Friday, September 6, 2024 –It has been confirmed that about 70 learners at the Hillside Enderesha Academy cannot be accounted for following the fire outbreak.
Upto this moment, both the State and the humanitarian agencies have reported working all round the clock to locate the remaining 70 students.
“We still cannot account for 70 pupils,” Gachagua stated, emphasising that this figure did not represent casualties but children who may have been taken home by parents or those still lost in the chaos.
A sombre mood, all day long, gripped the community surrounding Hillside Endarasha Academy Nyeri as efforts to find and identify bodies of dead students continued.
The inferno, which swept through the school’s dormitory left families and authorities scrambling for answers on what exactly could have caused the fire.
President William Ruto who mourned and sympathised with the victims and families, asked for a thorough investigation into the matter so that those found culpable are charged.
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