Panic as fire breaks out at function presided by Education CS Jacob Kaimenyi

Kajiado, Kenya: Drama enfolded Saturday after fire broke out at Isinya Multi-Purpose Development Training Center, the venue where Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi was presiding over Kajiado County Education Day.

The fire is said to have started after a drunkard threw a piece of cigarette on the dry grass.

Hundreds of students and teachers attending the function were evacuated by security agents as others struggled to fight the fire.

The fire spread so fast that in 30 minutes,  it had consumed grass in a field of more than 30acres to the chagrin of area herders currently facing fodder scarcity.

Kajiado residents urge urged county government to purchase fire engines to help in cases of fire outbreak.