’s Mazingira Day.
In photos she shared on her official X platform, Tuya was seen wearing a light blue dress with a matching collar paired with a grey sweater, resembling the school attire of the current pupils.
She blended
seamlessly with the pupils’ stride.
In other images, the CS was seen warmly engaging with the students, symbolising a shared bond with her former school.
“Today was a nostalgic return to my alma mater, Ole Ntutu Arid Zone Comprehensive School, to mark Mazingira Day 2025. We came together to demonstrate the power of partnership in restoring our environment,” Tuya wrote in her post.
The occasion brought together Narok South MP Kitilai Ntutu, Narok County Commissioner Kipkech Lotiatia, Deputy Air Force Commander Brigadier Samuel Kipkorir, Maasai Mara University Vice Chancellor Prof. Peninah Aloo Obudho, members of the Ministry of Defence, the Kenya Forest Service, the NGAO, alumni, and the local Ololunga community.
As part of the commemoration, Tuya joined pupils in a tree-planting exercise, underscoring the government’s message of partnership in advancing reforestation and environmental conservation.
The nostalgic gesture also mirrored a similar act by Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa just weeks earlier, when he arrived at Daraja Mungu Primary School in Kakamega dressed in a complete school uniform.
The MP, well known for his sharp suits and the trademark red fez-style hat, shared photos of himself wearing a crisp white school shirt tucked into a brownish pair of shorts, a black tie neatly knotted at the collar, and, strikingly, no shoes.
The shorts appeared to have a deliberately torn-out style at the back, lending the outfit a rugged authenticity.
In one image, Barasa stood before rows of pupils and residents, addressing them barefoot in the scorching sun.
Another photo captured him digging the earth with an axe as he planted a commemorative tree along the school compound, still clad in the uniform.
A third showed him cutting a ribbon to commission the newly built classrooms at the school.
The absence of his signature fez hat, long a symbol of his political brand, made the look even more dramatic.
Barasa accompanied the photos with a reflective caption explaining why he had chosen to dress like a pupil.
He said the act carried him back to the humble beginnings of every child in pursuit of education, making him feel the resilience of learners.
