11 Chesamisi Boys students slapped Ksh1 million bail over strike
Chesamisi Boys High School students were slapped with a Ksh1 million cash bail for their involvement in a strike that resulted in property destruction.
The students were charged with causing property damage worth Ksh7.5 million before Kimilili Law Courts’ Justice Gladys Odhiambo.
According to the evidence presented in court, the eleven incited other students to go on a rampage.
Justice Odhiambo directed that the police officers in charge of the case conduct an age assessment of the students and present the results in court.
He also ordered that the 11’s birth certificates be presented in court to determine whether they are children or not.
The prosecution was also asked to provide copies of charge sheets and witness statements to the students’ attorney.
On January 25, 2022, the case will be heard.
The students will be held in Kimilili Police Station’s children’s cells until they comply with the court’s bail terms.
In the last few months, there has been an increase in the number of cases of students destroying property in schools.
George Magoha, Cabinet Secretary for Education, and his Interior counterpart, Fred Matiang’i, are now pushing to reinstate caning in schools.
The duo argued that corporal punishment would reduce the country’s rising cases of indiscipline and school unrest.
“We need to introduce caning back in schools like yesterday… do not expect our teachers to do the impossible,” Magoha stated.
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“We must discipline our children and we must insist on some things we cannot create a society of animals.
“So our work is to build schools as they burn them down? It’s tough love, our children must understand one thing that it takes sacrifice from parents to get these things,” Matiang’i said.
Seven Makindu Boys High School students have also been arrested after a fire razed down a dormitory, Makueni County Commissioner Mohammed Maalim confirms.
