By Our Investigative Reporter

A couple whose form two daughter has been expelled at Joel Omino Secondary School which is within Kisumu East District within Kisumu County ostensibly under the recommendation of the school’s Principal’s James Aggrey Otieno wife who teaches in the same school have moved to court to compel the school to re-admit their daughter school and produce evidence in court proving that the said student (name withheld) is a devil worshipper.

Narrating the incident to “Citizen Weekly” the girls’ parents Carren Adwenya and Paul Odoyo Agutu said that the secured admission for their daughter on 8th May 2013.

Documents within our possession shows that the school was paid ksh 10,000 on 15th May 2013 with balance of kshs 14,150 to be paid on admission after an admission letter was issued on 8th May 2013 .

“We discussed with the school Principal before admission reasons why we were changing for our daughter school as she used to previously school at Asumbi Girls and the Principal advised us that since the girl could not fit in a boarding school the best was for her to be in a day school” the girl’s mother said.

The parents say that on 17th may 2013 they received a call from a Mrs Otieno who introduced herself as the teacher in charge of counseling at Joel Omino who further said that she was counseling their daughter but the daughter refused to open up.

“At that point I asked her to talk with my daughter upon whom she said that the teacher was forcing her to admit what was not true and when I spoke with the teacher she told me to go and see her in school” said Mrs Adwenya.

When they went to Joel Omino the said teacher said that she had given their daughter an opportunity to write her life history before arriving at Joel Omino Secondary School but she failed to write that she was a devil worshipper.

We got agitated and all our efforts to explain to her that our daughter is a social and kind person who is always outgoing could not bear fruit.

“Upon realizing that she was adamant and arrogant ,the father excused himself as going to the bank and I the mother remained in school , I insisted that the allegation was not fair and I insisted that my daughter to giver her version of the whole issue” the mother further said.

Her daughter said that the said Mrs.Otieno had harassed her on 8th /06/2013 before her fellow Form two class and told her that she was in Joel Omino Illegally as the said teacher is the one who determines who iks to be admitted at Joel Omino.

“Mrs.Otieno had wanted my daughter to confess that she was a devil worshipper who had gone to recruit students at Joel Omino for her cult after doing the same at Asumbi Girls where she was before “she added.

The mother says that her daughter was officially released from Asumbi Girls to pursue further treatment on tonsillitis which she had.

The mother says that all that never augur well with her (Mrs.Otieno) as she claimed that we parents were siding with girl and she advised her daughter to ignore the allegations and concentrate on her studies and she further advised that the said Mrs.Otieno to stop counseling her daughter but the teacher insisted that she was going to continue.

“All was well not until 30th May 2013 when I got communication through an sms that my daughter should stay at home till Wednesday the 5th June 2013 when we her parents accompany her to school and according to the school Principal who is the husband of the said Mrs. Otieno our daughter had disobeyed a teacher at the evening assembly and caused disturbance” the mother further said.

The father says that her daughter despite having been released from school at 7.45pm arrived home at 8;15pm weeping and upon being asked what the problem was said that Mrs.Otieno who is the wife of the school’s Principal had highlighted that her daughter was a girl with evil spirits and asked her to read the bible so that evil spirits in her could go away and students were cautioned not to associate with her.

“Surprisingly she ordered my daughter to go for prayers in her office after assembly (for divine intervention) and at school Mrs.Otieno had convinced other students to isolate her resulting to us going to school to seek audience with the school principal “the father said.

Upon entering the Principal’s office they found a visitor whom they later discovered was a District Children Officer in Kisumu East and had come to investigate the case of a child who was being accused of being a devil worshipper ands was not in school.

The father says that the children’s officer insisted that all parties to the case be called in but it took her a lot of time to convince the school Principal who only allowed the Deputy Principal ,class teacher of my daughter and Mrs.Otieno” the girl’s father added.

Details which emerged from that meeting says that the Children’s officer wanted to know why Mrs.Otieno (the Principal’s wife) was the only teacher with problems with the said student yet she was not taking her in any subject; she lamentably defended herself that she was a senior counselor in the school from whom the principal relies on for admission.

“Surprisingly the school principal told us to go back with our daughter saying her admission was cancelled as she had a trial admission which I had never heard of and my daughter was not now being accepted at Joel Omino.

The children’s officer insisted on a written letter showing whether his daughter was a student or had been sent away but the Principal was adamant she advised them that the only way forward was to move to court since basic education was a constitutional right and one of the responsibilities of school principal is enforcing the said law.

In their papers to be filed in court, they demand to know the source of power the Principal’s wife has which makes her push innocent children out of Joel Omino yet allow their own biological children to learn and teach in Joel Omino while innocent children are being denied their right to education and to give protection to her while schooling at Joel Omino.

Contacted for comment the school Principal denied the allegations saying the student had been sent home to bring the fee balance and what she never brought on her admission while referring us to the head of his wife church Dr.David Owuor in regard to his wife’s spiritual prowess.

“The County Education Officer Mrs.Beatrice Adu knows the role my wife plays in this school, so refer all such questions to her” he added.

Kisumu County Education Officer did not respond to the numerous sms we sent to her before going to the press.