Education PS Bitok confirms interdiction plans for Alliance Girls teacher accused of sexual abuse

Speaking at a Thanksgiving Day event at Kapkoros Barngetuny Secondary School in Nandi County on Thursday, PS Bitok confirmed that the Ministry of Education has engaged the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and law enforcement agencies to ensure the implicated teacher is interdicted and prosecuted.

"That teacher is going to be punished. We have talked to TSC and all the other stakeholders to ensure that he is arrested,” he added.

PS Bitok reiterated the government's uncompromising stance on safeguarding learners and ensuring schools remain safe, protective environments.

"We are not going to condone any behaviour where teachers or any other stakeholder in schools take advantage of our children," Bitok said. “We want to condemn in the strongest terms possible any conduct by teachers, staff, or anyone in the school community who seeks to exploit students sexually. As government, we are saying such behaviour will not be tolerated.”

The PS emphasized that this issue extends beyond one institution, warning that any similar cases in schools across the country will be met with swift and decisive action.

“It is not only in Alliance. Even in any other school in the country, that behaviour must stop forthwith,” he stated.

Bitok’s remarks followed widespread outrage triggered by allegations detailed in an Africa Uncensored investigation. The exposé accused the long-serving teacher and Christian Union patron of grooming students, including arranging dinners and invoking spiritual authority, sometimes beginning as early as 2018.

The investigation drew statements from more than two dozen former students, teachers, and staff who alleged a systemic pattern of abuse shielded by institutional silence, including formal complaints in 2018 and 2021 that saw no action.

In the wake of the allegations, alumni from Alliance Girls took to the streets in protest, demanding justice.

Women’s rights group FIDA Kenya has weighed in, describing the revelations as “shocking” and a sign of grave institutional failure. FIDA is urging transparent investigations, mandatory gender based violence policies in schools, and safe reporting systems for students.