Form 3 girl from a national Girls High School in Kisii has sued the school accusing several teachers of sexual misconduct.
In a petition filed in a Nairobi court, the girl through her mother said the school is notorious for sexual harassment by male teachers.
She said that she reported the issue of the sexual advances and physical abuse by the teachers to the management but nothing was done.
The girl through her mother have sued the school Principal Kereri girls and 7 male teachers for the sexual offences.
She said the physical abuse by a male teacher began in June 2020, when she was listed by class Monitor as one of the noise makers.
The list was given to amale teacher who went to their class to discipline the noisemakers. She pleaded with the teacher not to whip her palms but the teacher refused to listen to her.
From the whipping she sustained injuries with her hand swelling. The following day the tea went to her class with hot water to massage her hand as she was in pain. It was during that time when the teacher made sexual advances on her.
Early this year, the girl was found sleeping on her desk during morning preps by the same teacher. During the encounter the teacher slapped her on the cheeks.
The mother and daughter are seeking compensation in damages on account of physical and mental torment, agony, anguish and suffering.
Last year she said a second teacher made sexual advances at her in the staff room during remedial time.
According to papers presented in court, more male teachers were allowed to stay at the quarters next to the dormitory despite the school having other quarters towards the fields which are occupied by female teachers.
She claims that one of them, a male teacher would use the path right adjacent to the open area where the girls would take bath at 4 am.
She has also sensationally claimed that at one point this very teacher was caught by students kissing a student near the dorm quarters and there was unrest in the school with the girls protesting.
The mother says the sexual misconduct and child sex exploitation at the school were reported to the DCI in March.
