Time to act and stop the madness before it ruins our education

Barn-storming Cabinet Secretary for Education, Dr Fred Matiang’i. He is at the centre of the school fires storm – a man who seems to have more purity of intention than political tact – and whose appointment, without doubt, represents the Jubilee government’s best attempts to streamline this important sector. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

Yet more schools were set ablaze yesterday as the chilling wave of student unrest continued its deadly march. A
dormitory at Iten’s St Patrick’s, a respected national school, joined the smouldering heap of school buildings
destroyed since the teenage madness began two months ago, bringing to 104 the institutions struck so far.

In the last 36 hours alone, seven schools were laid to waste.
Something has gone terribly wrong in Kenyan education. And whether it’s our children reeling from a deadly form
of juvenile delinquency or some dark forces hostile to the Education Ministry are on the ascendancy, it is right and
proper that the public are demanding an explanation.