Where Standard Gauge Railway is a source of trouble

A section of the Standard Gauge Railway. (Photo: Edward Kiplimo/Standard)

At 2.30 pm, pupils of Ilmao Primary School, located in Sultan Hamud, prepare to close school and go home. Under normal circumstances, this would be too early, especially for Standard Seven and Eight pupils, to leave school.

But this has become the norm here. One of the pupils waiting for the departure bell is Mereso Kitapi, 15, who has to walk over 10km to her home. Initially, the Standard Eight pupil would cover around 6km to get home.