A primary school teacher at Kiserian Primary School has been arrested in connection with a death of a class six pupil.
Dickson Isidi is alleged to have canned the pupil, Loice Wanjiru, 11, and pushed her to the wall before she collapsed.
The teacher rushed her to the nearby St. Mary’s Church Medical Centre, but the medics there referred her to Kenyatta National Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
She was being punished for not paying Sh40 for the day’s tuition on Saturday.
Kajiado North deputy county commissioner, Francis Komen has ordered “thorough” investigations into the pupil’s death.
Ngong OCPD, George Seda, with his CID officers, is leading the investigations into the cause of death.
Residents of Kiserian held protests on Monday against the teacher.
Attempts by Kajiado North MP, Joseph Manje, to end the protests fell on deaf ears as parents and pupils bayed for his blood.
Komen told the Star on the phone the teacher has already recorded a statement.
“This is not a small matter and considering that the government had banned corporal punishment on students, I want this case to be investigated to its conclusion.
We want to see her postmortem report so the police can determine the direction of the case at hand,” Komen said.
Meanwhile, Ngong Education officer Peter Kavulia has formed an independent committee of local elders to also look into the matter.
Kavulia said the alleged act by the PTA teacher is “beastly” and should not be entertained in the 21st Century.
“We want to dig into this alleged offence with a view of reviewing what is happening in this district. Ours is not linked to investigations being carried out by police but to help us know what exactly is happening. I was not aware that pupils are required to pay tuition money in public schools,” he said.
