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A dormitory room hosting 76 students from Nyahururu Boys High School in Nyandarua County was razed as the wave of unrest continued to spread.
No casualties were reported during the 20h incident while students were undergoing clbades for evening clbades. The fire that began shortly after 7:30 pm Saturday left a trail of destruction as the affected students made frantic efforts to save their belongings.
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Nyandarua County Commissioner Boaz Cherutich, said the cause of the fire that razed the dormitory next to the kitchen and hall to eat, is yet to be established.
Firefighters from the Nyahururu Fire Brigade joined the students in extinguishing the fire before it could extend to other dormitories.
The county commissioner said that security guards who spotted the fire set off the alarm and informed the school administration and the Nyahururu fire department.
million. Cherutich, who was accompanied by Dr. Raphael Kang ethe, chairman of the School Management Board, and Joan Muthoni, head of education, said that the school should not to be closed because only 76 students out of more than 900
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"We decided to host them elsewhere and will continue the investigations," he said.
Dr. Kang ethe said that the school also increased the number of teachers and security guards at night to supervise students. The BoM was to meet to give further guidance and review reports on the fire.
At Tana River, students spent the night in the cold after the fire destroyed a dormitory at Hola Boys High School on Saturday.
In Lamu County, a dormitory was set on fire Friday at Mokowe High School. An electrical fault was suspected of causing the fire.
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Two other Kilifi schools were closed as a result of troubles caused by the death of a student. Galana Secondary School, a day of girls and boarding schools in Magarini, was closed last Monday after students protested the death of a Form Four candidate and the admission of four more to Mjanaheri Health Center after contracting an undisclosed illness. They were later released. Shangweni Secondary School, a mixed school in Ganze, was also closed after students set fire to the staff room last Monday. Reports indicate that the arson followed the display of a leaflet on the portal threatening to burn the school because of allegations of authoritarianism on the part of the police. teachers and bad meals.
Meanwhile, teaching Hola Boys was paralyzed after a hell that razed a dormitory while students were in clbad. About 101 students were forced to spend the night in the cold. Nothing has been recovered from the fire.
Police who arrived in the morning said that she was still investigating the cause of the fire suspected to have been caused by an electrical failure.
Deputy Director Juma Matezo said that they had not yet established the cause of the fire. "The cause of the fire is not known but we hope the police will establish this soon," he said.
The executive committee led by President Kalif Bahola said that there was no need to alarm because no one was injured. [James Munyeki, Hbadan Barisa and Jane Mugambi]
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