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Coast headteacher ‘jailed’ for attacking asthmatic pupil

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Corporal punishment in schools was banned long ago and it is illegal   Photo: Courtesy

A primary school headteacher will not be cooling government porridge for two years even after pleading guilty to punishing and injuring an asthmatic pupil.

Hussein Mwanza, the headteacher from Bububu Primary in Dongo Kundu, Mombasa, will however serve two years suspended sentence. Mwanza pleaded guilty of punishing and injuring the girl on May 11 for arriving late in school on an exam day.

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