Abstract: Kenya has not yet achieved full access to Universal Primary Education (UPE) for school going-age children. This study sought to establish stakeholders’ perceptions on pupils’ cultural background on access to primary education (PE) in Masimba Disivion, Masaba south Sub-County, Kisii County of Kenya. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The target population was 405 teachers and 16059 pupils in all public primary schools in Masimba Disivion, Masaba South Sub-County. Stratified random sampling was used to select the subjects for the study who comprised of 150 teachers and 361 pupils from 36 selected public primary schools. Two instruments namely; Teacher’s Questionnaire (TQ) and pupil’s Questionnaire (PQ) developed by the researcher were used to collect data. The research instruments were pilot tested in two randomly selected public primary schools