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Why school sex pests evade the whip as TSC devolves discipline

Parents, Guardians, Alumni and members of the civil society demonstrate in solidarity outside Moi Girls School, Nairobi calling for thorough investigations, arrests of the culprits and an end to sexual abuse in schools. June 4, 2018. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The complicated process of gathering evidence and a rigid disciplinary procedure frustrates action against sex pests in schools.

Headteachers interviewed by the Sunday Standard cited the delay in processing DNA results in the Moi Girls School, Nairobi, rape investigation despite the entire government machinery being directed at the case.

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