By Luchetu Likaka Fires in schools continue to claim innocent lives in Kenya’s boarding institutions, exposing a painful pattern of negligence, corruption, and systemic failure that has persisted for decades. School fires continue to claim innocent lives in Kenya’s boarding schools, exposing a painful pattern of negligence, corruption, and systemic failure that has persisted for
By Rev. Mutinda Musyimi is the Dean of Students at Daystar University, and also Senior Pastor at City Church Nairobi. Kenya is mourning, again! Another dormitory. Another inferno. Another group of children trapped between flames and locked exits. Another morning of parents standing outside the school gates, praying that the body covered with a sheet
The National Police Service has confirmed that 16 students died while 79 others sustained injuries following a devastating fire at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, on Thursday morning, May 28. In a statement issued after the tragedy, the National Police Service said Deputy Inspector General of the Kenya Police Service, Mr. Eliud Lagat,