KCSE candidates arrested while smoking bhang in the school compound
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Four form KCSE candidates arrested for allegedly smoking bhang in the school compound in Kisumu
Four form KCSE candidates arrested for allegedly smoking bhang in the school compound in Kisumu.
The four students were arrested on Monday evening and later released on police bond.
Three of the candidates, aged 18, and one, aged 17, were temporarily held at Kisumu Central Police Station, where they recorded a statement before they were released.
Kisumu Central sub-county police commander Peter Mulai confirmed the incident, stating that they released the students on cash bail after the intervention of parents and teachers.
“This was to allow them to sit the remaining KCSE papers before being charged in court,” a police report read.
According to the report, the principal had raised concern over the four students and was left with no choice but to report them to the police.
“The suspect students had used a master key to access the sports office where they were found smoking,” the report read.
During the arrest, seven sticks of bhang were recovered and kept as exhibits.
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According to the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Authority, alcohol, tobacco, bhang, miraa, and prescription drugs are the most abused in schools.
The five-year national survey on the Status of Drugs and Substance Use (DSU) in Kenya, 2022 released recently shows 156,461 primary school children are currently abusing tobacco products, 127,124 are abusing alcohol, 112,456 Miraa and 39,115 are bhang smokers.
Nacada’s Principal Researcher Morris Kamenderi said in total, 153,846 young people aged 15 to 24 are already severely addicted to alcohol, 90,531 are totally addicted to bhang, 58,819 to miraa, and 58,819 to tobacco.
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