Pupils or Teachers' wives?

A head teacher of a private primary school in Kakamega County is said to be having love affairs with at least four class eight pupils.

           

According to our sources, the school is located in Likuyani Sub-County in the larger Kakamega County.

The perpetrator, a 33-year old teacher is said to having enticed these pupils by buying them gifts and giving them a little amount of money to conceal the matter.

Pupil A, pupil B, pupil C and pupil D (names concealed for fear of intimidation) fell victim of this teacher starting latest March 2014 and the game has been on till the time of going to Press.

The four pupils, being friends, have come to accept their fate since it’s hard to leave the teacher, for he’s the boss of the school and also teaches them four subjects (the same class).

After being summoned by the school director, the head teacher decided to call all the class eight girls and ‘talk to them’, as he states. However, he denied the allegations.

None of the four pupils has accepted that the allegations are true, especially after rumour had it that the teacher is HIV positive.

One of the teachers (Mr. M) who talked to us on a condition of anonymity revealed to us how this teacher has been for two years.

“Hata hii si mara ya kwanza, haya mambo aliaza last year”, (This is not the first time; he started these things last year.), said Mr. M. He went ahead to state how the teachers have also fallen victims of the matter since the school has failed to pay its teachers properly. “Pesa zetu ndizo anapea hawa watoto kuwadanganya”, (He’s using our money to entice these children), says the disturbed Mr. M.

This has been revealed barely a month after a 37-year old male teacher, who was serving as the Senior teacher (in the same school)being suspected to be having an affair with a 12-year old class six pupil. The parent was however dismissed by the head teacher after reporting the matter to him.

This teacher has since left the school under unclear circumstances and his whereabouts are only known to him.

Then deputy head teacher refused to comment on these matters saying that they were not important to him. “He is my boss, and there is no way I can confront him”, he says. “Since last year, I can count at least seven pupils he has had an affair with him. Only God knows for how long this will happen" he adds.

The latter incidence fell in the ears of Education officers in the Sub-County, who visited the school with immediate effect, though the results of their visit have been concealed. A staff meeting organized that morning with the officers was to ‘confuse the teachers.’ “Mi najua ilikuwa tu kuficha hayo mambo,” says Mr. M.

The school, according to our sources is faced with a lot of challenges for instance those of cheating in external exams

Despite being private, the school displayed a ‘bad image’ to the district after performing poorly in their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) 2013 exams. “Naona pia mtindo ni ule ule mwaka huu” (I see the situation is the same this year), says Mr. M, upon completion of the CDF sponsored District Mock exams, a couple of days ago.

Parents have been asked to be keen and visit their pupils in the school to get to the root of the matter.

The teachers in the school have shown their discontent with the head teacher and have since pressured for him to be sacked.

To make matters worse, the head teachers is said to be a form four leaver, who acquired his job through ‘experience’ and friendship to the school director. It is said that he dropped his course in Early Childhood Development (ECD) and has since then been a UT for several years till luck landed him in the school.

Our sources also have it that this has been the trend of this goon-cum-teacher. He is said to have impregnated a class eight pupil sometime back and was forced to marry the girl.

 He has also been sacked twice in big private school in Kakamega due to the behavior.