Perhaps, Asumbi was a disaster waiting to happen

Nobody! Not one of you locks their children in a room and leaves for the night. And that is the least of the horror filtering in from Asumbi Boarding Primary School, in Homa Bay County, where ten pupils were burnt alive in a fire that broke out in their dormitory on Wednesday night.

Education minister Mutula Kilonzo has received very good Press from these columns for his work ethic. Sections of the media have also followed his brushes with the clergy, teachers, parent representatives, and colleagues, but all those pale in comparison to what we shall demand of his office today.