This archive report was first published on 16 September 2019.
On September 15, 2019, a class seven pupil from Consolata School in Westlands, Nairobi, posted a video that has since gone viral on various social media platforms. The video shows the pupil threatening to kill a fellow schoolmate while using vulgar language.
The pupil, who has not been named, accused the standard four schoolmate of calling him gay, causing friction between him and fellow schoolmates.
However, in a second video posted by the pupil, he apologized to the public for his actions, stating, 'I want to apologize to the public for the bad content that I have published. I know I shouldn’t have overreacted the way I did and putting out on public.'
He further added, 'To the public, to everyone, to the teachers and to Consolata school I am really sorry, I am asking you to forgive me because parents are saying they want me suspended from the school.'
Following the incident, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Children’s Department held a closed-door meeting with the management of Consolata School.
Outspoken Suba North Member of Parliament Millie Mabona advised parents to check what their children do on social media and urged netizens to refrain from sharing the video.
