Maranda High School in Siaya County will reopen this weekend for Form Fours, after being closed indefinitely due to student unrest.
According to the directive from Chief Principal Edwin Namachanja and the Board of Management (BOM), student re-admission will be strictly conducted over two days: June 5 and June 6, 2026. All students must arrive by 10:00 a.m. and must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
The administration also announced a recovery package for the 192 Form Four students living in the “Owino B” dormitory, which was heavily damaged during the protests. The school will supply the affected students with replacement essentials, specifically full uniforms (excluding sports gear), footwear, mattresses, blankets, and bedsheets.
Parents of the affected Owino B students only need to provide basic personal hygiene items and replacement metal boxes if their original ones were destroyed.
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The unrest at Maranda High School occurred on Sunday, May 25, after a fire broke out in the institution’s Owino “B” dormitory, which houses mainly Form Four candidates and Grade 10 learners. Following the incident, the school was closed indefinitely and all students were sent home as authorities launched investigations into the suspected arson attack.
Twelve Form Three students were initially arrested over the dormitory fire incident. Following investigations, authorities found sufficient evidence to charge only five of them. Four of the students who had been detained were turned into state witnesses, while the remaining three were released after detectives established that they had no connection to the fire.
The accused students were released on a cash bail of KSh 30,000 each. The case is scheduled for mention on June 15, ahead of a full hearing set for June 22, 23, 29 and 30.
By Frank Mugwe
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