Pheroze must be proud of Butere girls' spine to express themselves

Butere girls students joined by other students in protest in solidarity at Melvin Jones in Nakuru during the 63rd edition of the Kenya National Drama and Film Festival on April 10,2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

History judges harshly those who try to crush freedom of expression in children. The scenes from Butere Girls High School this week were appalling.

The poet in Pheroze Nowrojee, who died recently, would have been incensed. I also suspect he would have been deeply proud of the girls' principled stand. "Echoes of war" was a little-known play before the Butere High School Principal was instructed to stop her students from submitting it for this year's Kenya Schools and Drama Festival.