41 years after lightning killed 11 pupils, schools still unsafe

Philip Nyasani survived the lightning strike in 1980. [Stanley Ongwae, Standard]

On June 30, 1980, an unforgettable calamity struck a primary school in the present-day Nyamira County, leading to the death of 11 pupils.

Villages around Biego Primary School in Borabu sub-county still remember how lightning struck the school, sending shock waves across the entire country.