While many might be shocked about the recent behaviour by Ambira High School, past events show that hooliganism is deeply rooted in their culture.
In 2013, Ambira High School was closed indefinitely a week to the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam after a dormitory was gutted by an early afternoon fire that saw it brought down to ashes. In the same year, the school experienced fires making this the fifth one in a span of one month.
The fire which gutted the Mt. Elgon dormitory with a capacity of about 90 students to ashes.
In July this year, yet another one of the school’s dormitory was torched by unknown people forcing the school to be closed after tension ran high and affected learning. It was believed that the botched plan was related to the upcoming 2018 national exam.
According to Nyanza Counties Education Coordinator Richard Chepkawai, the students also attempted to burn down a library.
Sources claimed that the was a blackout before the fire broke out destroying property and razing a 130-student capacity dorm.
Alleged to be Ambira Highschool. @ODPP_KE @FredMatiangi @Amina pic.twitter.com/a6a7uEML3j
— #K.O.T Lord🇰🇪 (@Bethuruto) November 23, 2018
Today, a video of Ambira Boys High school form four leavers insulting Education CS Amina Mohammed and her Interior counterpart Fred Matiang’i has emerged on social media.
The excited students are seen celebrating the end of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams and even lit a bonfire using their books. In the clip that went viral, the students not only insulted the to cabinet secretaries but further confessed that they cheated in the exams.
“Tumeiba,” they shouted and further dared CS Amina to take action.
It might not end well for the candidates at Ambira Highschool considering how strict the government has been in ensuring that this year’s national exam would be void of cheating.
From the numerous fire incidents to insulting Cabinet secretaries, it’s clear that ill-mannerisms are not new to the boys at Ambira. What action do you think should be taken against this school which has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons?