Principal of troubled St Mary's Igoji high school transferred

Students are pictured outside St Mary's Girls' High School in Igoji, Meru County, on July 1, 2019. PHOTO | CHARLES WANYORO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Charles Wanyoro

What you need to know:

  • Ms Petronilla Maria Mulwa has been moved to Mulala Secondary School in Makueni County and will be succeeded by Ms Isabella Wanjiku from Loreto Matunda High School in Uasin Gishu County.
  • Ms Mulwa's tenure was troubled as she clashed with parents after about 600 students were sent home in July over a Sh44 million loan the institution procured seven years ago.
  • The transfers have affected seven schools in Imenti North, six in Imenti South, five in Meru Central and Igembe Central, four in Tigania Central, three in Tigania East and two in Igembe North and Igembe South.

The principal of troubled St Mary’s Girls' High School in Igoji has been transferred in changes that have affected 35 school heads in Meru County.

Ms Petronilla Maria Mulwa has been moved to Mulala Secondary School in Makueni County and will be succeeded by Ms Isabella Wanjiku from Loreto Matunda High School in Uasin Gishu County.

A list released by Ms Esther Musani, Meru's Director of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), says the changes were immediate.

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LOAN

Ms Mulwa's tenure was troubled as she clashed with parents after about 600 students were sent home in July over a Sh44 million loan the institution procured seven years ago.

The money was borrowed from a commercial bank for construction of a dormitory at the school sponsored by a Catholic church.

Under the arrangement, parents of the national school are to pay Sh22,000 annually, above the regular fees, until the loan is cleared.

They protested, with some calling for an audit, saying the amount borrowed for the project may have been exaggerated.

OTHER TRANSFERS

The transfers have affected seven schools in Imenti North, six in Imenti South, five in Meru Central and Igembe Central, four in Tigania Central, three in Tigania East and two in Igembe North and Igembe South.

Ms Martha Warutumo, a teacher at St Francis Mang’u, has been promoted to head Karugwa Girls in Meru Central, same as Ms Lydia Muthoni who was named the new head teacher at Muri Secondary School.

Mr Peter Njeru Kiura has been moved to Kibirichia Boys from Wachoro Boys in Embu, while Ms Elizabeth Muriithi has been transferred from Karamugu Secondary in Tharaka Nithi to Kangeta Girls.

Long-serving Karaba Boys' principal, Mr Stephen Muiya, has been moved to Igandene Boys and his counterpart, Mr John Nyaga, to Githongo Boys in Meru.

Dr Musani also announced the transfer of Mr Moses Marete of Lawi Imathiu to Mwendandu in Nyandarua.

Mr Ananua Kirimi, of Gituntu in Tharaka Nithi County, will take over from him.

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