Senator Hamida Kibwana seeks Senate’s scrutiny over rising schools’ unrest
By Ndiritu Wanjiru, June 11, 2026Nominated Senator Hamida Kibwana has raised concerns over increasing cases of student unrest and passenger safety incidents, calling for urgent intervention from the Senate’s education committee
In a Facebook statement on Thursday, June 11, 2026, the Parliament has noted that the senator spoke from the Parliament Buildings on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, where she sought scrutiny into the growing wave of disruptions in secondary schools across the country, including incidents of unrest, attempted strikes, forced closures, and interruptions to learning.
“Senator Hamida Kibwana has sought urgent intervention from the Senate Standing Committee on Education concerning the increasing cases of student unrest, attempted strikes, school closures and disruption of learning in several secondary schools nationwide,” Parliament noted in a statement.
Kibwana cited several affected institutions, such as Mang’u High School, Lenana School, Alliance High School, Nakuru Girls High School, Naivasha Girls High School, Loreto Girls High School–Limuru, Upper Hill School, St George’s Girls Secondary School, and Mukumu Girls High School, noting that similar incidents have recently been reported in other schools nationwide. She urged the Senate Standing Committee on Education to establish the underlying causes of the unrest and provide comprehensive data on reported cases since January 2024.
She further called for an assessment on whether Kenya’s boarding school policy requires review, alongside stronger interventions to enhance discipline management, guidance and counselling services, and early warning systems within learning institutions.
2% of schools affected by unrest
The quest from the nominated senator has come hours after the education cabinet secretary Julius Ogamba Migosi confirmed that 98 per cent of schools remain stable and are continuing with their activities uninterrupted despite the ongoing schools’ unrest and closure, and only 2 per cent have been affected.
Speaking in a press release on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, while addressing the unrest, Ogamba confirmed that the ministry has received a report of 204 schools affected by unrest, stating that 59 have resumed learning.
“As a ministry, we have undertaken preliminary reviews of most cases that have occurred. From our analysis and from the reports across the country, less than two per cent of the senior schools have been affected by this unrest, meaning most of our schools, around 98 per cent, remain stable and continue with their normal operations,” Ogamba stated.
“We have so far received reports of unrest affecting two hundred and four senior schools across the country, and of those 204, fifty-nine have since returned to school and resumed their studies, with more continuing to return,” he added.