 Kenyatta was a student in his early years in the mission, but the Church demanded that if he went on to secondary school that he should join the Church, but Kenyatta refused and became a clerk in Nairobi.In later years, Kenyatta spoke warmly of the Kikuyu Mission station as the pioneer centre of Kenyan education.Arthur's zeal and capacity for work led to him being honoured by the Kikuyu with the tribal name "Rigitari" ("Doctor").