Ministry launches probe into student beating claims after protests Trans-Nzoia 22 min ago

However, accounts surrounding the incident remain conflicting, with some education stakeholders claiming the incident has been politicised and that students were incited to protest as part of efforts to have the principal transferred.

The Ministry of Education has launched a probe into the incident, in which the female student is alleged to have been beaten on her thighs for lateness and absenteeism in June.

A senior official of a secondary school in Kiminini, Trans-Nzoia County, is under investigation over the alleged beating of a Form Three student, in a case that has sparked student protests and drawn condemnation from human rights activists.