Abstract: Safety of students in schools is a matter of concern globally. In Kenya, students have lost their lives in the past four years due to arson, accidents, and food poisoning in spite of existence of Safety Standards Manual for schools of 2008. In Kakamega County Secondary Schools, there have been 65 deaths, 205 cases of food poisoning, 112 gang rape, 103 floods, 107 landslides, 50 fires, 102 lightening, 15 cyclones and 10 accidents in school buses from the year 2012 - 2016. Principals have a responsibility of ensuring safety of students in schools. The desire of this study therefore was to establish the contribution of principals to food safety in public secondary schools in Kakamega County.