Court orders Sacho High School to re-admit students expelled over indiscipline

The High Court has ordered top performing Sacho High School to re-admit six students expelled last term for alleged indiscipline.

Lady Justice Abigail Mshila said that it was fair and just that the future of the students be safeguarded by giving them an opportunity to complete their studies since expelling them would adversely affected their ongoing preparation for the end year national examinations.

The judge said that she was convinced by the students’ argument that their future would be adversely affected if the school’s decision to expel them was upheld.

The privately owned school associated with retired President Moi was also ordered to pay Sh150,000 to one of the students who had since left the school and joined another school where she was registered to sit the national examinations.

PRINCIPAL OPPOSED APPLICATION

Earlier, the school's principal Richard Moindi had opposed the application saying the students were a bad example to others.

He added that he feared that their continued presence in the school would adversely affect performance and general discipline of the school.

But the students, through their parents, asserted that the school’s disciplinary committee comprising of teachers had no jurisdiction to expel them since there was no representative from the parents’ association.

Mr Mondi had said that the five had also been duly registered to sit the national examinations at Sacho and that the school was willing to grant them transfer letters once they got admission to new schools.

The judge said that she was convinced that the interests of the students must be preserved so as to enable them redeem their future.