Hillside Endarasha Academy fire Stories

Hillside Endarasha Academy shuts boarding section, reopens as day school
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 08, 2025

The school's reopening marks a new chapter following the tragic inferno, with a wall now erected to seal off the former dormitory area that housed ove...

Unsafe boarding schools: State urges parents to move children ahead of reopening on January 6
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 05, 2025

This follows the findings of an audit conducted after the tragic fire that killed 21 learners at Hillside Endarasha Academy in August 2024, which rais...

MPs urge Education Ministry to reverse closure of 348 boarding schools
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 05, 2024

National Assembly Majority Whip Silvanus Osoro said the directive was a panic reaction following the tragic fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy in Sept...

Hillside Academy fire victims to be honoured in joint memorial service
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 21, 2024

Murugu said that some parents have expressed intentions to bury their children on the same day.

Senator Nyamu seeks deployment of safety officers in schools to tackle violence
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 19, 2024

The motion comes at a time when Kenya has witnessed 239 cases of unrest in secondary schools in the last nine months.

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