Focus on TSC After Another Director’s Tragic Death Linked to Depression. Justus Ndubi, the Sub-County Director (SCD) for Kakamega North TSC, succumbed to depression following his separation from his ailing wife. In 2018, the discipline department at TSC headquarters relocated Ndubi, a graduate of Moi University, to Kwale’s Lunga Lunga Sub-county. Kwale is one of the area’s most isolated sub-counties and borders Tanzania on the coast. At the time, Ndubi, one of the longest tenured employees at the commission headquarters, was caring for a seriously ill wife. To care for her and maintain her, he requested that the commission consider…
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Hillside Endarasha Academy Pupil Reveals How Tragic Fire That Took 21 Lives Started. A young survivor of the Hillside Endarasha Academy has given a terrifying story of what happened before the fire that killed 21 students. Before it became a fatal inferno, the dormitory, which housed pupils in Grades 5 through 8, was a haven and a place to rest. One survivor’s mother told Citizen TV that while her son was lying on the top bunk of a double-decker bed near the entryway, he saw sparks shoot from the lightbulb above him, startling him out of sleep. He recounted how…
Neighbors Share Accounts of Endarasha Hillside Academy Fire Horror. Endarasha Hillside Academy’s neighbors were among the first responders to the horrific events of Thursday night that claimed the lives of 21 youngsters. The neighbors recounted the incidents that altered the neighborhood’s history, as well as the terrifying night that left everyone in the neighborhood in disbelief and shock. Twenty-one boys lost their lives in a fire at the Endarasha Hillside Academy more than 48 hours ago, and the community is still processing those terrible events. The school’s neighbor, Eric Waweru, remembered the pitch-blackness and silence of the night, punctuated by…
Isiolo Girls High School on Fire, Barely a Day After Hillside Endarasha Tragedy. The fire destroyed property of unknown value following a fire incident at Isiolo Girls High School on Saturday evening. The Kenya Red Cross Society confirmed the incident and announced the dispatch of a rescue team. “Isiolo Girls High School in Isiolo County has reported a fire. The Kenya Red Cross confirmed that response teams were alerted. Preliminary reports state that a number of students were apparently trapped inside the dorm, which is supposed to house Form One students. Mwalimunews.com was able to collect videos showing a group…
University students suspend demos on new funding model to mourn Endarasha Tragedy victims. In the aftermath of the devastating Endarasha school fire, a coalition of university student leaders has temporarily called off planned protests against the government’s new higher education finance scheme. The protest suspension is intended to allow the country to mourn for the pupils who perished in the fire. The student leaders, led by Rocha Madzao, President of the University of Nairobi Student Association, denounced the Ministry of Education for its inability to guarantee school safety. “It is sad that such incidents are still happening in this century. We…
Endarasha fire: Almost 50% of Boarding Schools Without Safety Measures. The Ministry of Education is currently advocating for the adoption of a 2020 report by the Auditor General as legislation to impose appropriate punishments on schools that disregard safety requirements. The Endarasha Hillside Academy fire has reignited discussions about student safety in classrooms, prompting numerous organizations to revisit their earlier findings on the condition of schools nationwide. The nonprofit organization Usawa Agenda released a report in April 2024 stating that extreme overcrowding in dorms was putting several schools across the nation in grave danger of collapsing. The study claims that…
DPP Directs Police IG to Probe Hillside Endarasha Academy Fire. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga has directed the Inspector General of Police to begin an inquiry into the cause of the fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy, which resulted in the deaths of eighteen students and the injuries of over twenty-seven more. DPP Ingonga instructed the Inspector General (IG) in a statement on Saturday to look into the fire’s circumstances and determine whether or not there was intentional misconduct. The investigation would assess whether negligence or recklessness by any responsible parties contributed to the tragedy, and the file would…
TSC Asked to Announce Date for 46,000 JSS Teachers permanent Employment. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has been tasked by Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro to provide a clear timeline for when they plan to hire Junior Secondary School (JSS) interns on a permanent basis. The National Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee chairperson, an MP, disclosed that the government had set up Ksh18.7 billion for the project, therefore there was no justification for the confirmation process not to go more quickly. Nyoro stated that hiring the 46,000 JSS teachers shouldn’t take any longer while he was at a form…
Pressure Mounts on Government Over Lax Enforcement of School Safety Rules. Despite the formation of numerous task forces and the production of numerous reports on school safety, field officers have consistently failed to enforce compliance over the years. Furthermore, despite the publication and distribution of numerous instructions to schools, catastrophes continue to claim lives, underscoring the government’s passivity. For a building to be registered, it must be permanent and made of concrete and stone. According to sources, mattresses and wooden walls fueled the fire that claimed several lives. One of the primary concerns is that despite numerous studies over the…
Akello Misori Convenes KUPPET Crisis Meeting Amid Mounting Pressure from Strike Controversy. The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has scheduled a National Governing Council (NGC) meeting in an attempt to resolve growing differences within its membership following the contentious decision to call off a one-week strike. Teachers and branch officials across the nation strongly disagreed with the decision to halt the strike, which the NGC had approved to go on. There has been a tremendous deal of blowback from this decision, with numerous branch leaders expressing dissatisfaction and demanding answers from the National Executive Board (NEB). Kuppet Secretary-General…