By Asa Maina
Nyeri central deputy county commissioner Joseph Mwangi has decried the increase in bhang smoking and other vices in girls’ boarding secondary schools.
The commissioner said that 6 students had been expelled from one of the schools in Nyeri Central sub county after they were found with bhang.
‘The students sneak in marijuana when reporting to school after holidays or midterm breaks. The vice has spread to many girls schools causing indiscipline,’ he said.
Speaking during the commissioning of the 2021 class of Wings to Fly and Elimu scholarship programmes at Nyeri primary school, Mwangi urged beneficiaries of the scholarship not to engage in such bad behavior but to concentrate on their studies.
‘Such vices are the reason why people join secondary schools with high marks but post dismal performance in secondary schools,’ he said.
The managing director of Equity Bank Kenya Gerald Warui, said over 37,000 wings to fly applications and 45,000 Elimu scholarships were received but only 10,000 applicants were lucky to be picked.
In Nyeri, 932 applications were received but only 105 were selected (41 for wings to fly while 64 for Elimu scholarship).
Warui encouraged other corporate institutions, well-wishers, the National Government –Constituencies Development Funds and the county government to assist the 827 unsuccessful applicants.
The event was also graced by Nyeri governor Mutahi Kahiga.
Equity wings to fly programme was rolled out in 2010 while the Elimu scholarship programme was started in 2020.
