This is a call to Kenyans of conscience to step back and reflect on the lies about education that are circulating in the media, schooling system and government. Foreign sharks have camped in Kenya to distort our education. Using buzz words such as “quality” and “global standards,” these sharks seek to destroy the hopes, dreams and creativity of young Africans, not just in Kenya, but in the whole region, and to make a profit while at it. With the help of local professors, bureaucrats and journalists, they spread hatred for education among the population. At the same time, they ironically create a thirst for schooling that makes parents and children resort to desperate measures to get a school, up to accepting violence and abuse in schools and taking their own lives.
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This insanity must end.

On July 9 this year, Kenyan filmmaker Silas Miami posted a tweet asking Kenyans to share their most unbelievable experience in boarding school. Expecting replies about quirks and naughty incidents, Miami was in for a surprise. The stories which emerged from the replies were simply horrifying. They were stories of abuse and extreme violence, including broken limbs and rape, meted out on children.