Kenya: Utumishi Girls Founder Calls for End of Boarding Schools After Fire Tragedy

The founder of Utumishi Girls Senior School, Edward Mbugua, has called on the government to phase out boarding schools while acknowledging failures that contributed to the deaths of 16 learners in the tragic fire at the institution.

Speaking during a requiem mass in Gilgil on Friday, June 12, the former Deputy Inspector General of Police urged the government to reconsider the boarding school model amid a rise in school fire incidents across the country.

“We should have day schools. Those…