Parents decry poor state of school pit latrines, call for area MP intervention

Parents of Nyabine Primary School in South Mugirango Constituency have feared the poor state of latrines in the school that might collapse at any time and kill their children.

They blamed the Board of Management committee laxity and misuse of funds meant to improve infrastructure in the school and appealed to the Ministry of Education to probe them.

Led by Christopher Nyangaresi and Jane Nyabonyi, they threatened to transfer their children to neighbouring schools like Nyabitunwabine, Rionsata or Nyatwoni unless is Board of school management (SMC) rehabilitates the latrine pits which are at a very pathetic state.

ALSO READ:

Knut calls for teachers’ safety as it withdraws its members from Kerio over escalating insecurity

When Education News visited the school which situated along Ekona-Nyamiya- Omogenda road, there was stench smell emanating from the full pit latrine.

The parents fear that water borne diseases like dysentery, cholera and typhoid that might infect their children as latrine faeces are emptied down the river which expose many to the water borne diseases.

They appealed to area MP Sylivanus Osoro and his NG – CDF office to intervene and provide emergency funds to reconstruct the sagging pit latrines.

By Enock Okong’o.