Mpaka sa hizi bado zaburn. Najua maybe mlidiscuss but, lcould it be terrorists using proxy war? Why is the government mute over this issue. Taking into consideration alshabaab view on education, could they be using this trend as a way of frustrating the government? Government should be responsible to come up with answers for damn problem! Either wacastrate those guilty if at all are students, or treat them as adults vile kabuda alisema watupwe kamiti for arson! Tukiwaacha hivi watachoma kenya come 2022.
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The government is probably trying to smoke out the cartels but it's proving to be very expensive. Shock therapy is what these kids need the government should do the unthinkable and permanently shut down the burnt schools or close all schools for one year while GOK cleans up the education system!
This would scare the cartels involved and break up the mob psychology driving the kids, then after a few rounds in court, the state can then insist that the kids can only return to the burnt schools when they pay up kshs. 500000 per student to rebuild the dormitories, that's when reality will kick in as most will be unable to raise the amount.
If they go to court, the state should employ delaying tactics. Meanwhile other students will kunja mkia and ignore any inciters as neither the students nor their parents want to be out of school.
Whatever the state does it should be swift and resolute!!
This would scare the cartels involved and break up the mob psychology driving the kids, then after a few rounds in court, the state can then insist that the kids can only return to the burnt schools when they pay up kshs. 500000 per student to rebuild the dormitories, that's when reality will kick in as most will be unable to raise the amount.
If they go to court, the state should employ delaying tactics. Meanwhile other students will kunja mkia and ignore any inciters as neither the students nor their parents want to be out of school.
Whatever the state does it should be swift and resolute!!
Copy/Paste from Gordon Opiyo
More than Meets the Eye: The burning of schools. I strongly believe that there are powerful external forces behind the current wave of School fires.
I can speak with some level of Authority because between 2010 and 2011- I was contracted by the British Government, through the DFID to set up a national system that would be used to monitor the use of Free Primary Education Funds.
That is when I came face to face with faceless cartels that work within the lucrative multi billion education sector
Immediately I won the bid- after a stiff competition that had two international firms I faced extreme resistance- apparently I was an outsider, and an unknown figure. I was forced to get a personal recommendation from a CEO of a Multi National Company. Luckily for me, Joseph Mucheru, then the Boss at Google Sub Sahara came to my rescue and wrote a personal recommendation.
The British Government decided to set up accountability systems to monitor the use of FPE funds after an Audit revealed massive theft of money in both Primary and Secondary Schools. Since the British Aid formed the bulk of the billions that were stolen- they stopped all disbursement and instead, decided to pump in millions in setting up systems that would make it hard to steal any money.
I was assigned to work with then Education PS, Prof James Ole Kiyaipi and Education Secretary Prof Godia. I thought that since the top Ministry officials were all over the press condemning the theft of money at the school level- I would be given 100% support by Officials at the Headquarters, and Provincial heads. This was due to the fact that the Kenyan Government was only expected to facilitate the setting up of the system and the British Government was to pay 100% of the cost of setting up the system. I was 100% wrong.
All top officials right from Jogoo House, to the provincial HQ and District HQ simply refused to Co-operate. Head Teachers refused to co-operate, Text Book Suppliers refused to help. I tried in vain to have Ole Kiyaipi give orders for co-operation. I camped at Prof Godia's office for several days- and was only given a five minute meeting.
After several months of trying to set up- Prof Kiyaipi wrote to the DFID that the Government ofd not need the British Government help in setting up accountability and money flow monitoring systems According to him- they were satisfied with the status quo.
From basic observation- there are major issues in the education sector There are cartels that benefit from money trails in the sector. No single person was punished for misusing the FPE funds.
I also observed that there are very close contacts between the HQ top officials and the schools and suppliers In other words- people have set up very closed and efficient systems of fleecing public funds- and it runs from HQ to the schools
When I saw Dr Matiang"i moving in to deal with Cartels- I knew that he would face real fire. The rot in the education sector cannot be tackled by a one man army.
