"What we hear are committees being formed but there is no tangible work on the ground to support these initiatives. At the same time, Elimu Yetu Coalition (EYC) urged the Government to table tangible evidence on the numerous theories fronted to explain causes of school fires. EYC complained of lack of tangible impact of the numerous meetings held by various players in the education sector. Updated Tue, August 2nd 2016 at 09:56 GMT +3Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has maintained that schools will not be closed prematurely over the arson crisis. Ms Muthoni insisted that closing schools would propagate an idea that students are being punished by being sent away from school: "...yet schools are the only place of work for these students".

Source: Standard Digital August 02, 2016 06:56 UTC