Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha on Wednesday, September 25, stormed a Kibra school with one aim.
Speaking on live television, Magoha announced the closure of St. Catherine Bombolulu Primary school which according to him was in a similar state as the collapsed Precious Talent School in Ng'ando Dagoretti.
"I have been to the structure, I have been to every room, and basically there is no difference from the structure that collapsed," he admitted.
Magoha who was accompanied by his Permanent Secretary, Belio Kipsang, ordered the transfer of 207 Bombolulu pupils to a neighbouring school, Ayany Estate Primary.
"The children from Bombululu will be transferred to this school(Ayang) because it has extra capacity," he announced.
Magoha also disclosed that the building (Bombolulu school) was never approved by anybody and the structure was also never registered.
During his address, Magoha urged the community to understand that the ministry was only acting in the best interest of the children.
While on his inspection mission, the CS also discovered that teachers in Bombolulu were not registered TSC registered as compared to Ayang that had over 24 dully registered.
He also empowered officers to shut down any other schools that are in the state of the just-closed Bombolulu St. Catherine Bombolulu.
"From now on no one should wait for me to personally close any school that looks like the one we have shut. I have empowered my officers on the ground to shut down the schools but do so in a humane way," he clarified.
This comes two days after the CS announced a 4-day closure of Precious Talent School in Dagoretti South Constituency where the two-storey building collapsed killing seven pupils.
"In the meantime, we have asked learners to stay at their homes over the next four days as we put in place adequate measures to ensure their safety of learning.
Magoha visited the site after the incident condoling with the residents as well as shedding light on the next course of action.
