Pupils study under tents after strong winds destroy classrooms

BY DANIEL NZIA

Makueni, Kenya: Pupils of Mukuku Primary School in Mbooni East district in Makueni County are learning under canvas tents after strong winds destroyed their classrooms.

Strong winds swept through the Mukuku village and blew off the roofs of the classes and the administration block and left several families in the village homeless following the Sunday tragedy.

Mbooni MP Kisoi Munyao regretted the incident and assured residents that the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) will look into the matter with view to reconstructing the damaged classes.

He said he had sent the CDF committee to visit the school and access the damage to enable planning of the next cause of action.

Mbooni East DC Fred Shisia confirmed the pupils were learning under tents provided for by the County Government as an emergency measure.

He said no one was injured in the Sunday incident that also left several families homeless after their houses were destroyed by the freak winds.