Kenya Certificated of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates at Anin Girls Secondary School in Elgeyo Marakwet County on Saturday demanded to be allowed back in school to prepare for the upcoming national examination.
According to the students, the accusations levelled against them were not only bizarre but also lacked evidence.
One student who was among those who were suspended revealed that a school chaplain announced the claims against them on June 24 during a Christian Religious Education (CRE) class.
The student in an interview with the Standard narrated the sequence of events and claimed the matter was then forwarded to the principal of the school. The report was followed by their suspension.
“The chaplain came into our class and said some two or three students are devil worshippers. I thought it was a joke. I never knew I was the target of the weird remarks,” the student said.
"We are yet to be recalled. The school management has already ruined our reputation by the wild allegations. We are only asking to be allowed back to prepare for exams like other KCSE candidates across the country,” he added.
Another student who is also facing the same allegations accused the school of creating a difficult environment to prepare for the examination by denying them access to academic materials such as textbooks.
Parents of the suspended students also raised concern over the manner in which the school was handling the matter.
The chairman of the school Board of Management (BoM) Andrew Kipchoge admitted that he had knowledge of the case but bounced the accusations back at the students citing that they were found in possession of paraphernalia related to devil worshipping.
According to Kipchoge, the case was forwarded to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).