[1] He studied at St. James Primary School in Mgange Dawida Village, in Taita-Taveta, from 1965 until 1974.
He attended St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School in Mombasa for his O-Level education between 1974 and 1978.
[2] From 1980 until 1982, he studied Philosophy at the Saint Augustine's Seminary at Mabanga in the Diocese of Bungoma.
Later, he graduated with a Master's degree in Religious Studies from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA).
[4] In June the same year, he was elected chairman of the Inter Religious Council of Kenya.