National chairman of the Kenya secondary school heads association (KESSHA) Indimuli Kahi has called upon protesters and police to keep off learning institutions.
Kahi said this is the only way learners’ and teachers’ safety will be ensured for the smooth operations of schools.
He added that if there is a place that should be avoided by all means, is learning institutions to protect children who are the future of this country.
He reminded police that they should avoid throwing teargas in schools as witnessed a week ago.
“This might traumatize our children who know nothing about safety measures if such a situation occurs.
We do not even want to imagine witnessing stampedes, especially in secondary schools that’s why we are calling protesters and police to keep off.” Said Kahi.
He further expressed his concerns about the anti-government protests continuing, saying schools will be affected which might have adverse effects on the school calendar.
“We are trying our best to recover and resume normalcy after COVID-19 effects on schools.
These demonstrations might worsen the situation,” He cautioned.
He spoke at his Machakos boys’ secondary school office where he called upon President William Ruto and Azimio leader Raila Odinga to try and cordially solve their problems to halt the impending crisis.
The chairman further pointed out that secondary schools’ regional ball games have been adversely affected.
He cited that the exercise involves a lot of travelling and there is fear that students might be caught in the fracas.
Meanwhile, a quick check by “Education News” in Wote town of Makueni county revealed that some parents opted to stay indoors with their school-going children as the demonstrations kicked off yesterday where one person died as another one was rushed to hospital after sustaining serious injuries during demonstrations in Wote town.
Though there were no fracas witnessed in schools, by evening some schools within Wote town, alerted parents not to let their children go to school the following day(the second day of demonstrations) since the safety of the learners comes first and they could not risk keeping them in schools while they(teachers) security was at stake.
By Lydia Ngoolo
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