A disciplinary action by Moi High School –Gesusu teachers to extract information from some students over a fire incident turned awry when one student allegedly sustained injuries on his eye. Zabian Onyancha aged 14 and in form two did not report to school from half term due to an inflammation on his left eye among other pains received from the alleged assault.
According to his father Patrick Marube from Iringa village,in Gucha South, one of the teachers had rung to inform him that his son will visit an hospital before coming home for the half term.
The father’s pleas to the teacher to allow his son come at home first before he could be taken to hospital were vindicated when he arrived looking sickly. After narrating the story,the father took his son for medication at different hospitals before he recorded statements on what had befallen him at Gesusu and Ramasha police stations. The father was worried that his son’s studies and health could be affected because of what he went going through.
Zabian’s uncle,David Marube, faulted the school administration for using extra –legal means to seek information from the students by administering punishment and failure to inform the parents. He also blamed the teachers for denying the injured student medical attention until three days later,a move that might complicate his health condition. The uncle urged parents whose children were assaulted to come out and seek justice for them adding, they were in touch with the Human Rights office on the same. Zabian’s Parents and uncle demanded intervention from the relevant authorities and an assurance on the safety of their children in schools.