School Employee Jailed for Allegedly offering Petrol to Students
On Thursday 4th, a school worker in Muranga county was sentenced to a year in prison after being found guilty of attempting to supply petrol to students at Kaharo Girls' High School.
Christine Juma 
The man who was identified as Victor Karanja, was also found in possession of 3-quarter liters of alcohol.
The felon, who worked as a mason at the school, was apprehended on Tuesday 2 as he attempted to sneak five liters of gasoline and a bottle of alcohol into the building and acknowledged to being sent by the pupils after being interrogated.
According to Kigumo Courthouse Senior Principal Magistrate Kibet Sambu stated that While the suspect was not directly tied to the intended offense, his statement that he had the things for delivery to the kids demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that he had the intent to commit a crime.
“By the look of things and in consideration of growing cases of student unrest where arson has dominated current affairs, your admission that you were on your way to deliver flammable material and alcoholic drink to minors is highly suspect and incriminates you to a very stupid criminal plot among the students,” said the Magistrate.
This comes at time Arson cases in high schools have been on the upswing, with over 30 schools reporting incidents this term.
Chavakali Boys Dormitory on Fire as students watch Helplessly. PHOTO TWITTER
On Thursday 4th morning Students of Ituru Boys Highschool in Gatundu South, Kiambu County destroyed various school properties after they were allegedly denied permission to go home for half-term that was announced by the Ministry of Education on Tuesday 2nd that students should take a mid-term break between November 19 and 23.
Details sourced by Bright Kenya news reveal that the students began by shouting before devolving into pandemonium, which resulted in the school bus being trashed before being overturned and finally being left at the gate.
Ituru location chief John Kihiu Njane, confirmed the incident, saying that the students had damaged the dormitory and administration blocks window panes with stones.
He also added that the students had made no substantive complaints to the school administration to justify their outrage, instead of blaming the turmoil on the influence of students from neighboring institutions.
“We have started investigations to ascertain what happened. Some students have been instructed to return on Monday while others will be resuming their studies on Tuesday,” Njane said.
