City mum takes teachers to court for caning her Form Two son
A mother has sued three teachers for allegedly caning her child for failing to meet academic targets.
She also sued the board of management of a Nairobi high school where the child was a Form Two student, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the Attorney-General.
She wants the court to compel the TSC to investigate the teachers she is accusing of thoroughly beating up her child.
SWELLINGS AND WOUNDS
Through lawyer Michael Ndegwa, the woman claimed that her son sustained swellings and wounds on his thighs after being subjected to the corporal punishment.
“Some time in August 2015, my son showed me fresh wounds and black cane marks. I applied ointment to the wounds and gave my child some painkillers,” she said.
According to the woman, her son could not bathe, sit or walk following the incident that occurred last year. She said he was in pain and experienced discomfort, stress and psychological trauma.
She also claimed that her child suffered shame and low self-esteem.
The woman said her son refused to go back to the boarding school, a situation that compelled her to transfer him to a relatively expensive day institution.
TRAUMA
She claimed she also had to spend a lot of money on counselling to have the schoolboy stabilise from the psychological trauma.
Mr Ndegwa said the minor’s right to education had been interfered with.
He said the parent had to incur higher costs of enrolling and maintaining her child.
“The minor is gravely suffering from the unjust, unfair and unwarranted acts of the three teachers.
“Their actions necessitated his mother to seek an alternative school because all her attempts to get solutions from the principal and his deputy did not bear fruit,” said Mr Ndegwa.
The mother now wants the three teachers to face disciplinary action from the TSC. She wants them to be suspended to pave the way for investigations.
The woman is seeking compensation for her son over the physical pain and psychological anguish he went through.
