Kiambu text book angers many Kenyans over ethnic undertones

Kiambu text book angers many Kenyans over ethnic undertones

A Standard 4 textbook dubbed Comprehensive Social Studies  Kiambu County has appalled many with its controversial content.

The textbook, which is the first county book to make way to its way to public domain has raised eyebrows with the placing of Kenyan tribes and their role in Kiambu county.

For instance, Page 36 of the book reads; “Cushites in Kiambu County include the Somali and the Borana. Most of them moved to Kiambu from other counties to work in offices and trading centres.” This has angered many Kenyans on different social media platforms.

The next paragraph on Nilotes, has equally stirred a lot of emotions.

“The Luo, the Kalenjin, the Turkana, and the Maasai belong to this group. They are mostly found in towns such as Thika, Juja, Ruiru, Kikuyu, Limuru and Kiambu,” it reads. What mostly got netizens riled up was  the sentence, “Most of them work in large flower farms, tea farms and coffee farms.”

Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi in a TV interview denied the existence of the book saying; “In present day Kenya, with the kind of leadership we have in the country & in Kiambu county, that kind of a book can’t be in the curriculum.”

The reactions are many and mostly bitter.

— Pavel (@peds2love) November 11, 2017

— Carie (@erica_kakile) November 11, 2017

I thought books and the curriculum were edited and reviewed seriously by KICD.

Action needs to be taken. https://t.co/QXldRlrE8T

— yin & yang (@OwenFanuel) November 13, 2017

 

— DOKTA RUFAS (@Dokta_Rufas) November 14, 2017

— Asamo (@Asamoh_) November 11, 2017

— Barry Snr (@_Barrack__) November 12, 2017

https://twitter.com/joochogo/status/929336302276939776

— Lloyd Onyango (@lloydOnyango) November 11, 2017

 

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