The purpose of the study was to analyze the factors influencing the choice of Christian Religious
education by male students in public secondary schools in Kajiado North Sub County, Kajiado
County - Kenya. The following research questions guided this research: How does peer pressure
influence the choice of CRE by male students in public secondary schools in Kajiado North SubCounty, Kajiado? To what extent does the attitude of male students’ affect the choice of CRE as a
subject in public secondary schools in Kajiado North Sub-County, Kajiado? To what extent does
the moral living standards influence the choice of CRE by male students in public secondary
schools in Kajiado North Sub-County, Kajiado. How does future career aspiration affect male
students’ choice of CRE in public secondary schools in Kajiado North Sub-County, Kajiado? The
study adopted the Descriptive research design. Purposive sampling and simple random sampling
techniques were used in the study. The teachers were selected purposively and given as the heads
of the institutions and students were randomly sampled. The sample for the study comprised of 18
CRE teachers and 120 students from 3 secondary schools. Questionnaires were used for data
collection for both teachers’ and students. The findings of the study were that peer pressure, the
attitude of male students, love of moral living standards and future career aspiration. The study
also found that teaching resources have no significant influence in the choice of CRE. The
researcher recommended that the educational stakeholders should work together to make sure that
the schools have the required learning resources. Finally, the study found that parental guidance
has a great influence in the choice of CRE. The recommendation was that parents should consider
the performance of their male students and work with the teachers for teachers knows the students'
potential better.