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Leaders converge at Kakamega Primary School following Monday's stampede that claimed the lives of 14 pupils [COURTESY]
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha, Government Spokesman Cyrus Oguna and Basic Education PS Dr Belio Kipsang have on Tusday February 4 visited Kakamega Primary School where 14 pupils died following a stampede on Monday February 3.
The stampede happened around 5 pm as the pupils were going home. In the incident, 14 pupils lost their lives. As at midnight Monday, two pupils were at the Kakamega Referral Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 39 others nursing injuries.
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