Acting Education Cabinet Secretary. [Photo/nation.co.ke]
Acting Education Cabinet Secretary attended Kiabonyoru High School in Nyamira County.
Teachers who taught him there have lavished praises on the straight-shooting Cabinet Secretary.
His toughness and sense of discipline led him to be appointed as the prefect and dining captain.
Livingstone Okoyo, a literature teacher, says that he was very tough that students could not go for their second helping as Matiang'i would stop them.
''He was very tough, well-mannered and very brave. Students could not come for the second round,'' Mr. Okoyu said.
What attracted showers of praises was his bravery that saved a woman from rape outside the school premises.
He confronted the men who wanted to rape a woman forcing them to scamper.
The gang that had wanted to rape the unidentified lady was feared by residents in the area..
The teachers who spoke to a local television station said that Matiang'i's demeanor as a minister is the one he had as a student back then.