Ramba Boys Students Protest, Torch Security House Over School Mismanagement
On Thursday evening, tensions rose at Ramba Boys High School in Siaya County after students launched a demonstration demanding the immediate transfer of their school principal.
During the demonstration, the outraged students expressed their dissatisfaction with Principal Wycliffe Manoa’s poor leadership and mismanagement.
During the protests, which began about 6 p.m., the students set fire to the security house located near the institution’s main gate.
As the protests grew in intensity, the students forced their way out of the building and marched to a neighboring market.
In videos posted online, the boisterous students were seen marching through a neighboring market, wielding twigs and yelling their principal’s name.
Despite attempts by several teachers to calm the pupils, the stubborn students demanded the principal’s removal.
They insisted that the demonstrations would not end until their demands were met.
Students at Ramba Boys High School in Rarieda, Siaya County staged protests on Thursday evening demanding the ouster of their principal, whom they hold responsible for what they describe as administrative negligence.
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The turmoil followed the institution’s indefinite closure last month when students went on a rampage to protest the deaths of two colleagues who were killed when a septic tank at the school ruptured.
The protests, which occurred on March 23, this year, forced the school principal to send the kids home after they vandalized school property and refused to attend classes.
The deceased were Form Four students and were among a group of learners who were standing on top of the septic tank when the accident occurred, a day before the institution’s temporary closure.
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According to witnesses who spoke with the press, more than eight teenagers were standing on the septic tank before it collapsed.
The Rarieda Deputy County Commissioner confirmed their deaths, stating that a rescue squad was quickly dispatched from Siaya town and successfully recovered the learners’ bodies.
The two bodies were found with the help of community members and sent to the Bondo Hospital mortuary.
The injured students were treated at local hospitals.
Ramba Boys Students Protest, Torch Security House Over School Mismanagement
