Five of the six girls from Stephjoy High School in Kiambu County, who had been reported missing, resurfaced on Sunday after the media ran news of their disappearance.
The students presented themselves to Royal Media Services, saying that they had made the decision to come out of hiding after seeing their pictures on TV.
The girls had gone missing for six days after sneaking out of school.
See: 6 Girls Disappear After Sneaking From School
Smartly Dressed
Despite having gone missing for a week, the girls appeared to have been well fed and smartly dressed when they resurfaced.
They claimed to have bought the clothes using their pocket money as staying in school uniforms would have led to their identification as the missing students.
Perhaps even more shocking was the claim that they had been spending the nights on the streets of Nairobi.
The claims however raise questions as to how the three form-3 and two form-2 students made it on the streets with no prior experience- yet appear clean and healthy.
Mistreated at School
The girls explained to journalists that they had arrived at the decision to sneak out of school when conditions became unbearable.
Each of the girl gave an example of mistreatment that they went through in the school including corporal punishment and being denied treatment when sick.
They said that their complains had been ignored for long, necessitating the course of action they took.
The girls also explained that they did not go home when they sneaked out of school as their parents would have sent them back to school.
Attracting public attention via the media meant that someone would finally listen to their side of the story, they explained.
The girls' parents went to pick them, in what turned out to be a highly emotional reunion.
Dormitories Burnt Down
This is the latest of a series of highly controversial events that have ensued in Stephjoy High School.
On Saturday night, five dormitories in the school were burnt down.
It is suspected that some of the students used potassium permanganate to set their mattresses ablaze.
Speaking to The Standard, School Management Board Chairman David Gitehi said that the fire started in one of the dormitories before spreading to the other four, as there were strong winds that night.
The fire saw a stampede among the students which resulted in 11 of them getting injured.
The girls were rushed to PCEA Kikuyu hospital where that were treated and discharged.
The school has been closed indefinitely as investigations into the events begin.
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