Education | Kenya

Kenyan Boy Caned To Death In School

A 14 year old boy died shortly after being caned by his teacher

1 October 2022

By: TB Obwoge

Caning (beating) children in school is legal in many African countries. Kenya however had outlawed the practice in 2010. In 2021 Fred Matiang’i (Minister of Education) said that caning should be reinstated within the educational system because Kenyan students were behaving badly.

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i…