Worries about flooding and continuous rain as schools reopen.
Concerns about student safety and facility conditions are present when schools reopen today due to persistent flooding and heavy rainfall.
Muslim groups requested that the issue be closely monitored yesterday, stating that there is a severe threat to students’ safety.
Imam Adam Ali stated, “We are calling on the government to reconsider the decision on school reopening if the situation gets worse because the intensity of the rains is concerning.”
When Muslim residents of Nakuru and Naivasha paid tribute to the victims of the Mai Mahiu flash floods, which claimed 61 lives, he spoke in Mai Mahiu.
The administration announced last week that flooding may prevent more than 1,600 schools nationwide from reopening just yet.
Parents whose children were affected by flooding in Kisumu voiced concerns about the start of school again.
Respondents to the Star bemoaned the hassles of transportation.
The Nyando subcounty’s primary schools, including Oseth, Odienya, and Nyamrundu, are underwater.
Students at this school have been asked to transfer to Nduru Primary, which is nearby. Parents will therefore need to pay at least Sh200 for transportation.
“Each kid pays roughly Sh200 in fare, so I have to give up Sh1000 every week. Where will I acquire that type of money given the situation of affairs right now?” Five-parent Milicent Atieno enquired.
The similar anxiety was shared by James Akoko from the sublocation of Irrigation, which is currently underwater.
According to him, their kids will have to ride motorbikes to school after using boats to access the roadways.
“We can’t tell when the water levels will go down because some of us have been affected by both water from river Nyando and the overflow from Lake Victoria,” Akoko stated.
Floods have reportedly affected 22 ECDE schools, according to Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o.
He claimed that about 12,000 flood victims are being housed in 17 schools in Kisumu County.
These comprise the primary schools at Miruka, Nyadina, Kanyalwal, and St. Alloys; they also include Kogalo, Nyahoto, Kobura, Rabuor, Kalwore, and Ongeche.
The other ones are the RC primary schools in Nduru, Nyang’ande, Ombaka, and Ayweyo.
On Saturday, the government issued an order closing all evacuation centers within educational institutions.
Flora Mworoa, the regional commissioner for Nyanza, stated that the decision was made to allow for the reopening of schools.
“We have requested that our officers in the interior and education ministries locate substitute locations. We’ll find appropriate locations; I know a lot of them are whining,” she remarked.
Students at Ruiru Girls’ Secondary in Kiambu will confront a new challenge after heavy rains caused 20 of the restrooms to sink.
With 1,031 pupils, most of whom are boarders, the school is the sole public girls’ boarding school in the Ruiru constituency.
Of the 36 pit toilets, Principal Gloria Waithera said that only 16 had withstood the flooding.
Despite the fact that there are relatively few of them given the large population, our students will still need to use the restrooms in the dorms. We have suffered a great lot as a result of the intense rains that have been hitting this area, she remarked.
Waithera made a plea to the authorities and well-wishers to contribute to the reconstruction of the facilities.
Worries about flooding and continuous rain as schools reopen.
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