A teacher at Alliance Girls’ High School will be interdicted and arrested following allegations of sexual misconduct involving students.
Speak on Thursday, July 9, Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok said the government had already engaged relevant authorities to ensure action is taken.
"As a government, we are not going to tolerate any behaviour where teachers or any other stakeholders in school take advantage of our children.
"And that teacher is going to be punished; he is going to be indicted. We have talked to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and all the other stakeholders to ensure that he is arrested," he said.
Bitok issued a strong condemnation of any sexual exploitation of students by teachers or school staff.
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“We want to condemn with the strongest terms possible those behaviours of teachers or any staff within the school community who want to take advantage of our children sexually," he added.
While the incident occurred at Alliance Girls’, Bitok made it clear that the government’s crackdown on abuse will not be limited to one school.
“It is not only in Alliance. Even in any other school in the country, that behaviour must stop forthwith," he concluded.
The teacher in question has been accused of grooming and engaging in sexual relationships with students.
An investigation by Africa Uncensored alleged that the teacher, who is also the Christian Union patron, groomed students through private dinners and the use of spiritual influence.
The alleged pattern may have started as early as 2018, according to the exposé.
"What made me look deeper was a specific revelation: that in 2021, news of an extramarital affair between the teacher and a former student had reportedly reached the leadership of the teacher’s church community, pastored by his father.
"Despite this, he remained in his post, continuing to play a prominent role in both the school and its Christian Union (C.U.). That detail stayed with me. It suggested not just individual misconduct, but institutional inertia – perhaps even protection," journalist Christine Mungai said in her investigative piece.
