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Rats invade school and destroy valuables

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Rat invasion

Students and teachers of Sambuli primary in Kakamega North are a fearful lot after their valuable items like books, examination revision materials and varied school documents were destroyed by rats.

The rats breed like bush fire and have prompted the school’s Head Teacher Peter Masungo to come out and tabulate the losses caused by rat-vandalism at his school.

“This area has a lot of rats, we have tried using Indocin, Rat and Rat and rat traps all in vain. Students are complaining that their books have been eaten up, receipt books and school documents have also been destroyed. We are as worried they may also eat the KCSE exam papers,” Masungo said.

The rats are said not to be respecters of sealed documents, in fact the head teacher say they have a nose for sealed documentation, something that worries him to no end.

This has forced teachers to store crucial documents in their homes rather than keep them at the school.

Regina Ndombi, a pupil at the institution agrees that the creatures are a nuisance.

“They pass through small openings, they love chewing on things and gnawing through plastic bags, chomping on grains, papers and books and it only takes seconds before everything is destroyed. They look small but they have sharp teeth and are not afraid of anyone as they move about freely,” Ndombi told Crazy Monday.

A nearby resident identified as Millicent Omwenga who owns a shop explains that the rats have caused havoc in her home.

“They have chewed through electric cables, concrete walls, have eaten through boxes of goods in shop store rooms and recently I found two of them rustling for chocolate bars,” Omwenga said.

Research shows that the problem is mostly compounded by town dwellers who do not dispose rubbish daily, preferring to wait for the garbage trucks to pick up the trash once or twice a week.

Residents are advised to seal points of entry, to avoid storing firewood next to or inside structures and to rake all grass and leaf litter away from foundation walls.

 

 

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