Makueni County Assembly Clerk Kelvin Mutuku has called on teachers, leaders, and education stakeholders to ensure full compliance with school safety and standards guidelines in order to prevent deaths and other related incidents.
“It is so unfortunate what happened at Utumishi. If indeed the dormitory had no emergency exit and children were locked from the outside, that is purely criminal. Schools must either comply with safety standards or be shut down to stop risking the lives of our children,” said Mutuku while speaking at a burial ceremony in Wote.
On the issue of the proposed Ebola treatment centre, Mutuku noted that teachers and learners would be among the most exposed groups if an outbreak occurred. He argued that, apart from proposals by some leaders to have the facility constructed at the border, it should not be established in Kenya at all.
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“If America cannot admit Ebola patients into their country, who are we to admit them? We have no capacity at all, and we cannot risk ourselves. I thank the courts for stopping it; that is the way to go,” said Mutuku.
By Lydia Ngoolo
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