Drama unfolded at Friends' School Kamusinga Boys after Bungoma MCAs led goons in storming and ejecting the principal after which they locked his office.
The MCAs stormed the school on Wednesday and threw out Mr Alex Kariuki Maina, the new principal posted to the school in Kimilili Constituency last week.
Kibingei MCA Aggrey Mulongo, Mr Stephen Wafula of Soysambu/Mitua Ward and nominated MCA Luke Opwora led the goons to eject Mr Maina.
Mr Mulongo affirmed that they would not allow the principal to work in the school.
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"We are not spreading tribalism, we are asking TSC to take back their employee and post him elsewhere; he can't survive in this school. We will not allow a failure to lead this big school," the ward leader stated.
All efforts by armed police officers to intervene bore no fruit as the principal was forced out by the MCAs and goons.
Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati and teachers’ union officials were at the forefront requesting TSC and Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i to recall all the new principals transferred to Bungoma County.
On Friday last week, Mr Wangamati, while meeting over 300 principals at Bungoma Boys High School, stated that he would not allow mediocrity in top performing schools in the county.
"There is no way we will allow a principal from a school with a mean score of 5.9 to lead a school with a mean score of 9.2. This will be mediocrity of the highest order. Let those headteachers be transferred to schools they can manage," he stated.
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He further argued that if the new principals were allowed to lead those schools, the standards of performance will be eroded.
