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Elgeyo Marakwet police commander Patrick Lumumba said the injured were recuperating at Eldoret-based Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), Mediheal Hospital and Kapsowar AIC Mission Hospital.
“There is tension in the area. Police officers were deployed to evacuate the injured students and teachers to hospitals. Our officers are still at the scene,” Lumumba said.
MTRH CEO Wilson Aruasa said two students injured in the attack were brought to the facility at 2am on Friday.
“Two students from Tot were brought into the facility with gunshot injuries; one to the chest and the other to the right axilla. Surgery was done and both are stable,” Dr Aruasa said.