By Enock Okong’o
Parents have thanked the public and the police for their quick action to arrest rogue students who went for a drinking spree in Mwembe estate in the outskirts of Kisii town on Monday evening.
Kisii County Chief Security Officer Amos Ombasa said his officers acted on tips from the public to track the wayward students.
He revealed that 4 of the students were from St. Joseph’s Nyabigena Secondary School, 3 were from Nduru Girls Centre of Excellence in South Mugirango Constituency and one lady was from Kisii National Polytechnic.
He further revealed that the students were taken to Kisii police station for more interrogation and that their parents had been notified of the arrest before further action could be taken.
Upon regaining his senses, one of the boys told the police that they had taken illicit brew, chang’aa, before proceeding to Kisii town for a drinking spree.
The incident comes barely a month after Kisii Open Air Traders Chair Jane Matiabe decried the rampant cases of drug abuse among students in the town.
“Water vendors use empty water bottles to pack chang’aa which they sell to students without the realization of the police,” she said.
Matiabe called for a thorough crack town of the drug peddlers in the town and stressed that they should face the law.
She revealed that the areas where drug abuse is rampant are St .Judy street, Golf house lane, the back streets of Hema Hospital, Mwembe estate, Erera, Egesa Kiogaro and Nyambera quarry mines.
Area residents condemned the acts by the students and expressed fear of the students’ future if they do not change their ways.
