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"speaker_name": "Hon. Machogu",
"speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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"content": "(b) On the way forward, I constituted a multi-agency team, comprising of officers from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, the Ministry of Health and the County Government of Kakamega, to look into the matter and make appropriate recommendations. We gave very clear Terms of Reference (ToR) to that team and the Regional Commissioner was the chairman of that particular team. Mr. Speaker, Sir, during that particular day, apart from constituting that team, I also had an opportunity of going to Kakamega Referral Hospital, where during that particular time, there were 11 admissions. I stayed and consoled the families and those who were admitted in the hospital. At an individual level, the area Senator knows what I was able to do that day. Later on, I went to one of the families that had lost their loved ones to console with the family and the community. (c) Mr. Speaker, Sir, the school was reopened after the multi-agency team confirmed that the school was safe for resumption of studies. The reopening was staggered between 8th May, 2023 and 12th May, 2023, to allow the multi-agency team to give specialised medical scrutiny and counselling to the learners and their parents. The Form Four students reported on 8th May, 2023, the Form Three students reported on 9th May, 2023, the Form Two students on 11th May, 2023 and the Form One students on the 12th May, 2023. As at 30th May, 2023, 1,962 students had reported the school, 44 are yet to report, while 56 have applied for transfer to other schools. Based partly on the consultations and the subsequent recommendations of the multi-agency team, the Ministry has taken a raft of measures to allow for the resumption of running at the school. First, the management of the school has since been changed, because I found it necessary to change the Board of Management (BoM). Therefore, I dissolved the BoM. The new one was constituted after I did the necessary consultations with the Bishop of Kakamega Diocese. I had arranged a meeting with him and the local leadership. We have a new BoM in place, which was inaugurated on 10th May, 2023. Hon. Speaker, I also found it necessary to replace the former principal. We now have a new principal in place, Sister Jane Mmbone, who has been posted to the school with effect from the 15th April, 2023. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the purpose of these changes is that the school leadership was to ensure that there was an acceptable leadership that could enjoy the support of the entire school community and the local leadership, in working to resume normal school activities. Secondly, the following actions have been taken regarding the water supply to the school. When I went there on the 15th, April 2023, I requested the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, and we have done the following- (1) All the tanks at the school have been flushed out and cleaned. All water storage facilities have been properly cleaned and fitted with new taps. (2) The tanks have been filled with clean and treated water that is routinely tested by the Lake Victoria North Development Authority and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). (3) The water piping system has been redesigned and upgraded to avoid leakages."
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