Cabernet, Kenya, March 6 – Rift Valley regional commissioner Mohamed Maalim has promised parents and candidates that no candidate will miss out on upcoming national exams because of the insecurity in the region.
Speaking during a peace talks meeting in Loruk area of Baringo County, the RC assured parents that security would be provided at the exam center to allow candidates to take the exam peacefully.
County Commissioner Abdirsack Jaldesa confirmed that security measures were in place to allow candidates to complete their exams in peace.
He said that other measures include arrangement of food and accommodation for daily wage students in some examination centers to reduce unnecessary movement during examination.
Maalim, who was accompanied by the Rift Valley Regional Security Team, the Baringo County Security Team and political leaders from the region, assured that no child would miss the national exam because of insecurities, adding that he merged candidates from different schools.
Mohammad regretted that the young children were recruited by the bandits saying that education is the only medicine to end banditry.
“It is unfortunate that young children are used as cattle rustlers instead of being in school, which should not be encouraged in this age,” he said.
He entrusted the chiefs with the task of ensuring that all children go back to their places of school as this would reduce the number of bandits in the area.
The administrator said that those who fail to take advantage of children in major schools will be stripped of their uniforms, indicating that he will assess their performance by school enrollment within their locations.
The regional boss was commenting on a recent incident where eight of the eight teenagers were killed on a battlefield in the Kerio Valley, where two communities in Elgeyo Marakwet and Baringo counties clashed and animals were stolen.
He also urged the parents to cooperate with the local authorities by taking the children to school and said that strict action would be taken against any child if he is not admitted to the school.
Sadly, the area was begging for authority to recruit its children, who received low grades like D’s for major jobs, yet graduates in other counties are competing for the same jobs.
“Education pays, take your kids to school, the best legacy is education parents can give to a child,” said Maalim