The people the CS expects to help him root out the vice in the sector are the major beneficiaries Apparently, the Cartels had diversified to exam buying.
the CS needs support- and it is not going to be easy. Dismantling a cartel that has existed for decades is not going to be easy. Burning schools may be their way of triggering the sacking of the CS.
There is no way, School Children can have the level of Coordination in burning schools as we are seeing There is more than meets the eyes.
More than Meets the Eye: The burning of schools. I strongly believe that there are powerful external forces behind the current wave of School fires.
I can speak with some level of Authority because between 2010 and 2011- I was contracted by the British Government, through the DFID to set up a national system that would be used to monitor the use of Free Primary Education Funds.
That is when I came face to face with faceless cartels that work within the lucrative multi billion education sector
Immediately I won the bid- after a stiff competition that had two international firms I faced extreme resistance- apparently I was an outsider, and an unknown figure. I was forced to get a personal recommendation from a CEO of a Multi National Company. Luckily for me, Joseph Mucheru, then the Boss at Google Sub Sahara came to my rescue and wrote a personal recommendation.
The British Government decided to set up accountability systems to monitor the use of FPE funds after an Audit revealed massive theft of money in both Primary and Secondary Schools. Since the British Aid formed the bulk of the billions that were stolen- they stopped all disbursement and instead, decided to pump in millions in setting up systems that would make it hard to steal any money.
I was assigned to work with then Education PS, Prof James Ole Kiyaipi and Education Secretary Prof Godia. I thought that since the top Ministry officials were all over the press condemning the theft of money at the school level- I would be given 100% support by Officials at the Headquarters, and Provincial heads. This was due to the fact that the Kenyan Government was only expected to facilitate the setting up of the system and the British Government was to pay 100% of the cost of setting up the system. I was 100% wrong.
All top officials right from Jogoo House, to the provincial HQ and District HQ simply refused to Co-operate. Head Teachers refused to co-operate, Text Book Suppliers refused to help. I tried in vain to have Ole Kiyaipi give orders for co-operation. I camped at Prof Godia's office for several days- and was only given a five minute meeting.
After several months of trying to set up- Prof Kiyaipi wrote to the DFID that the Government ofd not need the British Government help in setting up accountability and money flow monitoring systems According to him- they were satisfied with the status quo.
From basic observation- there are major issues in the education sector There are cartels that benefit from money trails in the sector. No single person was punished for misusing the FPE funds.
I also observed that there are very close contacts between the HQ top officials and the schools and suppliers In other words- people have set up very closed and efficient systems of fleecing public funds- and it runs from HQ to the schools
When I saw Dr Matiang"i moving in to deal with Cartels- I knew that he would face real fire. The rot in the education sector cannot be tackled by a one man army.
The people the CS expects to help him root out the vice in the sector are the major beneficiaries Apparently, the Cartels had diversified to exam buying.
the CS needs support- and it is not going to be easy. Dismantling a cartel that has existed for decades is not going to be easy. Burning schools may be their way of triggering the sacking of the CS.
There is no way, School Children can have the level of Coordination in burning schools as we are seeing There is more than meets the eyes.
Most of these adolescence engage defective logic in their thinking, one was reasoning that they burn their old bus so that the school can buy a new one and if the school cant afford he will be transferred to another school. My opinion is that the culpable students should be banned from registering as a student in any school but be at liberty to study out of school and be allowed to register for exam like it use to happen in the past.
I've deliberately steered clear of connecting this to extremism. But it just so looks like it.
And it's really difficult to have students coordinate fires in such a manner. Beats logic.
I just wonder why they use students as proxies though. To the point of some getting arrested? Are they under oath?
And it's really difficult to have students coordinate fires in such a manner. Beats logic.
I just wonder why they use students as proxies though. To the point of some getting arrested? Are they under oath?
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