How a stranger accessed a school and raped some girls in the dead of night is the question parents, teachers and detectives are asking themselves after Moi Girls School found itself in the news for the wrong reasons again.

By the time of going to press, there was controversy over the exact number of girls raped on Friday night, with conflicting reports placing it as either one or three. Also unclear is whether the act took place at 12 midnight or 5.00am yesterday morning.

It also emerged that the school had asked the students to keep quiet about the rape incident, which managed to keep it under wraps until evening when the news broke out. Students said they had been asked to go to class and go on with their normal activities.

They said they were instructed not to talk about the incident. “We have been told to act as if it is a normal day. We haven’t been told anything and we are really traumatised. We cant go to the hostels,” one of the students said last night. “We are really shocked the school told us that we were spreading fake news,” lamented another student. Kilimani OCPD Michael Muchiri said they were still pursuing some leads and could not comment on the matter. “We are still following some leads and the school administration is cooperating in the investigation,” he said. “Probably we will get more information so that we can establish the truth of these allegations and the depth of the iss