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Head teacher under probe for using corporal punishment

Geoffrey Gitau, shows injuries on his paralysed arm. The pupil at Kongasis Primary School was allegedly assaulted by the school headteacher. With him is his mother Ruth Ruth Waithera. Picture taken on August 8, 2019. [Joseph Kipsang/Standard]

Police and education officials are investigating complaints against a headteacher blamed for inflicting injuries on pupils in the name of punishing them. 

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