Lawyers from Katiba Institute seek to offer help to the Rastafarian Student who was chased out of school.
The incident attracted a lot of reactions from Kenyans who seeked to understand the relationship between hair and education.
Kenyans gave their divided opinions as some expressed their dissatisfaction over how the matter was handled.
The story which was aired on KTN revealed that the girl was called out by the teachers.
The form one student was chased away from school over her dreadlocks a day after being admitted.
Makeda Ndinda, was granted admission to Olympic Secondary School in Kibra, had her education disrupted when the institution’s management called her out.
Her parents had spoken saying that they had made the school aware in the application forms but they doubt whether they had a look at it
As some said that this was discrimination of the highest order, this uproar has led to lawyers to jump in to the matter.
The Katiba institute is generally for promoting knowledge and studies of constitutionalism.
On their twitter page, they confirmed that their lawyers would like to assist the young student.
Giving an update, Katiba institute says that the family has managed to be assisted to file a suit. They hope that the courts will breathe life into Article 32 of the constitution
Anyone with any information on this young student kindly share the same with us, out lawyers would like to assist her. Please retweet and any information can be shared on our DM. https://t.co/D0F658fOrg
— Katiba Institute (@katibainstitute) January 14, 2019
All's well that ends well. The family of Makeda has been assisted to file suit. We hope that this is an opportunity for the courts to breathe life into Article 32 of the constitutionhttps://t.co/17a6Jr0yON
— Katiba Institute (@katibainstitute) January 14, 2019