Effects of Livestock Rustling on Head Teachers Instructional Leadership in Public Primary Schools in Laikipia County, Kenya

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Livestock rustling on head teachers’ instructional leadership in public primary schools in Laikipia North Sub-County. This study was guided by the following objectives: to determine the effects of livestock rustling on head teachers’ provision of instructional resources in public primary schools in Laikipia North Sub-County and to establish the effect of livestock rustling on head teachers’ protection of instructional time in public primary schools in Laikipia North Sub-County. This study was anchored on Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of human needs theory. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The target population of this study comprised of 24 head teachers and 231 teachers in public primary schools in Laikipia North Sub-County. The researcher purposively sampled 18 primary schools for data collection. Therefore, all the 18 head teachers from the 18 public primary schools sampled participated in the study. Simple random sampling was used to select 108 teachers for data collection. Questionnaires and document analysis were used to collect data from the respondents. Prior to the study, a pilot study was carried out to test the validity and reliability of the research instruments. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, mode, median and percentages according to the stated objectives of the research. Quantitative data was presented in descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution tables, pie charts, and tables. Qualitative data was analyzed thematically to provide more information to support quantitative data. The research found out that livestock rustling affected supervision of instruction as a result of high absenteeism, regular displacement of families’ livestock rustling affects provision of instructional resources sponsors withdraw their financial support to schools as a results of livestock rustling. Due to increased absenteeism and displacement Head teachers are not able to protect instructional time. Head teachers and teachers stated that livestock rustling affected academic achievement. The research recommends the government to provide security in Laikipia North Sub-County in order to shun livestock rustling.