Teacher Who Walks 20KM Summoned By Education Ministry
Magdalene Kimani, a teacher whose story went viral on social media on Tuesday, has been summoned by the Ministry of Education to record a statement over a story published by the Daily Nation on her plight.
Nancy Odindo 
Magdalene Kimani, a teacher whose story went viral on social media on Tuesday, has been summoned by the Ministry of Education to record a statement over a story published by the Daily Nation on her plight.
In a report by the officials, the Sosiana High School principal was not authorized to speak to journalists.
Kimani is expected by the ministry to explain why she spoke to the media and even allowed the practitioners to give her company during one of her trips last Friday.
According to Daily Nation, the ministry officials who spoke to them claimed that the teacher only does nine kilometres as opposed to the said 20km.
Trans Mara East Sub-county Director of Education Steve Gachie claimed the story had caused him a lot of trouble with his bosses demanding that he verify whether indeed the teacher trekked 20 kilometres daily to deliver the KCSE examinations.
“What you are doing is not right. She will have to write her report. She will have to explain her 20-kilometre trek from the point of where the vehicle drops her. No one has a right to speak on behalf of the ministry. The only person who has a right is the County Director of Education,” Mr Gachie said.
“You people have made me go through a lot of hell. Now I’m being asked if she walks for 20 kilometres. You are exaggerating; it’s not 20 kilometres and you just want to get news. Again, that is not the way we work. You should have verified with the office how long she treks. She does nine kilometres,” Gachie said claiming that that was name tarnishing and insubordination.
“Tomorrow I’ll go with her, alight at the last point, and walk from that point to school and document that. Walking is not a crime. I’ll verify tomorrow exactly how far she walks. I’ve asked and have been told it’s less than five kilometres,” Mr Gachie said yesterday.
The Nation had estimated that Ms Kimani would have walked a distance of more than 320 kilometres, an equivalent to trekking from Nairobi to Bungoma town, by the time the KCSE exams are over.
