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Unrest: Students face prison life
Posted Thursday, July 24 2008 at 23:39
In Summary
- Twelve students charged with attempted murder.
- Most in Forms Four and Three.
- Students released on a Sh20,000 bond each.
He spoke a day after Education permanent secretary Karega Mutahi directed that any students found guilty of planning or taking part in strikes be expelled and be denied admission to any other school in the country.
As the boys from Kabarnet High appeared in court, their colleagues from neighbouring Tenges Secondary were sent home following the indefinite closure of the school due to student restlessness in the past two days.
Baringo district education officer Eliud Wanaswa and district commissioner Khamasi Shivogo said the school managers were advised to close it and send the 570 students home because there was high tension among the learners.
In another case, a Form Two student was charged in a Nakuru court with preparing to burn a school.
Alex Bosire Moseti, 16, was allegedly found with three litres of petrol, a box of matches and a sweater that had been soaked in petrol with the intention of committing a felony.
However, the Njoro Boys’ High School student was charged with breaking window panes at the school. He denied the charge and was released on a Sh20,000 bond with surety in similar amount.
In Thika, three students from a private girls’ secondary school were on Thursday charged with setting a dormitory on fire.
The Form One and Form Two students of St Michael’s Secondary School denied the arson charge.
The three, jointly with others, set fire to a dormitory valued at Sh1.5 million on Tuesday.
They were each freed on a Sh20,000 bond with a surety in similar amount or a cash bail of the same amount. The case will be heard on September 18.
Attempted arson
Three students were charged with attempted arson in a Karatina court as three schools in Mathira Division were closed.
Isaack Rwigi Mwangi, Raphael Gichohi Gatheru and James Kiama Maina were accused of attempting to set on fire the dormitories at Kiarithaini Secondary School.
They denied the charges and were freed on bail of Sh50,000 with a surety in similar amount each. Their case will be heard on September 22.
In a related incident involving the same school, 60 Form Four students stormed out of the institution yesterday, just before the mock examinations started. Police said the students walked out after three of their colleagues were arrested.
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Submitted by coolyhigharmonyPosted July 25, 2008 07:07 PM
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Submitted by nuurkey07
you knw wht u guys in kenya have the best education in the word but u have no idea how it would help u develop in here u are high students i used some of my education now i am a doctor in kenya i used to like strikes, jst to get out frm school but once i realised wht i was loosing it was hard to regain it, trust me u will find it one day but its never late than never
Posted July 25, 2008 12:42 PM -
Submitted by fkmbate
Anyone who sets a building on fire is a criminal and should be treated as such. They should be jailed so that it sets an example of how a disciplined student should behave
Posted July 25, 2008 09:58 AM -
Submitted by awamweya
I believe this case have been handle with the least professionalism like many other cases in recent Kenya. I think if the government wants to protect the kids by abdicating both parent and teachers from disciplining then the govt should build Juvenile jails for unruly rowdy teenagers. Remember not everything western is good for Africa or is close to applicable, we need to stick to the guns and give the whoop back to the society.
Posted July 25, 2008 07:09 AM
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Think of it objectively... freedom of speach. The tension of putting all those boys (who somehow have realized they have rights) from all over in the confines of sub standard living conditions.. consider this the growing pains of democracy...