Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has come under fire for banning prayer days for candidates sitting national examinations from being held in the third term.
Dr Matiang’i said the prayers are used as avenues for exchanging materials which later aid cheating in the KCPE and KCSE exams.
“There will be no prayer sessions for candidates as has been the case in previous years when parents and outsiders visited schools during the third term,” said Dr Matiang’i.
Parents from Nyamira County have condemned his decision, saying he has lost focus and is not able to run the ministry well.
"Matiang'i has lost focus, how on earth shall we not pray for our children and stop visiting them? This man is dancing on a grave side, he will be sacked as Ole lenku," said an angry parent.
On the other hand, students have vowed not to obey his directive, saying he 'needs to wake up from the deep sleep he is in'.
"We must have mid_term, whether Matiang'i likes it or not, failure to that we will teach him a lesson he will never forget in his life time," said one student who didnt want to be named.