ABSTRACT The research was conducted in Katheka-Kai location, Machakos district eastern province, Kenya. A total of 60 (sixty) participants, 30 teachers, 10 parents, 15 students, and five political leaders were involved in the study. The study question was investigated in line with the research questions of the study. The first research question sought to find out the causes of corporal punishments. The study discovered that; poor performance, poor payments, school policies, government policies, mental illness, lack of ethics, and emotionality were the factors given by the respondents. The second research question sought to find out the effects of corporal punishments. The study findings revealed that; low performances, death, physical injury, dropping out of subjects, fear of the students,, and school drop outs were the answers given here by the respondents. The third research question south to find out the solutions to corporal punishments. The answers given by respondents to this researcher's question were therefore as follows; punishment of teachers, encouragement of hard work, promoting of human rights, teaching of discipline, and following of ethics were the major factors noted by respondents here. Conclusions and recommendations were then made after presenting and interpreting the data. X
