Chief Justice Martha Koome has cautioned parents who regularly sue teachers and schools after their children have been expelled for violating school regulations that such cases would be dismissed and parents held liable for the costs.
Speaking at Loreto Limuru Girls’ High School in Kiambu county, Koome said that all sorts of indiscipline will not be accepted and that parents must take responsibility for morally rearing their children.
“We do not encourage indiscipline at all; we have the obligation to bring up our children, to encourage them, support them,” she said.
The CJ advocated an upgrade to child protection laws as one approach to ensure that children are completely protected warning that any suspected found guilty of child abuse will face a term of at least 20 years in jail.
“Whoever violates a girl child or a boy child will be imprisoned for 20 years to pay for the pain and the agony that they caused the victims,” Koome noted.
DCJ Mwilu, who is an alumnus of the school echoed Koome’s sentiments urging parents to participate in their children’s development and to make time for them.
“And if you’re not part of your child’s school, anything else you’ll do will be in vain. When you’re part of your child’s life and you take active participation in school, you will just marvel at the success of your child,” noted Mwilu.
