Let Magoha take responsibility for preventable school tragedy

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha.

The media accused the government for failing to assure the safety of the children which they said was the reason for the accident at Precious Talent Top School, where eight children met a tragic death last week. Education Cabinet Secretary, George Magoha, however, deflected the blame elsewhere, first to the parents of the children, in effect saying that their choice of an unsafe private school was the reason why their children had met their death, and then to the owner for erecting an illegal storeyed building which then collapsed on the children.

Prof Magoha prevaricated when informed that there were not enough public schools in the area, asserting that there were enough schools before saying that if this was not the case, the government would take immediate steps to build a new school.