A multi-agency task force has directed the office of the Director of Criminal Investigations to open investigations on two senior teachers at Thiru Primary School in Laikipia West where three students were tied to a tree as punishment. The task force led by Nyahururu sub-county Deputy County Commissioner Moses Muroki had on Wednesday morning arrived at the school that is located about 15 kilometers from Nyahururu town where statements were recorded from teachers and students, directed the Laikipia West DCI office to open investigations against the School head teacher Ms Shelmith Thimba and her deputy David Maina who allegedly tied the three pupils to a tree last Friday as a punishment for truancy a
nd delinquent.
In the pictures that went viral on social media, three pupils are seen tied to a tree in the school compound. The Deputy Head teacher is reportedly to have taken the pictures of the three pupils tied to a tree Last Friday, posted them on the school teachers’ WhatsApp group before another teacher leaked them to social media on Tuesday. Mr Muroki, Mr Ezekiel Mwanza who is the Laikipia County Director of Children Services, Ms Irene Kandenge of TCS termed the act as inhuman and directed the DCI to take over investigations.
Ms Kandenge who is incharge of Quality assurance and standards in the Rift Valley, said that disciplinary actions will be taken against the two if found guilty.