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Row as school suspends student over hijab

By Stephen Rutto | 6yrs ago
Council of Islamic Preachers chairman Uasin Gishu branch, Abubakar Bini, reacts following the suspension of a form 1 student at AIC Chebisaas Girls School in Nandi, for allegedly failing to remove Hijab. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

A family is accusing a church-sponsored school of sending away its 13-year-old daughter for wearing a hijab.

The girl’s parents claim the student was hounded out of AIC Chebisas Girls High School in Nandi County on Monday last week after she refused to stop wearing the hijab.

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