11 Chesamisi Boys High School students to pay Sh1million bail over strike
Eleven students from Chesamisi Boys High School are to pay a cash bail of Sh1 million over their involvement in a strike that led to destruction of property.
Appearing before Justice Gladys Odhiambo of Kimilili Law Courts, the students were charged with damaging property worth Sh7.5 million.
The court heard that the eleven incited other students to go on a strike.
Justice Odhiambo ordered police officers handling the matter to conduct an age assessment of the students and table the report in court.
He further directed for the birth certificates of the eleven be presented in court to ascertain whether they are children or not.
The prosecution was also asked to supply the students’ attorney with copies of charge sheets and witness statements.
The case will be heard on January 25, 2022.
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha and his Interior counterpart Fred Matiang’i have advocated for the reintroduction of corporal punishment in schools to curb the indiscipline thas has sky rocketed in schools.
“I am whom I am because my parents disciplined me. We have failed as parents and as a country, we need a national conversation on parenting,” said Matiang’i.
The CSs called for national conversation on parenting noting that parents have failed in instilling discipline in there children.
“We cannot afford to have students running amok in schools unchecked. We cannot afford to have thugs in schools in the namee of human rights,” said Magoha.
