School infernos: Church leaders call for gradual scrapping of boarding schools

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Bishop Samuel Njiriri of Stewards Revival Ministry. (Courtesy)

A section of religious leaders is now proposing that boarding schools be gradually abolished, even as several are now opting to send the learners home to avoid destruction.

Led by the Federation of Evangelical and Indigenous Christian Churches of Kenya (FEICCK), the clergy observe that the shift will empower boarding schools.

Speaking in Nairobi, the Federation’s chairman, Bishop Samuel Njiriri, observed that boarding schools have contributed to rising indiscipline among learners.