The incident dubbed “bhang-in-underwear” has left many parents with secondary school going children have reasons to wonder what form of activities their children engage in away from home without their knowledge.
Bhang is a Hindi word for a preparation from the leaves and flowers of the female cannabis plant, consumed as a beverage in the Indian subcontinent.
And this is not the only worry on their minds, some people in Nairobi have raised unanswered questions after the pictures of a naked schoolgirl was shared and reshared on social media. One of the many questions being asked is, “who started the circulation of the pictures of the girls?”
One of the photos that have been shared on social media of the school girl caught with bhang conceal in her undergarments.
Most people empathize with the parents of the young adults, for having their teenage girls to drop their pants for a photographer, and expect that if it’s indeed the police, then they should be held accountable to what they did.
The students were on a bus, locally called matatu, at a trading centre, and because of its wild driving, loud music and equally loud colours it attracted the attention of everyone.
Meanwhile, Kenya’s Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has reacted and condemned the treatment of the students by the Police.
In a statement reported on NairobiNews.co.ke, the Authority noted that while it is right and proper that action must be taken against anyone violating the law, whether young or old, the only way to deal with those who break the law is through the due process provided by the law itself.
The statement signed by chairman Macharis Njeru, cited provisions in the Constitution of Kenya [Article 51 (1) and Article 29 (f) ] which guarantees a person who is detained or held in custody all the rights and fundamental freedoms as well as the right not to be treated or punished in a cruel, inhuman or degrading manner.
