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Agony of principals locked out of schools

Parents move to eject St Stephen Kirindo Mixed Secondary School principal in Mbita, Homa Bay County. [James Omoro, Standard]

Several head teachers and principals in parts of Nyanza transferred to new institutions are sitting on the edge of their seats after a section of parents and boards of the institutions rejected them.

Since schools reopened in January, some institutions in Homa Bay, Migori and Kisii have turned into battlegrounds as parents block transferred principals from reporting to their new workplaces.

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