Parents evict headteacher for exposing child abuse case

The headteacher of a school in Laikipia North was on Monday chased away by parents for piling pressure on  the authorities to take action against a teacher who impregnated a pupil.

Members of the public and parents at Ewaso Primary School accused Ms Anne Resiano of having poor relations with the community and demanded her immediate removal.

This was after she rejected demands by elders and politicians to resolve out of court the case in which the teacher is accused of impregnating a Standard Four pupil.

“Pack her things and go away with her as she does not have good public relations with the local community,” they told an education officer, Mr Patrick Ndung’u, who had gone to listen to their grievances.

In July last year, the pupil informed the guidance and counselling teacher, Ms Rosemary Kaparo, that the teacher had impregnated her and Ms Resiano reported to the matter to the police and education officers.

County Teachers Service Commission director Abukar Hassan visited the school four times last December to investigate the matter.

Although the 16-year-old girl has already given birth, the suspect has not been apprehended and has been seeking the help of the community elders and politicians to solve the matter out of court.

“They are unhappy with me because I refused to play by their rules and yet I also come from this area,” Ms Resiano said.

The TSC headquarters in Nairobi is aware of the case, Mr Hassan revealed.

“I sent three different teams to the school before I went there personally to investigate,” said Mr Hassan. “We have done a report and handed it over to the head office.”