Chesamisi, Kimilili boys schools closed after student unrest

In Summary

Students of Chesamisi went on rampage on Saturday night accusing the deputy principal for changing their entertainment from night to day time.

The deputy had changed that the students will be watching TV during evening hours and then go for preps at night something which angered the young boys.

They claimed that the teachers were also watching English premier league matches using their TV and decoder.

Chesamisi and St Luke's Kimilili boys high schools in Bungoma county have been closed indefinitely after students went on strike destroying school property.

Chesamisi and St Luke's Kimilili boys high schools in Bungoma county have been closed indefinitely after students  went on strike destroying school property.

Students of Chesamisi went on the rampage on Saturday night, accusing the deputy principal of changing their entertainment schedule.

The deputy had ordered that students watch TV during evening hours and then go for preps at night, something which angered the young boys.

They claimed that teachers were watching English Premier League matches using the TV and decoder meant for students.

 They also complained that the entertainment hall was too small with poor ventilation and could not accommodate the more than 1,800 students in the school. 

Students smashed teachers cars, destroyed  window panes in both classrooms and offices, broke into the school canteen before heading to the neighbouring Chesamisi school, where they damaged property, but they were repulsed by police when they tried to enter Sosio Girls Secondary School.

OCPD Stephen Mwoni on Monday said the culprits will be brought to book before the school is reopened.

In Kimilili boys, the students went on the rampage, accusing the head boy of punishing one of them who was found in possession of bhang.

The boys smashed window panes of laboratories and the office of the deputy principal on Sunday night.

Police officers moved swiftly and dispersed the students.

Mwomi said, "It is alleged that the students went on strike after a head boy punished one of them who was found with bhang, however we have launched investigations."

Director of education in Bungoma county Philip Chirichir , condemned the strike trend.

He said some students were using drugs being peddled in schools.

MP Didmus Barasa condemned the two  incidents and called upon the disciplinary Committee of the School and security agencies to move with speed to have the culprits arrested.

Bungoma Parents Association chairman Nyongesa Watulo said it was high time parents and teachers worked together to bring back discipline in schools.

''The two strikes have occurred simply because there is lack of discipline in our students," Wamoto said.

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