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… Subscribe to our newsletterSteve Maina, the Kenya Red Cross coordinator in Naivasha, confirmed that the 16 bodies had been transferred to Naivasha Sub-County Hospital mortuary awaiting identification.He added that a tracking and counselling desk had been set up at the hospital to …
Kenya Red Cross volunteers and homicide detectives retrieve bodies of students after a deadly dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls High School in Gilgil, Nakuru County. …
… Mwaura further said a multi-agency emergency response team drawn from the national government, Nakuru County Government and the Kenya Red Cross had been deployed to coordinate support for students, parents, teachers and the wider school community.
… Emergency response teams from the Makueni County disaster management unit, working in coordination with officials from the Kenya Red Cross, were deployed to the scene to conduct a recovery operation. …
… According to the statement, the State Department for Children Services will work with relevant government agencies, including the Ministry of Education, county authorities, emergency response teams, the Kenya Red Cross and other stakeholders on investigations and child safeguardi …
… The two patients were transferred to NACADA’s Miritini Treatment and Rehabilitation Facility, while medicines found at the premises were confiscated by KMPDC officials with support from the Kenya Red Cross pending further regulatory action. …
… According to the Kenya Red Cross, four people were rescued from the water and rushed to hospital for treatment, while efforts to trace four others who remain missing continued on Thursday. …
… Rescue operations involving the Kenya Red Cross, local residents and security officers continued into Friday as authorities worked to account for all those who had been inside the mine at the time of the collapse. …
Families of 16 girls who died in a dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, have blamed both the Ministry of Education and the school, questioning why students were locked in despite safety guidelines in the Ministry's Safety Standards Manual. Relatives accused the government of failing to learn from past fire incidents as identification and DNA sampling of victims began.
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Families' accusations against the Ministry and school for locked dormitories and safety failures escalate the accountability crisis following the Utumishi tragedy.
Families of 16 girls who died in a dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, have blamed both the Ministry of Education and the school, questioning why students were locked in despite safety guidelines in the Ministry's Safety Standards Manual. Relatives accused the government of failing to learn from past fire incidents as identification and DNA sampling of victims began.
A deadly fire broke out in a dormitory at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, on Thursday, leaving parents searching for their children among hospital admissions and the deceased.
A government pathologist has arrived at Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru County, where 16 students died in a dormitory fire. The school has been indefinitely closed, 79 students were injured, and bodies have been transferred to Naivasha General Hospital for DNA identification.
Three people, including a father and son, drowned inside a septic tank at Makindu Boys High School while performing sewage-drainage work. Preliminary reports attribute the deaths to oxygen deprivation in the confined space, and authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
The Ministry of Gender, Culture and Children Services expressed condolences to families affected by a fire tragedy at Utumishi Girls Academy Senior School in Gilgil, Nakuru County, and said child protection personnel have been deployed to provide safeguarding, family reunification, and psychosocial support for survivors and the bereaved.
The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse has closed two rehabilitation centres in Makueni and Kilifi counties following compliance inspections that found serious safety and regulatory violations, rescuing 16 clients. Inspectors at the Makueni facility found cracked walls, missing ceilings, poor sanitation, inadequate kitchen hygiene, unsafe water, absent medical waste disposal systems, and insufficient qualified personnel including counsellors and medical officers.
A boat capsized at the Kwa Bruno Channel near the LAPSSET area in Lamu County. According to Kenya Red Cross, four people were rescued and hospitalized, while efforts to find four others continued, with rescue operations involving Kenya Red Cross divers, Beach Management Unit members, and local fishing boats.
A 35-year-old woman was attacked by a crocodile while crossing Athi River in Makueni County on Monday evening; a 20-year-old man who tried to rescue her was also killed. Disaster response officials and Kenya Red Cross are expected to begin a search operation for the two bodies.
Heavy rains have displaced over 65 families in Mwea West sub-county and Ndia constituency in Kirinyaga County, with villages flooded and residents cut off from neighbouring areas. Residents have urged the county government to intervene as water from road drainage has left homes submerged.
Fifteen people died when a gold mine shaft collapsed in the Ramos area of Kacheliba Constituency, West Pokot County on Thursday evening. Rescue teams including the Kenya Red Cross recovered several survivors, and residents reported more than 60 people were believed to have been inside the mine at the time.
At least 10 people died when a gold mining pit collapsed in Romos, West Pokot County on Thursday evening, with estimates that more than 100 artisanal miners were underground at the time. Rescue operations were ongoing, with Kenya Red Cross and local authorities working to reach those still trapped.
MOJA Expressway Company granted motorists temporary toll-free access to select sections of the Nairobi Expressway following severe flooding that disrupted traffic on Mombasa Road. The waiver applies to drivers exiting via the Southern Bypass and Eastern Bypass (Exit A).
Severe waterlogging along the A8 corridor has triggered heavy traffic congestion on the Nairobi Expressway. MOJA Expressway Company has announced a temporary toll waiver for vehicles exiting via the Southern Bypass and Eastern Bypass (Exit A) until normal traffic conditions are restored.
Kenya's meteorological department forecasts that heavy rainfall will ease substantially from the middle of May, signalling the gradual end of the March-April-May long-rains season. Some regions including Central Kenya, Lake Victoria Basin, western Kenya and the Coastal region are expected to continue receiving below-average rainfall into June.
Heavy downpours across Kenya have triggered flash floods, stranding motorists on Mombasa Road and elsewhere, with unconfirmed reports of missing persons in Mukuru kwa Njenga. Kenya Red Cross teams have been deployed to assess the situation and coordinate rescues.