Letter from Massachusetts, the citadel of American intellectualism

Kiambu and Massachusetts, United States of America, share something in common-they are home to elite schools.

For Kiambu, it's six of the original 17 national schools before the list was enlarged to 103.  That probably diluted the mystique of the national school, with private schools slowly taking over.  Some of these elite private schools are coming up in Kiambu.

Massachusetts is home to a number of elite universities, including Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

You can walk from MIT to Harvard in about 25 minutes across Harvard Bridge over the Charles River.  Let's leave Kiambu for now, better known for the fast-disappearing coffee plantations and still intact, beautiful tea plantations.