BY MWANAHABARI REPORTER
Police have issued a preliminary report following the fire that broke out at the Moi Girls High School Eldoret on the night of Thursday 19th, 2022.
Police from Uasin Gishu County have said that the fire may have been caused by laboratory chemicals.
“Investigations are ongoing and we will get a conclusive report in the course of this week. However, we suspect that the fire was caused by chemicals that could have ignited the fire,” Uasin Gishu County Police County Police Commander Ayub Gitonga said.
The fire destroyed property of an unknown value including three laboratories inside the school
Fire fighters from Uasin Gishu County managed to put out the fire. There were no injuries of loss of life reported in the 11pm incident.
A number of school building were destroyed in the fire.
Most parents rushed to school that night to check on their children.
DID YOU KNOW
- About 35 schools were set on fire in October 2021 leading to their closures.
- The fires were blamed on the short school calendar and pressure from learning
- Boarding schools in Kenya were set up by colonial governments and Christian missionaries to help assimilate indigenous people
- Suggestions have been made to abolish boarding schools but it’s been difficult to do so since it is a very complex and systemic system.