Joseph Kamiru Gikubu (1934 – 8 May 2014) was a Kenyan educationist and co-founder of the Starehe Boys' Centre.
He was promptly arrested at the Kenyan border upon his return to Kenya and detained at the infamous Manyani Detention Camp.
Due to his young age at the point of detention, in 1955 he was transferred to Wamumu Rehabilitation camp as a child prisoner, where he met Geoffrey Griffin, with whom he was later to co-found Starehe Boys' Centre & School.
Gikubu died on the morning of Thursday 8 May 2014 while on the way to a city hospital, after developing breathing difficulties.
There is no doubt that he was a visionary leader,”[10] Gikubu was awarded Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear and Head of State Commendation honors by the government of Kenya on December 12, 1987.