1. Schoolgirl beaten to death, Patrick Mathangani, The Daily Nation, January 25, 2001

2. KENYA: The ban on caning in schools is to be enforced, By Catherine Gicheru, The Daily Nation News, July 23, 2000

3. Corporal punishment to be banned, says Kenya education minister, June 29, 2000, Daily Nation

4. Kenyan children suffer frequent beatings by teachers. Few teachers held accountable, even for broken bones Press Release, by Human Rights Watch, September 9, 1999

5. There is no excuse for permitting another generation of children to be subjected to violence in the name of education. Excerpt from the Human Rights Watch report, "Kenya - Spare the Child: Corporal Punishment in Kenyan Schools," September 1999, Vol. 11, No. 6 (A).