Revealed: Parents protecting criminal children

 “One night, he came home with blood stains but my parents were not suspicious"

A student confided to The Nairobian how his parents protected his elder brother who possessed a gun before the dark side of the Form Four student was unmasked in a police shoot out in Thika.

He says the parents were fooled by his sibling’s polite and humble demeanour.

“One night, he came home with blood stains but my parents were not suspicious. I did not want to upset them by revealing what I knew about my brother,” he says, adding that even after being killed, the parents insisted their son was innocent and blamed police for extra judicial killing.

At Sunflower Secondary near Kiamaiko, three students have been killed over involvement in crime, while three female learners are in custody over the same.

Residents claim most students are addicts, whose criminal life normally reveals itself when under the influence of drugs.

“These students are drug traffickers, they sell and transport drugs, some even possess guns,” claims Abdiraham Guyo, a victim of violent robbery staged by some students armed with knives.

Victor Onyango, the school’s principal, says only one of his student was killed while a girl is in custody over reasons not known to him.

“I haven’t lost three students, I am aware of one, a Form Four student who was shot dead in Dandora and his body dumped at Kariobangi roundabout. What I can ascertain is the prevalence of drugs. No single day passes without getting drugs like cocaine and bhang from students,” says Onyango while refuting that some students have guns.