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Education CS Julius Ogamba Rules Out Early School Break Despite Rising Unrest

Kenya's Education Cabinet Secretary, Migos Ogamba, has dismissed calls for an early mid-term break, insisting that schools will remain open until the...

5 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Education

Security Chiefs to Meet as Wave of School Unrest Raises Alarm Across Kenya

Kenya's top security officials are expected to meet today Monday as concern grows over a surge in unrest in secondary schools, a trend that has disrup...

5 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Africa

The Weekend of Things: One Bad Decision

Life. Seasoned with perspective. A reflection on tragedy, parenting, and the difficult questions that arise when lives are changed forever. It explore...

5 months ago · By Kibisu Mulanda

Education

DNA Matches Confirm 16 Utumishi Girls Fire Victims as Families Clash With State Over Burial Delay

The tragedy at Utumishi Girls’ Academy in Gilgil has entered a painful new chapter, as authorities confirmed that DNA testing has successfully identif...

5 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Education

Alliance High Students Sent Home After Mattress Fire Scare

Alliance High School has sent students home for the weekend following what officials describe as a minor fire incident in one of its older dormitories...

5 months ago · By Antony Achayo

Kenya

Diana Marua Faces Backlash After Interviewing Son on Lenana School Unrest in Viral Vlog

Diana Marua Bahati has come under intense criticism from a section of social media users after publishing a vlog featuring her son, Morgan, discussing...

5 months ago · By Stephen Awino

Kenya

School Fire Crisis Deepens in Kenya as Fifth Blaze Reported Since Utumishi Girls Tragedy

A fire at Tarakwo High School in Bomet County has heightened concerns over school safety in Kenya, becoming the fifth reported school fire since the d...

5 months ago · By Stephen Awino

Education

Fire Destroys Dormitory at Sameta Boys School as Authorities Investigate Cause

Panic swept through Sameta Boys Senior School in Kisii County on Monday after a fire tore through one of the school's dormitories, sending students sc...

5 months ago · By Cecelia Dana

Education

KEHPHPU Call for the Immediate Deployment of Public Health Officers to All Kenyan Schools

A horrific dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy Senior School in Gilgil, Nakuru County, has left 16 students confirmed dead and 74 others hospital...

5 months ago · By Antony Achayo

Education

KEHPHPU Calls for Nationwide School Safety Inspections After Deadly Gilgil Dorm Fire

The Kenya Environmental Health and Public Health Practitioners Union (KEHPHPU) has called for urgent nationwide inspections of all schools following a...

5 months ago · By Antony Achayo

Kenya

Government Urges Wait for Investigation into Utumishi Girls Fire Tragedy

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has called for calm and restraint following the tragic dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy that left mu...

5 months ago · By Stephen Awino

Education

Ruto Mourns Utumishi Girls Fire Victims

Kenya woke on Thursday to grief and disbelief after a deadly dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil claimed the lives of 16 students and l...

5 months ago · By Joseph Kimeu