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Tartar Girls School closed after students held protests over transfer of principal

Tartar Girls protest over transfer of school principal. [Iresheel Shanzu]

Tartar Girls National School in West Pokot County has been closed indefinitely after students went on rampage over transfer of school principal.

 The students who never attended classes since Monday held protests on Wednesday causing damage to the school property. The students insisted that they wanted their former principal Priscillah Kamau back.

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