Anestar Premier Student Sits KCSE Exams in Fear After Assault and Threats by Peers.
A student from Anestar Premier High School in Lanet, Nakuru County, is sitting for his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams under intense fear following threats from peers.
Months after being assaulted by fellow students, he now faces additional intimidation, raising concerns about learner safety in schools.
The student’s mother, identified as Lynn Franco, noted her son had been limping when he returned home during the August holiday. Upon questioning, he revealed he had been bullied and assaulted by two boys.
Concerned for his well-being, Franco sought medical attention for her son and reported the incident to the police.
Despite these actions, the student returned to school for the third term, expressing continued fear and anxiety, particularly as he approached the critical exam period.
Escalating Threats and Police Intervention
The mother shared that just before the KCSE exams, three of the students involved in the assault returned to school after a suspension. Upon their return, they allegedly began threatening her son again.
Alarmed by the situation, the student contacted his mother, who reported the matter to the Morono Police Post in Bahati, where the incident was officially logged under OB number 0411/2024.
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The three students were subsequently arrested, and their parents were summoned to the station. However, Franco reported that the threats persisted, with the boys allegedly displaying intimidation toward her son even at the police station.
On November 3rd, the intimidation took a new turn when the student’s examination desk identification sticker was tampered with.
His photograph was marked with an ‘X’, and his index number was removed, heightening the student’s anxiety.
Franco then turned to another police station in Goro, frustrated with the lack of effective intervention from the initial station.
School and Police Responses
One of Anestar Premier’s directors confirmed the assault incident from July and acknowledged that it had been reported to the police.
He added that one of the accused students had allegedly brought a knife to school at the beginning of the second term.
However, the Nakuru County Commander declined to comment, citing an ongoing process as the mother pursued a P3 form to document the injury.
This troubling case surfaces amidst heightened concern over student safety following the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old candidate at China Boys High School, also in Nakuru.
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Eight students connected to that case have since been arrested and are expected to appear in court post-exams.
As the affected student continues with his KCSE exams under these challenging conditions, his mother hopes for resolution and enhanced school security to protect her son and other learners from such experiences.
Anestar Premier Student Sits KCSE Exams in Fear After Assault and Threats by Peers.
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