By Ongaga Ongaga The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has approved charges against students implicated in the deadly arson attack at Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru County, an incident that claimed sixteen lives last month. Following a review of the inquiry file submitted by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the DPP confirmed that the […]

By Janet Nyamwamu West Mugirango Member of Parliament Stephen Mogaka has called on the Ministry of Education to urgently address the growing concern over school fire incidents across the country. Mogaka described the trend as a wake-up call on the management and protection of public assets. Speaking in the wake of fires that have affected […]

By Dr. Timothy Ombati Mokua School fires and violent strikes are rarely isolated acts of random indiscipline; they are the tragic, visible symptoms of deep-seated systemic failures within learning institutions. When students are subjected to environments marked by chronic hunger, severe congestion, poor sanitation, and emotional neglect, a volatile undercurrent of frustration builds continuously over […]

By Dennis Onsarigo Students must understand that there are consequences for setting other human beings on fire. When I visited Naivasha Maximum Prison, I met the only person convicted over the May 24, 1999, arson attack at Nyeri High School that claimed the lives of four prefects. The former student was about 33 years old […]

By Mandere Onyinkwa Rows of coffins lined with flowers stood before grieving villagers in Nyamakoroto, Nyamira County, as mourners gathered on Friday to bury four members of the same family. Tears flowed freely as relatives, friends and neighbours confronted the reality of lives cut short in the most brutal way. The victims; Maryanne Makini, her […]

By Isaac Dan Bw’Onyancha “When the state normalizes violence, the young absorb it as the language of being heard. The rising fires in our schools are not random acts but echoes of a culture sown by the KK Government.“ -Isaac Dan Bw’Onyancha The wave of arson attacks in secondary schools, particularly in Kiambu where several […]