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Pupils wounded as whirlwind disrupts PS Kipsang ceremony in Ugenya

The aftermath of a heavy storm that disrupted a ceremony at Ugenya Teachers college where Education Principal Secretary Dr Belio Kipsang was presiding over the handing over ceremony of the college to the government. Few people were injured in the incident. PHOTO BY COLLINS ODUOR
 

Siaya, Kenya: Six school children were injured after a whirlwind disrupted a ceremony at a teachers' training college presided over by Education Principal Secretary Bellio Kipsang in Ugenya.

The injured pupils from Nyaharwa Primary School were rushed to Matibabu health clinic for treatment after which four were discharged while two were admitted for further treatment.

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