• The pupil is said to have been flogged by a teacher identified as Jackson Marucha after allegedly reporting that his school uniforms had been stolen
• The 9 year old grade four pupil is currently seeking treatment at the Nyamira hospital
• Marucha reportedly attempted to conceal the heinous act by keeping the boy locked away in a dorm and denying him medical attention
A grade four pupil from Riang’ombe Primary School in Borabu, Nyamira County, is nursing serious injuries after being brutally caned by his teacher on Sunday.
The pupil, a boy aged 9 years, is said to have been flogged on the buttocks 107 times by his teacher, since identified as Jackson Marucha, after reporting that his school uniforms had been stolen from a clothesline.
Marucha reportedly attempted to conceal the heinous act by keeping the boy locked away in a dorm and denying him medical attention after realising how severe his injuries were.
So injured was the boy that a chunk of flesh was missing from his buttocks following the incident, and he couldn’t even sit down afterwards.
The distasteful corporal punishment incident only came to light after the boy’s classmates informed the minor’s uncle, who had gone to visit him in school, of his predicament.
The boy’s uncle was reportedly barred from seeing him by the school administration prior to the revelation by the minor’s classmates.
The boy, who is currently recuperating at Nyamira Referral Hospital, told medical attendants at the facility that Marucha mercilessly descended on him despite his pleas for mercy.
Kenyans on Twitter, led by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, called for the immediate arrest of the teacher after the story went viral on social media.
A multi-agency team comprising of DCI detectives, police from a nearby precinct and Ministry of Education officials have since picked up the school’s head teacher Isabella Kumenda and four of her subordinates for questioning.
Ms. Kumenda claims to have been away from the school when the incident occurred but a query on why she took so long to report the matter has since been raised.
The five teachers are currently being detained at Manga Police Station while the perpetrator of the brutal flogging, Jackson Marucha, is still at large.
