Ministry of Education pressured to act on school sports scandals

The Ministry of Education has been challenged to crack the whip on some errand school managers to restore sanity in school games.

William Ojonyo, an aluminus of Kakamega School and a key supporter of the school  team said the ministry must act decisively on reports that some school games officials are involved in fraudulent transfers of sports students across schools.

Ojonyo who donated new uniform apparels to the Green Commando football team on Saturday, said it was one thing to a student and quite another to be a player, warning it was imprudent to treat learners as professional players as that would corrupt their focus.

Nine students, all football players quietly  sneaked out of Kakamega School at the end of second term last year  and reported to a rival school for the 3rd term in utter disregard to the ministry set student transfer guidelines.

Kakamega school principal Julius Mambili raised the matter with the county education office via a letter in October 2023 but no action was taken.

Last week, the Kakamega County director of education Hellen Nyang’au denied sanctioning any student transfers between the two schools.