HOMA BAY: A class six girl is receiving medical care at Homa Bay County Referral Hospital after she was attacked by her fellow pupils for allegedly causing interdiction of her former head teacher.
The minor sustained serious injuries on the head and right hand after she was beaten with thorn tree branches on her way to school on Monday in Ndhiwa sub-county.
The wounded girl said the pupils attacked her for reporting her head teacher who she said had been molesting her sexually.
The head teacher was interdicted last Thursday after it was established that he had been sexually abusing the girl while she was a student at his school.
The girl’s mother told The Standard she was forced to transfer her daughter to a neighbouring school after it was determined that the teacher was harassing the minor and it was at this new school where she was attacked.
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“My daughters tribulations stem from the fact that she spoke up against the head teacher. I am now calling on security personnel to intervene and accord her justice,” she said.
A paralegal worker, Millie Adhiambo, who exposed the incident recorded a statement with police saying the head teacher had threatened to burn her home for causing his interdiction.
Ndhiwa OCPD Nixon Makokha said they are investigating the matter.
“I have summoned the headteacher to my office to enable us get accurate information concerning these allegations,” Makokha said.
ANOTHER ASSAULT
Meanwhile, an 11-year-old minor is seeking justice after a 58-year-old teacher allegedly defiled her on her way from school, in a bush few kilometres from school.
The teacher admitted before Migori police that he committed the offence on Friday evening when the minor was getting back home from school.
According to the girl’s father, his daughter came home in the evening with her uniform stained with blood and when asked to explain she said she had been defiled by the teacher in a bush next to her school.
The minor also told The Standard that the teacher had been giving her money to buy food and other drinks in school and on that fateful day, he took her far from the school compound where he committed the heinous act.
The parents took her to hospital and a medical examination revealed that the had been defiled and she also sustained injuries in her private parts.
The teacher was remanded for a few days at Migori Police Station awaiting a court hearing.
However, to the parents’ utter shock, the man was granted police bond of Sh50,000 and was released without being taken to court.
They immediately moved to court claiming police had been compromised by the suspect.
“We cannot explain the circumstances under which the suspect was released because we expected him to be arraigned in court.
Police decided to grant him bond without giving us any explanations but we remain unmoved. We will continue to pursue justice and ensure the suspect faces the law,” the father said.
