Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations arrested a primary school teacher - and are in pursuit of another who is reported to have assaulted two candidates in a swimming pool.
The pupils were part of the 32 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidates who were on a school sponsored tour at the Tsavo Inn Hotel located in Mtito Andei on Saturday, March 20.
According to the DCI report, a concerned female customer told police that she had spotted a Mr Joseph Nduva Wambua and Mr Mike Kioko behaving inappropriately in the pool.
“Keenly observing from her table, the customer claimed that she saw perverted teachers fondling two 13-year-old girls in the false cover of the clear swimming pool,” DCI report read in parts.
Nduva was arrested after the female customer reported the matter to the officers, and will be arraigned in court on Monday 22.
The other suspect, a Mr Kioko dodge the officers - and is still on the run. The police are asking anyone with information regarding the teacher to reach out to the police.
The two teachers from Step Up Zion Academy Nthongoni in Makueni's Mtito Andei, had accompanied the candidates to the tour meant to help the candidates to relax as they prepare for the exams.
Police are investigating the incident, even as many accuse the teachers of invading the student’s personal space at the pool.
The incident happened as KCPE exams are set to begin on Monday, March 22. Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) is set to begin on Friday, March 26.
The Cabinet Secretary for education professor George Magoha, has assured parents and the candidates of their safety during the exams.
Magoha also said that all candidates will sit the exams, but also took the time to warn those planning to cheat in the exams of dire consequences should they try to cheat.
