Njoro Boys High School students sent home after riots
Students from Njoro Boys High School in Nakuru go home after the school was temporarily closed after riots following a water shortage. The students are expected to report back on August 5, 2015. PHOTO | SULEIMAN MBATIAH | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Some did not have extra money to meet the extra expenses while others were completely cashless.
- On Sunday evening, the students went on the rampage claiming that the administration had failed to address their grievances.
- A Form Four student accused his colleagues in Form Two and three of organising the riot.
- Efforts to speak to the school principal were fruitless as the secretary said he was out of office.
Students from Njoro Boys High School in Nakuru were Monday sent home after riots.
Some seemed stranded with others crying miserably after they were ordered to go home.
The more than 900 students had to carry along with them all their belongings including boxes and mattresses, a baggage that turned out to be costly as matatus charged them per unit of the load.
Some did not have extra money to meet the extra expenses while others were completely cashless.
Those without money and could not reach their parents and guardians broke down in tears.
“I come from Mombasa and I cannot reach my mother. She is offline. I do not have any money with me and there is no relative anywhere near Nakuru,” said a teary Form Three student.
On Sunday evening, the students went on the rampage claiming that the administration had failed to address their grievances.
Those who spoke to Nation.co.ke claimed there was water shortage in the school since the borehole they relied on was not working. They also wanted Githeri dropped from the school menu.
A Form Four student accused his colleagues in Form Two and three of organising the riot.
PUSHING FOR A BREAK
He said a group of students was pushing for a break while the candidates sat their mock exams but the administration would hear none of it.
Their exams were scheduled to end on August 5, 2015.
Efforts to speak to the school principal were fruitless as the secretary said he was out of office.
However, the Njoro Sub-County Assistant County Commissioner Paul Kinyanjui termed the water problem as the cause of the riots.
He said the borehole had broken down a week ago and the administration was in the process of fixing it.
Meanwhile, Nakuru County water bowsers were supplying the school with water.
“The students were impatient. They would not wait for the borehole to be fixed.
"I believe they were uncomfortable with the (little) water supplied probably because they are used too much of it at their own leisure,” said Mr Kinyanjui.
Those in Form One and two are expected back in school on Monday next week while the rest of the students report on Tuesday the same week.
