Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has dismissed calls by the Atheist Society of Kenya to ban prayers in schools.
While speaking to the media at the Star of the Sea High School in Mombasa during the commissioning of a CBC classroom, Magoha warned the society not to confuse their interests with those of the learners.
“Atheists are telling me that I should stop prayers in schools. They should go straight to hell. I am a believer and we should encourage children to pray. Even before exams if they can,” Magoha stated.
The no-nonsense CS went ahead to state that the prayers that had been stopped were the ones ‘coming from outside’.
“We must pray. The kind of praying that we have stopped is prayers coming from outside. Because in those prayers coming from outside, they also carry other things to come and confuse our children,” the CS added.
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Magoha’s remarks come after the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams kicked off in the country.
The CS maintained that his Ministry is not going to allow anyone to mess with the examinations warning candidates on fake papers spreading on Telegram.
“We are not going to allow anyone to mess with this examination. For those people, who think they know what we are doing, we are watching closely. The papers being spread on Telegram are fake,” Magoha maintained.
Magoha also cautioned politicians on politicking on the new CBC curriculum that was rolled out in the country.
