A recent investigative report by Nairobi-based independent journalism organization Africa Uncensored has drawn widespread attention after shedding light on allegations surrounding a long-serving teacher at Alliance Girls High School, a top national institution in Kenya, which has long held a reputation for academic excellence, discipline, and moral instruction.
The report, compiled over a period of four years, presents a series of detailed testimonies and contextual analysis that point to a troubling pattern of blurred boundaries between a male teacher and his students, raising questions about the effectiveness of internal oversight mechanisms within elite learning institutions.
According to the findings presented in the publication, the teacher in question, Peter Ayiro, who held various trusted positions such as patron of the Christian Union and drama club, is alleged to have developed close, at times emotionally entangling, relationships with multiple students over a span of more than two decades.
Accounts gathered from former students and teachers describe consistent patterns of behavior that suggest calculated grooming characterized by special privileges, frequent one-on-one interactions, emotionally charged communication and physical displays of affection that blurred the professional boundary between teacher and student.
Several students recalled being described as “uniquely gifted” or “spiritually chosen,” labels that deepened their emotional attachment and made them feel set apart in ways that discouraged scrutiny.
Some of these interactions included physical displays of affection and comments that overstepped professional boundaries, such as suggestive hugs, emotionally charged conversations, and persistent communication through texts after the girls had graduated.
In several cases, the communication did not cease at graduation.
Instead, the teacher allegedly pursued contact with former students, continuing to message and eventually meeting some privately, including at his on-campus residence, encounters that later became sexual in nature, according to the accounts cited in the report.
One former student recounted being picked up by Ayiro during the COVID-19 lockdown for a walk that ended in sexual contact, an encounter she says took place in his car and later continued in his house within the school compound.
Another former student described how she was invited to stay the night at his house just weeks after her 18th birthday, under the guise of preparing for a mentorship event, which also turned into a sexual encounter.
The report describes how this teacher’s proximity to the administration, and especially to a former principal, granted him a degree of untouchability.
He was reportedly able to excuse students from prep, organize unofficial off-campus excursions, and override school restrictions to host private gatherings.
Multiple teachers interviewed admitted to noticing inappropriate dynamics but refrained from formally reporting him, citing either fear, futility, or an aura of institutional protection that surrounded him.
Spiritual authority was a key theme in the teacher’s influence as his long-standing role in the school’s Christian Union, his identity as a born-again Christian, and his affiliation with powerful evangelical networks outside the school bolstered his credibility.
Students trusted him deeply and viewed him as a spiritual mentor.
Many found themselves questioning their own instincts when something felt amiss, wondering if they were misreading innocent mentorship, or worse, projecting guilt upon themselves for being noticed by an older, respected male figure.
Efforts to confront or challenge this behaviour from within the school system were reportedly met with resistance or outright dismissal.
Multiple internal attempts to raise concern were made, notably in 2018 and again in 2021, but were either ignored or quietly deflected, with no meaningful action taken.
A former chaplain recalled that despite raising concerns about his inappropriate closeness to students, her warnings were not acted upon.
Other teachers quietly cautioned students but avoided formal channels.
Some administrators seemed to treat his conduct as a harmless eccentricity rather than a serious ethical breach.
The story also reveals how the teacher’s influence extended beyond the classroom and into religious spaces.
Former students who had once trusted him in school continued to encounter him as adults within church communities tied to his father’s ministry, Koinonia Life Centre (KLC), which is led by Pastor Aggrey Ayiro.
One woman shared how she and a peer discovered they had both been romantically approached by him after high school, leading them to support each other through a confusing and emotionally draining experience.
The report also outlines how Ayiro’s interactions followed a clear and patterned playbook.
Students described being invited into informal circles — “inner sanctums” where they were made to feel spiritually elevated and emotionally seen.
For some, this attention came when they were most vulnerable — during times of academic stress, personal grief, or spiritual confusion — moments that Ayiro allegedly exploited to create emotional dependency masked as pastoral care.
In private messages reviewed during the investigation, Ayiro used language that blurred pastoral affection and romantic undertones.
Some students were referred to as “my heartbeat,” “special one,” or told that God had given them a “rare spirit.”
One student, who kept chat logs from after she graduated, described feeling torn between shame and a desire to protect him.
The cumulative effect, according to testimonies, was a grooming environment where spiritual reverence was used to shield personal intrusion.
That such a pattern could persist for years affecting multiple cohorts of students in an institution as high-profile and tightly managed as Alliance Girls is deeply unsettling.
It challenges assumptions about safety, supervision, and internal accountability, particularly in schools that project an image of moral uprightness and academic prestige.
In light of the details outlined, it is difficult to understand how internal oversight bodies, school leadership, religious networks tied to the school, and even agencies such as the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) or Kenya’s Ministry of Education could remain inert for so long, or treat mounting concerns as informal noise rather than legitimate cause for investigation.
As of the time of this publication, Peter Ayiro has not issued any public response to the allegations detailed in the report.
There has been no formal denial, clarification, or statement addressing the accounts presented or the patterns described.
Similarly, Alliance Girls High School — both the current administration and the former principal whose tenure features prominently in the report — have not issued any comment on the matter.
For those interested in examining the full depth and context of the allegations, including firsthand testimonies, private correspondences, and the broader institutional backdrop within which these events are said to have unfolded, the complete investigative report is available on Africa Uncensored’s official Substack platform under the title “The Teacher and the System.”
We will be closely monitoring any developments, official responses, or legal proceedings that may arise in connection with these revelations, and will continue to report on this matter with the seriousness, depth, and independence it demands.
