Ebenezer Academy school in Bungoma Central sub-county is on the spot after one pupil was subjected to corporal punishment to the point of being hospitalized.
The 14 year old Standard 8 pupil, who was admitted at Bungoma Hospital, is alleged to have received 36 strokes after he failed to achieve the targeted 100 marks in an English test.
According to Gerald Munyapala Khisa ,the pupil's father, he was informed of his child's condition on July 16; five days after the punishment.
“The director of Ebenezer Academy, called on July 16, informing me that my son was in a critical condition and was being taken to Bungoma County Referral hospital but instead, took him to a private facility,” Khisa told The Standard Media.
Khisa added that the medical bill escalated rapidly making the director who had been in charge of the treatment to back out.
“The hospital bill rose to Sh252,894.65 in just one week and the director told me to have my son discharged from the hospital since he could not afford to pay more. That he had exhausted his limit and asked me to repay him Sh200,000 which he used to pay the hospital bill,” Khisa explained as quoted by The Standard Media.
The director of the school on the other hand denied the allegations citing the pupil had fallen sick.
A County Referral hospital administrator Dan Oswano however, confirmed that the student may have indeed suffered as result of sustaining injuries on his buttocks.
The parents of the pupil reported the matter to the police.