Ojode Pala secondary school finally catches up with the ongoing malpractice at the institution

By Wilson Oduor

It was shocking news on the 22^nd October 2013 to the teachers and students of Ojode Pala in Ndhiwa sub-county, when a young man, who is suspected to have been behind a number of indefinite thefts recorded in the school for the past 4 months, was caught red-handed in a similar mission at the principal’s office.

Sources close to the principle and the senior master to the school confirmed that the school had suffered a number losses amounting to an estimate of over KES 30,000. 

Similar tragedy is also being said to have been in continuous occurrence at the senior master’s office where packets of milk have mysteriously gone missing on a daily basis.

As it is said in Kiswahili, ‘siku za mwizi ni arubaine’, the forty days for this young man had elapsed. 

The school billboard

This was the day when the principle was expected to attend a B.O.G meeting and on his absence, the boy leaped into his office to do what he does well. 

The principle is said to have returned abruptly to his office just to get the boy agape not knowing what to utter. ‘Seeking for malaria tablets’ were his words that couldn't convince the principle otherwise. 

This being a communal problem in the school, the principal alerted everyone in the school to witness. Cornered between a rock and a hard surface, the boy thought it wise to save his poor sole by explaining how he had stolen money worth 40,000 and some packets milk from the senior teacher’s office.

The boy started by stealing 5,000 shillings from the principal’s desk, then later 7,000 from the pocket of the head’s coat accompanied by 3,500 shillings meant for remedial purposes from senior master’s office.

Then finally the boy hit the climax of it all when he stole 20,000 shillings which is suspected to have been paid by his sponsorship, he being a total orphan residing in one of the orphanages in Ndhiwa. As the school was still coming to terms with the unveiling, the school’s disciplinary committee made unanimous decision of suspending the boy indefinitely.