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| Part of the salvaged roof of the 20 pit latrines at Ruiru Girls’ Secondary School in Kiambu County |
As schools reopen this coming Monday, May 13, 2024, learners at Ruiru Girls’ Secondary in Kiambu County will be facing a new hurdle after 20 toilets collapsed and sunk due to heavy rains in the past week.
The institution, which is the only public girls’ boarding school in Ruiru constituency, houses 1,031 students majority of whom are boarders.
Speaking during a tree planting event at the school, Principal Gloria Waithera said only 16 out of the 36 pit toilets have survived the torrential rainfall that caused havoc across the country.
She appealed to the government and well-wishers to chip in and help rebuild the facilities as the remaining ones are not enough for the student population.
Area MP Simon King’ara who joined school members of staff in the tree planting exercise promised to avail temporary toilets as the NG-CDF prepares to allocate funds for construction of permanent ones.
“We cannot say there are enough funds to rebuild all the damaged schools in the constituency at once but we shall start by providing temporary toilets in this school and at least 10 others which have been submerged by floods,” King’ara said.
by k24 news
