I think his favourite hymns were, “It Is Well with My Soul” & “Courage, Brother, Do Not Stumble” and I vividly remember all the parade sessions and when we would sing this and many other hymns. I still have notebooks with some of his quotations and words of advice. He spilled wisdom and insights anytime he opened his mouth to talk. He wasted no words.
He was literally a father figure to me, a mentor, and a guide. When I recall of his care and kindness towards us, students, at Kitondo Boys School, I find it hard to find a comparison.
He molded and guided us like his own, blood boys, yet we were hundreds in numbers. How can one person make hundreds of teenage boys feel like he was giving them personal attention?
I remember due to financial difficulties, I joined form one around 3 weeks to the end of term one. Yet, out of courtesy, he had reserved a place, admission for me nevertheless.
Mr. Timothy Mutiso Wambua, HSC was not only a chief principal, but also a down to earth teacher whose influence is eternal. Anyone who studied under his administration can attest to that fact.
He found time to personalize his attention towards each and every student.
Even years later after parting ways at Kitondo Boys, he still would reach out to his boys. Around 2014, he even called some us to go and speak to students at his new school, Mumbuni Boys School.
He even at one point also organized a business deal for me, and that helped me survive for some weeks, a time when I was 100% cash strapped immediately after completing my campus studies.
I now fully understand that we can only leave kindly acts of love once we breathe our last air. For those left above the ground, we can only recall such.
He used to say, “We should utilize the resources that we have without grudge.” Make lemonade out of the lemons that nature gives you.
“Whether it is the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we have and it’s up to us to stop complaining and make the best of it”
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
It is a cliché, but life is short.
You have got to do what you can now.
Love now.
Try now.
Write now.
Live now.
Do it now.
And if you are afraid, try this fear setting exercise suggested by Tim Ferris:
https://tim.blog/2017/05/15/fear-setting/
Adieu, RIP SCUD, Timothy Mutiso Wambua.
RIP sir
What a remarkable man ,may we live in his ideals and seeds he planted.
Mr. Wambua was such a great man. He was my principal for barely a year. His wisdom, and words of inspiration have influenced me for the rest of my life. May his soul RIP.
IiA displinerian,mentor,ever smiling and a father figure.i loved how you bonded with everybody regardless of status.Your life was illustrious,momentous and heroic.You modelled boys to the men we are proud of today.I will forever cherish you sir,always strive to live of what you taught us back at kitondo.
I remember just like yesterday the look of responsibility you exhibited,the figure of being in control you always displayed with humility,how you silently listened to our issues and the assurance of all is well whenever you addressed us,the responsive to duty you portrayed.
Rest in power sir..
You were indeed a hero.
Ptw/mtw
A displinerian,mentor,ever smiling and a father figure.i loved how you bonded with everybody regardless of status.Your life was illustrious,momentous and heroic.You modelled boys to the men we are proud of today.I will forever cherish you sir,always strive to live of what you taught us back at kitondo.
I remember just like yesterday the look of responsibility you exhibited,the figure of being in control you always displayed with humility,how you silently listened to our issues and the assurance of all is well whenever you addressed us,the responsive to duty you portrayed.
Rest in power sir..
You were indeed a hero.
Ptw/mtw
You’ve captured it so well. Such a tribute befitting him.
A father figure to all of us. May he Rest In Peace
May perpetual light shine upon that timothys soul
Rip principal
Well described to a man i met back in 2005…Father, mentor, hero,principal,disciplinarian, teacher..Will be remembered by the Kitondorians who went throu him..Safiri Salama Scud.
A great teacher.we talked through zoom when the class of 2006 visited him at KISE. Afterwards on 29th of october 2020 we chatted thro WhatsApp. You were happy and you invited me over the dec holidays. A teacher, a father and a role model. You shared with us the dreams you have after retirement . The book you were to write is a paused dream but not yet lost.mayb one of us will write a book about him and honor you. Rest well MR. TIMOTHY WAMBUA MUTISO
Rest in peace Bwana principal. All this memories during our stay in Kitondo remain fresh in our minds. We shall meet on the beautiful shore.
Rest in peace..Mr Timothy wambua..you touched hearts of many..safiri salama