Jamhuri Highschool Students Released to Go Home

They have been allowed to go home as investigations of what could have caused the fire continues.

Reports by Bright Kenya News have indicated that Form one students were the first ones to be released from the school.

This is after the school administration held consultative meetings and decided to allow them to leave in phases.

Speaking today KUPPET Secretary-General Nairobi Branch Moses Mbora stated that the damages that were incurred after teh night fire were too much and a lot of time will be needed for the school board to agree on the cost.

"Yes a meeting was held today and the students have been allowed to go home until further notice," he said.

"The fire razed the dormitory which houses 300 students where the beds were completely burnt among other items," he concluded.

Jamhuri joins a list of 23 schools that have been burnt down this year with alleged students.

                                Jamhuri High school on Fire. PHOTO TWITTER

This comes barely a week after the Education cabinet secretary had announced that students who will be found guilty of torching down their school and destroying properties will be arrested and the damages will be made by their parents and not the government.

“Any student linked to arson in school will not be accepted in any other public institution”.

 According to CS Magoha, he blamed parents for neglecting their parental duties towards their children who have now become a threat in the country.

                               Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha. PHOTO TWITTER

“I continue to slightly castigate parents who still treat children as eggs, this has been part of the problem”.

He also further added that the damages that have been made by the students won’t be mended by the government but by the parents

“All the schools that have been burned, their parents shall build them, full stop.