Jubilee Nominated Member of Parliament David ole Sankok on April 2 narrated an incident in which he delivered a beating to NTV's Mark Masai in late 1989.
Sankok had taken to social media to narrate and in the process appreciate, Mrs Mary Wight. She was his teacher of English while he was a student at Ole Sankale Primary School in Narok, and a classmate of the NTV journalist.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke the legislator intimated that Wight had taken up Masai as an adopted son while Sankok was under also under her care. However, noted that he felt she liked Masai more.
"So I used to be very naughty but the teacher was very good to me. He used to have Mark Masai as an adopted son. She was taking care of me as a person with a disability but there was more attention towards Masai, so I was a little jealous," Sankok narrated, adding that since he could not pick a fight with Wight, he descended on Masai.
"When I beat him up, he went and reported me to Mrs White. She beat me with a very light cane, in fact, I was enjoying it, so she took me to the principal, Tom Ole Sankei. He was a typical Maasai and whenever he would beat you, he would stop only when he got tired.
"The principal beat me brutally. I knew if I cried out loud, Mrs Wight would have pity on me. So she came and told the principal it was enough and she took me to her house and gave me food as her way of saying sorry," he recounted.
While he might have picked a fight with Masai and got a whipping from the teachers in return, the legislator stated that his relationship with the news anchor was not in any way affected.
As a matter of fact, Sankok stated that it was rather customary for young boys among the Maa community to fight.
"My relationship with Mark Masai was not affected because, in the Maasai community, the fight is commonplace. Actually he is lucky he did not have any injury," Sankok stated.
In a message to his teacher, who currently lives in her native country, Scotland, the MP stated that he was appreciative of her efforts in educating him along with several other prominent people in the country.
Just to name a few; Narok Senator Ledama ole Kina, the late cultural ambassador Tom Mpeti ole Surum, Judge Sankale ole Kantai, among many others.
Sankok narrated that while she would often discipline him of naughtiness, make fun of him for licking his plate after eating, her advice to him was much more inspiring, "You are disabled, therefore, have no other options but to study."
"I want to apologise to Mrs Wight. I used to make a concoction of pepper and chalk and put it in the blackboard eraser. She would cough a lot when she wiped the board," Sankok stated.
Sankok stated that he intends to marshall other students taught by Wight and pay her a visit in Scotland when the Covid-19 pandemic is over.
