Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning Mwangi Kiunjuri has revealed that the girl accused of starting the Moi Girls' School fire that killed 10 students is not his daughter as was rumoured on social media.
Through his Facebook account on Friday, the Devolution CS stated that the claim was totally false and he did not have his daughter enrolled in the school.
"I have been aware of this totally false, ill-intentioned and hurtful rumour that the girl who is alleged to have burnt the Moi Girls dormitory is my daughter. She is not. I have never had a daughter in that school.
"It is cruel to the families that lost loved ones to create these kinds of unfounded rumours when their wounds are still this raw. It is hurtful too for the family whose daughter is now being called my daughter," he wrote.
He called for the person who came up with the distasteful allegations to issue a public apology to the families affected by the tragedy.
"The cowardly anonymous originator of this rumour should apologize to the affected families and desist from publishing this or any other unfounded malicious stories. May the girls who lost their lives rest in perfect peace," he added.
On Thursday, a student injured in the Moi Girls' School inferno died in hospital bringing the total number of deceased to 10.
The National Disaster Management Unit communications director Paul Masai confirmed that the student died at about 5:30 am.
Mr Masai stated that the parents had already been informed and had identified the body.
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