VIDEO: Utumishi academy students shows beating bruises in their bodies

A video of Utumishi academy went viral on social media and forced education officials to make an immediate visit to the school.

A team of education officials rushed to the school in Gilgil after the video caused an uproar.

in the video, the students are showing bruises allegedly caused by their teachers.

Gilgil Sub-County Commissioner Ndambuki Mutheki said the Utumishi Academy principal denied that those are his students.

“I have seen the video but the principal insists this could be a plot to discredit the institution,” said Mutheki.

Sub-county Education Officer Eric Obiri said no parent had lodged any complaints in his office over the alleged beating. He promised to follow up the matter with the school.

Corporal punishments was abolished in Kenya in 2001 after brutal beatings by teachers.

A number of parents called for action to be taken against the teacher(s), claiming that it was not the first time that students from the national school had been injured.

Here is the video shared by The Standard;