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HO
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PETER OBWOGO & 3 ORS

(2019) JELR 97531 (CA)

Court of Appeal 30 Dec 2019 Kenya
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- The appellant's minor son was suspended from school for leaving the school compound without permission. - The appellant claimed that no information was provided regarding the suspension and wrote letters to the school and education author

Case Details

Suit Number:Civil Appeal 8 of 2017
Judges:Erastus Mwaniki Githinji Hannah Magondi Okwengu Jamila Mohammed
Location:Eldoret
Other Citations:HO (Suing as Next Friend of PO (Minor) v. Peter Obwogo & 3 others [2019] eKLR

JUDGMENT OF J. MOHAMMED JA

BACKGROUND

1) On 13th October 2014, PO (P), the minor son of HO, who is the appellant herein, was suspended from St. [PARTICULARS WITHHELD] Boys High School (the School) which he had been attending as a Form Three student. According to the suspension letter, P was suspended for the offence of leaving the school compound without permission. He was to report back to the school on 28th October 2014 in the company of a parent. The appellant attended the school with his son on that date and he was informed that the issue had been referred to the 3rd respondent which is the school’s Board of Management, for deliberation. It turned out that the 3rd respondent was scheduled to sit the following day, on 29th October 2014; and on that day, the School’s Board of Management handled various cases of indiscipline, including that of P. Thereafter, the appellant was asked to return home with P and await communication of the 3rd respondent’s decision.

2) It was the appellant’s …

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