School heads in Nyamira County warned against illegal levy collection

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By Ongondi  Nyakundi 

Principals and head teachers who collect illegal levies in their institutions in Nyamira County have been put on notice.

Nyamira County commissioner Mr.Michael Lesman yesterday directed chiefs and their assistants to move from one school to another and bring the culprits to book.

He said Illegal levy collection in schools and incitement from teachers has been identified as the main cause of strikes and burning of schools in the County.

“Some principals and head teachers  were collecting illegal levies in the name of motivation and examinations factors which anger students leading to resistance by going on strike and burning of schools ” he stated .

Addressing provincial administrators from the five sub-counties in the county at Kebirigo high school, Lesman also revealed that some teachers were inciting students and parents against heads of institutions who have been delocalized leading to students burning schools to push the heads out of the schools.

The administrator warned that any teacher found inciting parents and students against their principals because they don’t hail from their locality or community will be dealt with in accordance to the law.

“As the county security team, we could not hastate to take action against the inciters .this will happen even before the Teachers Services Commission comes in” he warned.

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