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Sossion blames school fires on substandard structures

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Former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Wilson Sossion. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

As unrest continues in schools across the country, former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Wilson Sossion has linked recent fires to the poor quality of boarding school buildings.

In an interview on Spice FM, on Sunday, September 16, Sossion said the collapse of the education sector is due to a lack of quality assurance and standards.
He cited the recent fire at Endarasha School, which resulted in several pupil deaths.

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