Sauti Sol’s soloist Bien Baraza has jumped into the topic that is currently a house hold thing in Kenya.
The unrest at school which comes after a series of burn and torture of school properties including the Moi Girls fire which claimed lives of 9 students.
Being a celeb, Bien shared a series of unhappy scenes in his early life, complaining on how he was thrown to school and left to be on his own
“I went to boarding school in class 5. I was 10 years old. I know often children don’t know what they want but I was pretty sure I hated being there. At the time my parents thought boarding schools were an end goal to good results and grooming responsible citizens. Even during the holidays they left for work and came back when I was asleep.
Now I’m all grown up and I realize how much it robbed me of a relationship with my parents. Especially my dad because I was always a mama’s boy. He’s always surprised by some of my habits and abilities. I bet some of the parents of the kids involved in high school arson incidents are often surprised by their kids. But if you’re only allowed to see them once in three months and sporadically during the holidays that’s the result.
At a time when you need to be with them the most, you leave it to a teacher and peer pressure to raise them for you. I’m not saying kids in day schools are less likely to be involved in some crazy stuff but at least you can see them and nip the craziness in the bud before it gets out of hand. I am a full anti boarding activist.”
