Prof Kiamba is an alumnus of Mumbuni Secondary school where he studied for his Ordinary ("O") Level between 1968 and 1971. He did his Advanced ("A") Level at Machakos School between 1972 and 1973, thereafter proceeding to the University of Nairobi where he studied for B.A. in Land Economics (1974–77). He obtained the Commonwealth Academic Scholarship to study for an M.Sc. in Urban Land Appraisal at University of Reading (1978–79). In 1983, he was awarded the British Technical Co-operation Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge where he obtained a PhD in Land Economy in 1988.
