Kenya: Bumula Girl Wants Teacher Punished for Revealing Her HIV Status

11 October 2012

A 16-year-old pupil wants action taken against her teacher who segregated her because of her HIV status.

According to the standard seven pupil at Siyombe Primary School in Kimaeti, Bumula, the teacher told her classmates that she is HIV positive and ordered her to sit alone on a desk that is usually shared by three pupils.

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