Form 4 Student Loses Testicle After Teacher's Beating.
A Form Four student at St Peters Kandara Boys high School in
Murang’a County has lost one of his testicles after allegedly being brutally
punished by his Deputy Principal.
According to the boy (name withheld), the deputy principal,
a Mr. Muniu, acted out of anger when he suspected that the victim had sneaked
to his office window to listen to a case concerning another student that he was
handling.
“I was going out as the duty prefect taking the roll call at
around 8pm on the 24th of February. The deputy saw me and said that
I was listening to that case. He angrily called me into his office and ordered
me to bend over for some caning. He took a Maasai rungu and gave me for strokes
of the cane from behind, accidentally hit one of my testicles, sending a very
sharp pain in my brain,” the boy said.
The following morning, the students broke off for mid-term.
At home, the pain got serious and the boy could feel it rising
to his back and also complained of severe headaches after two days.
Upon return to school after the break, the pain got
unbearable and the boy sought permission to seek medical assistance. It was
then the School principal, a certain Mr. Kiigu, called the parents of the boy
to collect their son for medication.
“On Sunday, the principal called me to school. When I went
there, the watchman did not allow me into the compound since they never allow
outsiders to access the school over the weekends. My son was brought to me with
instructions that we rush him to hospital,” said the father.
He claims that the son had difficulty in walking and was
complaining of too much back pains and at the groin area.
“When we took him to the hospital, the doctor ordered three
X-rays to be undertaken on the boy, one which included at the groin region,” explained
the father.
It was then the doctor broke this sad news that one of the
boy’s testicles had to be removed since it had been ruptured, failure to which,
it could lead to other serious infections and complications.
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The boy’s mother narrated how her son had been having numerous conflicts with the said deputy principal since he was in Form Two. She alleged that at one time the DP had sworn to her that he would destroy her son’s life to a point that he (the son) will never get employment anywhere in Kenya.
As if to confirm this threat, the mother said the deputy had
denied the son registration to this year’s KCSE exams only to retract after
this incident. The boy was given index number 105 which is the last one in the
school. The mother notes that her son was ranked in positions between 50 and 60
in the mock exams.
The boy has a history of issues with the deputy since he
claims that at one time, the teacher accused him of being involved in drugs
even when he was not among those students who were caught with bhang during a
school trip.
The parents have since recorded a police statement and are
only seeking justice for their son.
The Government abolished corporal punishment in schools under
the Basic Education Act, Section 4 which states that basic education shall be
guided by the values and principles of eliminating corporal punishment or any
form of cruel and inhuman treatment or torture. In addition, the Children's Act
2001 categorizes corporal punishment as a form of violence against children and
states that a child shall be entitled to protection from physical and
psychological abuse.
The boy is currently recuperating at Thika Level 5 Hospital.
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