KHRC condemns Aquinas School for covering up sexual abuse case

The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has urged the police to expediate investigations on a case where a student at Aquinas School was defiled.

In a tweet on its social media page, KHRC says, “We demand that the molested patient is provided with proper medical care and that the police conduct swift investigations and prosecute the perpetrator of this heinous act.”

Parents with students in the school were on Tuesday arrested and detained as they held a protest over the school administration’s cover up of an incident.

KHRC later intervened and secured the release of all persons arrested during this protest.

The Commission says learning institutions should not enable the predatory culture of sexual abuse by covering up such cases.