Tension was high at Tengecha Boys High School in Bureti Constituency on Tuesday night after students went on the rampage and torched a dormitory.
The incident deepening the wave of unrest that has rocked schools across Kericho County.
A huge inferno broke out around 10:00 pm, swallowing one of the dormitories as frantic villagers and police officers scrambled to salvage students’ belongings.
Eyewitnesses said the blaze spread fast, sending terrified students fleeing into the night.
Quick intervention by police, led by Acting Litein OCPD David Koech, and villagers armed with sticks and clubs prevented the chaos from spilling into neighbouring Tengecha Girls High School, where the boys are said to have had sinister intentions.
Videos from the chaotic night show villagers dragging mattresses and boxes out of the burning dormitory in a desperate rescue mission. In another clip, furious residents are seen pushing rowdy students back into the compound as stones flew in retaliation.
Another School in Kericho on Fire Again, Locals Rush to Contain Rioting Students
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A fire outbreak has been reported at Tengecha Boys High School after students allegedly set ablaze a dormitory in what is believed to be another case of unrest similar to what was witnessed in the… pic.twitter.com/FTvHMoHXKw
The unrest at Tengecha Boys came just hours after AIC Litein Girls Secondary School was temporarily shut following student indiscipline. It also follows Sunday night’s shocking rampage at Litein Boys High School, where students destroyed property worth millions, broke into the principal’s kitchen to fry omelettes, and even rode the school’s prized Jersey cow around the compound.
At the heart of the chaos is growing tension over administration decisions and alleged frustrations with school policies. At Litein Boys, the strike was triggered by insistence that students sit for the Apex Examination, a joint test for schools in Kericho and Bomet counties.
With back-to-back incidents spreading across Kericho schools, questions are now being raised over discipline, administration, and the worrying trend of violent student protests.