St. Kizito

St. Kizito
St. Kizito
Information
Established	1968
Closed	1991
Headmaster	James Laiboni
Age	14 to 18
Enrollment	577

St. Kizito was a coeducational boarding secondary school^[1] in Kenya in Akithii Location, Meru County. It was named for Saint Kizito.

History[]

The school was established as an all-boys school in 1968 and began admitting girls in 1975.^[2]

By 1991 the school had 577 students between the ages of 14 and 18 – 306 boys and 271 girls.^[2]^[3]

Mass rapes and murders[]

Events[]

On 13 July 1991, 71 girls were raped and 19 killed^[1] at St. Kizito school. After supposedly declining to participate in a strike organized by the boys at the school, the girls' dormitory was invaded by male students and the chaos began.

Response[]

Initial reports included a statement from the deputy principal, Joyce Kithira, who said "The boys never meant any harm against the girls. They just wanted to rape."^[2]^[4] Kithira was dismissed from her position for her "failure to maintain discipline" at the school but was almost immediately reinstated.^[3] School principal James Laiboni commented that rape was a common occurrence at the school.^[2] The view was echoed by Francis Machira Apollos, a local probation officer.^[2]

The school was closed immediately after the massacre as international outrage erupted on the treatment of women in Kenya and other African nations.^[2] 39 boys were arrested in connection with the incident.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Staff (15 July 1991). "Boys at Kenya School Rape Girls, Killing 19" Archived June 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Reuters (via The New York Times). Retrieved 21 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Perlez, Jane (1991-07-29). "Kenyans Do Some Soul-Searching After the Rape of 71 Schoolgirls (Published 1991)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
^ ^a ^b Hirsch, Susan F. (1994). "Interpreting Media Representations of a "Night of Madness": Law and Culture in the Construction of Rape Identities". Law & Social Inquiry. 19 (4): 1023–1056. ISSN 0897-6546.
^ Youé, Chris (1997). "Review of Gender Violence and the Press: The St. Kizito Story". Canadian Journal of African Studies. 31 (3): 584–586. doi:10.2307/486204. ISSN 0008-3968.

Kariuki, Caroline, W. "Masculinity and Adolescent Male Violence: The Case of Three Secondary Schools in Kenya".^{[full citation needed]}
Ngesa, Mildred (13 Jul 2005). "Kenya: 14 Years Later, Boys At the Heart of the St Kizito Tragedy Speak Out". Daily Nation. Retrieved 7 Mar 2018.^{[dead link]} Alt URL

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[Reuters-1] Staff (15 July 1991). "Boys at Kenya School Rape Girls, Killing 19" Archived June 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Reuters (via The New York Times). Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Perlez, Jane (1991-07-29). "Kenyans Do Some Soul-Searching After the Rape of 71 Schoolgirls (Published 1991)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-26.

[:1-3] Hirsch, Susan F. (1994). "Interpreting Media Representations of a "Night of Madness": Law and Culture in the Construction of Rape Identities". Law & Social Inquiry. 19 (4): 1023–1056. ISSN 0897-6546.

[4] Youé, Chris (1997). "Review of Gender Violence and the Press: The St. Kizito Story". Canadian Journal of African Studies. 31 (3): 584–586. doi:10.2307/486204. ISSN 0008-3968.

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