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A section of religious leaders is now proposing that boarding schools be gradually abolished, even as several are now opting to send the learners home to avoid destruction.
"There is a standard safety procedure that the school was to adhere to. One side of the dormitory with an emergency exit door had been locked, and it's where we lost 10 students," said the CS.
A student from Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil has recounted a terrifying dormitory fire that left several learners dead, others injured and many traumatised after jumping from windows to escape.
As we mourn the death of at least 10 students at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, we reflect on some of the darkest moments in our educational history.
Traders are counting losses after an inferno gutted down six timber shops on Saturday night at Kapcherany trading centre in Kapletundo ward, Sotik Subcounty, Bomet County.
The nine pupils are hospitalized at Kimana Ultra Care Hospital. All others were accounted for, and parents were allowed to pick up their children.
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