Bandits turn schools into a family home
Bandits turn schools into family home in the North Rift region according to revelations by Interior CS Kithure Kindiki
Bandits turn schools into family home in the North Rift region according to revelations by Interior CS Kithure Kindiki.
On March 1, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki stated that several Baringo schools were still closed due to rising insecurity and that the affected facilities had been seized by bandits.
Appearing in the Baringo County Hall Mini Chambers before the Senate Committee on National Cohesion, the CS added that bandits had entirely destroyed the infrastructure of other institutions.
The committee had questioned Prof. Kindiki about the advancements his ministry had made in the struggle against banditry in the troubled North Rift region.
“Even if we wanted to open some of the schools, the children would not have anywhere to go to because some of the schools have been completely burnt down by bandits.
“The schools that have remained closed don’t have any infrastructure. One of the schools was even taken over by the bandits,” Kindiki explained.
Additionally, Kindiki stated that the bandits were using one of the schools as their hideout, noting that the classrooms had been turned into bedrooms of the family of one of the bandits.
“The classrooms in the school became their home. Class 8 became the home of the head of the family, and class 7 the bedroom of the first wife.
“They also turned class six into the bedroom of the second wife, class 5 was turned into the bedroom of the firstborn,” Kindiki narrated
However, despite learning activities being paralyzed in some of the schools, the CS noted that more than 10 schools in the area reopened.
“Over 21 schools, 16 in Baringo south, and 5 in Baringo North have been closed for years because of banditry attacks. People living in those areas have been fleeing for safety.
“We have however been able to open a total of 14 schools that I can personally name,” Kindiki added.
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The CS further revealed that the ministry had engaged the Teacher Service Commission (TSC) to employ tutors from the North Rift region to teach in local schools.
“We’re even talking to the Teacher Service Commission about getting more teachers from the local community because most of the teachers posted there are not comfortable and keep asking for transfers,” added the CS.
The government had set up a command center and had sent both air and land military equipment, according to Kindiki, who had earlier on Friday, February 24, announced new tactics that officers would use against robbers in the North Rift region.
Kindiki declared war on bandits terrorizing residents stating that the government had contacted Uganda, asking President Yoweri Museveni, to organize a counter-operation to flush out bandits crossing into the neighbouring country.
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