Government Spokesperson Dr Isaac Mwaura has pleaded with the parents and guardians to take care and ensure their children are safe while going to school, especially at 6 am and 6 pm.
In a weekly updates, at Nyayo House, on 13th May, Mwaura sought school administrations to check updates from relevant departments and ensure children do not go to school when it is flooding or there is a mudslides in their respective areas
“National and the County Multi-Agency teams are working round the clock to ensure that repairs are done to create a safe environment for students to resume learning as soon as possible, answering the anxiety across stakeholders over status of some schools following losses incurred after they were damaged” he stated.
The delay in reopening was due to the heavy rains and flooding which submerged a few schools and also destroyed key infrastructure in our public institutions.
On matters about the opening of schools, Dr Mwaura disclosed to the press that most of the schools that did not open were in Nyeri County, due to mudslides
He said that 44 primary schools and 27 secondary schools are yet to reopen countrywide.
In Nakuru County, one school remained closed since it has been hosting flood victims who were displaced by the heavy rainfall.
“A secondary school in Kirinyaga County which has a sunken toilet has pushed backwards its opening date to later this week,” he stated adding that 10 other schools were closed in Kilifi County.
In Nyeri County, 12 primary and 16 secondary schools remain closed due to flooded classrooms and toilets.
Mwaura added that the sloppy terrain in the county was also disadvantaging the students.
At least five schools in Kisumu County remain closed. This has been caused by overflowing water from Lake Victoria submerged some of the schools
Only two schools remain closed in West Pokot County after bridges leading to the two institutions were washed away making the schools inaccessible.
He also noted that the government had suffered a Ksh80 billion loss due to the raging waters