Kisumu High School students facing arson charges released on $800 bail, ordered out of Kisumu town
In his determination, the magistrate observed that while concerns had earlier been raised regarding the safety of the accused students, the information contained in the pre-bail report did not establish sufficient grounds to warrant their continued detention.
Children killing children in Kenya: Calls for justice dominate requiem mass for 16 victims of girls’ school fire
During the memorial service, hundreds of students from Utumishi Girls Academy sang a sombre hymn declaring that all shall be well. One of the presiding officials reminisced about being a victim of Kenya’s deadliest school fire in 2001 in which 67 boys died in a dormitory blaze in Machakos County in eastern Kenya.
MP links rising wave of strikes, arson in schools to erosion of morals and values in Kenya’s body politic
According to Nyoro, the situation calls for a broader conversation involving parents, teachers, religious leaders and policymakers on the kind of society Kenya is building for future generations.
