Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has spoken on the unfortunate stampede at Kakamega Primary School that left 14 pupils dead and 39 others seriously injured.
Speaking during a phone interview with Citizen TV on Monday night, Prof Magoha questioned the incident that lead to the death of the pupils.
He said he was at the school last week and he witnessed the pupils come down the stairs in an orderly manner.
According to Magoha, there must be something that led to the stampede.
Magoha says a bell ring can’t cause the panic witnessed on Monday evening.
He has ordered his Principal Secretary Bellio Kipsang to arrive at the scene tomorrow morning as investigations into the matter goes on.
Earlier reports indicated that the pupils were rushing down the staircase of the school when they tripped and fell on each other.
Kakamega Central OCPD David Kabena said that at least 39 pupils were injured and that so far, 20 have been treated and discharged.
Additional reports indicate that the injured pupils are in the region of 100 and that some of them have been admitted to the ICU in critical condition.
The pupils are said to have been running away from a teacher who was reportedly punishing another pupil in one of the classes upstairs.
However, some reports also indicate the children were rushing to go home after the bell rung.
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nothing like Justice in Kenya's electoral body.this greediest must vacate the office
Your Comment : I have now believed that we do not have an independent electoral and boundaries commission , instead we have a congregation of greedy individuals out to misuse Kenyans and bring chaos to our country. #Remove them. #clean the top leadership.
Congratulations to Governor Mutua,you really deserve to lead in the best performing governors,,, those ranked last should be dealt with accordingly for misappropriating public funds
Raila was the hunter now the hunted... how do trust a hyena like Uhuru.. You both greedy... you dug your grave lie in it... What handshake.. Crap...
Babu aje zake,handshake is for all Kenyans, and Kibra believe in handshake, there4, Uhuru And Raila should have different candidates and whoever Will go through Will be thé product of handshake
Babu waja ukoloni bwana, there's no direct ticket
Hehehe, supporting somebody was not an agreement in the handshake my friends!! Remember Raila caused many to die during the era of maandamano hence Uhuru devised a method how to tame this power hungry man!! Mariga must win
Your Raila and uhuru come from different political party,. Everyone is free to handle his party issues and i salute the president for supporting mariga being the jubilee candidate. Raila is also supporting the odm candidate and no one is against that. Some people are taking handshake as political party while it's not. Please mr mp style up.
Babu wacha kiherehere or baba will tie u the same tree kidero and obado were rope tied when the latters looked threatening the leadership of baba in nyanza
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